Shai Ginsburg, Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor

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

Teaching (Fall 2012):  (typical courses)

• AMES 341.01, SCREENING THE HOLOCAUST Synopsis

  Physics 130, TuTh 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

  (also cross-listed as AMI 263.01, JEWISHST 266.01)

• HEBREW 407S.01, ISSUES IN MODERN HEBREW Synopsis

  TBA, TuTh 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

  (also cross-listed as JEWISHST 407S.01)

• AMES 620S.01, GENEALOGIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST Synopsis

  TBA, M 01:40 PM-04:25 PM

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

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