Name: Tsafi Sebba-Elran December 2016 CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Personal Details Permanent Home Address: 17 Avshalom St. Haifa. Home Telephone Number: 972-4-811-2774 Office Telephone Number: 972-4-828-8177 Cellular Phone: 972-52-833-8833 Email Address: tsafisebba@gmail.com 2. Higher Education a. Undergraduate and Graduate Studies Period of Study 1997-2000 1999-2002 2003-2009 Institution and Department of Haifa Hebrew and Comparative Literature and Philosophy Tel Aviv Hebrew Literature Tel Aviv The Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies Degree Cum Laude M.A. Cum Laude Ph.D. Awarded with distinction 1
b. Post-Doctoral Studies Period of Study 2009-2010 2011-2012 2012-2013 Institution and Department/Lab of Haifa The Department of Hebrew and Comparative Literature Yad Ben-Zvi Institute for the research of Eretz Israel Indiana The Borns Jewish Studies Program Host Prof. Haya Bar-Itzhak Prof. Avigdor Shinan Prof. Dov-Ber Kerler 3. Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education 2004-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014- Institution and Department of Haifa The Department of Hebrew and Comparative Literature Indiana The Borns Jewish Studies Program of Haifa The Department of Hebrew and Comparative Literature of Haifa The Department of Hebrew and Comparative Literature Rank/Position Adjunct Lecturer Visiting Assistant Professor Adjunct Lecturer Lecturer 4. Offices in Academic Administration 2011-2012 Institution and Department of Haifa The Department of Hebrew and Comparative Literature 2 Role Member of the steering committee, The Self- Evaluation Process for the Council for Higher Education
2015 2016 2016 of Haifa The Department of Hebrew and Comparative Literature of Haifa The Department of Hebrew and Comparative Literature of Haifa The Department of Hebrew and Comparative Literature Supervisor, Preparatory program for applicants of the Department of Hebrew and Comparative Literature Supervisor, Research Forum Academic adviser, Research students conference 5. Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the 2011-2011- 2014-2015- 2015- Memberships in Academic Professional Associations Member of the World Union of Jewish Studies Member of the Israeli Humor Society Member of IFA (Israel Folktale Archives) Member of SIEF (International Society for Ethnology and Folklore) Member of ISFNR (International Society for Folk Narrative Research) 2007 In progress In progress Editorial Assignments Co-editor, Sadan Studies in Hebrew Literature, Vol. 6, Tel Aviv Press. Editor, Te uda Researches of the school for Jewish studies; Vol. 27, Festschrift in honor of Prof. Eli Yassif [in Hebrew] [forthcoming] Editor, Festschrift in honor of Prof. Haya Bar-Itzhak [in Hebrew] [forthcoming] 2015 2015, 2016 Reviewing for Academic Press and Refereed Journal Referee for Academic Studies Press Referee for Dapim Research in Literature Reviewing for Fund Agencies None 1996-1999 Leading and Teaching Study Programs and Directing Public Activities outside the A member of the national board of Dor Shalom organization and the head of the northern branch of the movement. Directing and guiding study meetings and debating groups and conducting community projects. 3
2002-2004 2010-2011 2012 Leader of the Beit Midrash for Jewish leadership at the Lokey seminar center- a weekly program aimed to discuss varied educational dilemmas in Israeli-Jewish contexts. Forming and teaching at the study program of young leaders (Gar in Omanuiot, the arts communes) supported by the New Israel Fund and The Kibbutz Institute for Festivals and Holidays (Shitim). Member of the steering committee of Avi Chai foundation's Nitzanim program, aiming to conduct and support Jewish cultural activities in Haifa. 6. Active Participation in Scholarly s a1. International s - Held Abroad Date June 2009 July 2013 June 2015 The 15 th congress of the International Society for Folk Narrative Research (ISFNR): Narratives across space and time, transmissions and adaptations The 25 th International of the Society for Humor Studies The 12th International SIEF (International Society for Ethnology and Folklore) Congress: Utopias, Realities, Heritages Place of Academy of Athens The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia of Zagreb, Croatia Subject of Lecture/Discussion Inventing a pacifist tradition- Rabban Yohanan Ben-Zakai as a Zionist leader 'The jokes that were never published' A new collection of sexual Jewish jokes from the beginning of the 20 th century From ancient fragments to modern maps: Heritage representations and inner tensions in national Jewish anthologies Role 4
September 2016 October 2016 International conference of the Inter- Disciplinary. Net: Roots and Legacies AFS (American Folklore Society) and ISFNR (International Society for Folk Narrative Research) joint annual meeting: Unfinished stories Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom Miami, Florida In search for new memories The national Jewish anthology at the turn of the 19 th and 20 th centuries The struggle over locality in Israeli Humoristic Memes from the 2014 military conflict in Gaza and participant in a study group a2. International s - Held in Israel Date August 2005 August 2009 January 2010 The 14 th world congress of Jewish Studies The 15 th world congress of Jewish Studies International on aggadah and aggadic interpretation throughout the generations Place of The Hebrew of Jerusalem The Hebrew of Jerusalem Bar Ilan and Lander Institute Subject of Lecture /Discussion Solomon and Ashmeday or King of horrors - The aggadic anthologies and their place in the configuration of Judaism as culture The rabbinic legend of the sages and the secular halacha of H.N. Bialik Ha-teda behema nefesh zadika? R. Yossi of Yokeret in the modern anthologies Role August 2013 The 16 th world congress of Jewish Studies The Hebrew of Jerusalem 'Why Was the Land Destroyed? Zionism from the Perspective of Sefer ha agaddah 5
