Shai Ginsburg, Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor

Contact Info:

Office Location:	224 Franklin Center
Office Phone:	(919) 681-4592
Email Address:

Typical Courses Taught:

• AMES 153, TRAUMA IN ASIA

• AMES 183, PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT Synopsis

• AMES 156, REPRESENTING THE HOLOCAUST Synopsis

• AMES 161, CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI CINEMA Synopsis

• HEBREW 125S, ADVANCED MODERN HEBREW Synopsis

• HEBREW 183S, TOPICS IN MODERN HEBREW

Office Hours:

On Spring Leave

Education:

PhD in Comparative Literature	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	2001
MA in Comparative Literature	The Hebrew University, Jerusalem	1995
BA in Comparative Literature and Philosophy	The Hebrew University, Jerusalem	1992

Specialties:

Hebrew

Research Interests: Hebrew Literature, Israeli Cinema, Critical Theory, Film Theory, Nationalism

Areas of Interest:

Hebrew Literature
Israeli Cinema
Jewish Cinema
Critical Theory
Film Theory
Nationalism

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. The Physics of Being Jewish, or On Cats and Jews, AJS Review, vol. 35 no. 2 (2011), pp. 357-364
2. Love in Search of Belief, Belief in Search of Love, in The Modern Jewish Experience in World Cinema (2011), pp. 371-376, ISBN 9781611682083
3. An American Reflection: Steven Spielberg, the Jewish Holocaust and the Israeli Palestinian Conflict, American Studies, vol. 34 no. 1 (2011), pp. 45-76
4. Studying Violence: The Films of Avi Mograbi (in Hebrew), Takriv no. 2 (2011) [index.php]
5. Studying Violence: The Films of Avi Mograbi, Zeek (Summer, 2010), pp. 67-72