May 2015 The 7 th Israeli for Contemporary Religion and Spirituality Tel Aviv 'Ana Heruta' A Rabbinic legend and the portrait of local Judaism a3. Local s Date June 2006 IFA (Israel Folktale Archive) Annual meeting Place of of Haifa Subject of Lecture/Discussion The Queen and the Fish Reading a sea story Role June 2006 May 2007 May 2008 May 2009 May 2011 January 2012 September 2013 The 25 th Inter- for the Study of Folklore The 2 nd Folklore conference of Achva college The 27 th Inter- for the Study of Folklore The 28 th Inter- for the Study of Folklore The 6 nd Folklore conference of Achva college The 31 th Inter- for the Study of Folklore Research Seminar on Secularization, the Critique of Secularization and Tradition Ben-Gurion of the Negev Achva college The Hebrew of Jerusalem of Haifa Achva college Tel Aviv The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute Under the test of evolution: The aggadic anthologies at the beginning of the modern Hebrew culture A girl in each port? Seamen tell about their loves Sefer ha aggadah and the transition of the rabbinic tale to modern times From The power of the tale to the power of interpretation The body and soul of Safed legends Margolis' Sippurei yeshurun and the quiet revolution of modern aggadic anthologies The invention of 'Jewish Realism'- The national anthologies and their contribution to the formation of renewable Jewish language 6
May 2015 February 2016 The 34 th Inter- for the Study of Folklore The 2 nd Interdisciplinary for Humor Studies Bar Ilan Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts The 'holy' and the 'profane' in Alter Druyanow's Sefer Habediha vehahiddud Waza The missing overview in the jokes of Zuk Eitan military operation b. Organization of s or Sessions Year Place of Subject of Role 2002 2007 2007 2008 2009 2014 2016 The 21 th Inter- for the Study of Folklore The 26 th Inter- for the Study of Folklore The Inter- for Hebrew Literature The Inter- for Hebrew Literature The 28 th Inter- for the Study of Folklore The 33 th Inter- for the Study of Folklore Study session in honor of Avigdor Shinan s new edition of Sefer ha aggadah Tel Aviv Tel Aviv of Haifa of Haifa of Haifa of Haifa of Haifa Ha-kol Sipur? [Every voice can be a story?] East and West Authors as Culture Heroes 60 of Israeli Literature Folklore and Ideology Text and Context H.N. Bialik and Y.C. Ravnitzky s Sefer ha aggadah is reread Steering and organizing committee member Steering and organizing committee member Steering and organizing committee member Steering and organizing committee member Steering and organizing committee member Steering and organizing committee member Organizer 7
7. Invited Lectures (Others than in Scholarly s) Year March 2002 March 2009 September 2009 November 2009 April 2010 April 2010 January 2012 April 2012 Forum Faculty project: Planning a museum by the sea Jewish culture in a changing world (dedicated to the publication of New Jewish Time An Encyclopaedic View ) The annual prize in memory of Efra Goren- award ceremony The mermaid meets the goldfish an evening of fairy tales in Bialik house Posen fund series of lectures on contemporary Jewish culture The annual meeting of the literature circle The Opening meeting of Mahshava Tehila - The Beit Midrash study program The Ministry of education conference for literature teachers Place of Lecture Technion, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning The Daniel centre for progressive Judaism, Tel Aviv Kibbutz Ha ogen Bialik house, Tel Aviv The officer school of the Israel Defence Force (Bahad 1) Leo-Baeck education centre, Haifa of Haifa of Haifa Subject of Lecture Reflections of the sea in literature The aggadic anthologies and the secularisation process in the Hebrew culture The aggadic anthologies and the the cultural challenge of modern Judaism Revelation and concealment in the rabbinic legend of H.N. Bialik Inventing a pacifist tradition R. Yohanan Ben-Zakai and the Zionism Old scriptures, new heroes Variation on improvisation - The drasha as a new song in Roni Shweka Essays on Israeli Rock Songs H.N. Bialik and the myth of national poet Role 8
July 2014 December 2014 December 2014 Beit Avi-Chai series of lectures Bimat Sefer, The public stage of The Department of Hebrew and Comparative Literature Book Launch: Beyond Halacha- Secularism, Traditionalism and 'New Age' Culture in Israel Beit Avi-Chai, Jerusalem of Haifa Ben-Gurion of the Negev 'Rome' and 'Greece' in the rabbinic legend for children 'Complete the story' or accept the part, thoughts on Shani Boianjiu's novel: 'The People of Forever Are Not Afraid' Z. Jawitz's Sihot Mini Kedem and the late return to the Jewish bookcase at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. 8. Colloquium Talks Year November 2009 January 2009 October 2010 February 2013 Forum Departmental Seminar, The department of Hebrew literature, Yiddish and folklore The origins of Judaism as a culture, the Ofakim study program Bimat Sde- Boker- Research Seminar on the perceptions of Diaspora in the Jewish and Israeli discourse Jewish Studies Workshop Place of Lecture The Hebrew of Jerusalem Tel-Aviv Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism Indiana Presentation The personal narrative as a door to the Seaman s world H.N. Bialik in front of the Jewish bookcase From Sefer ha aggadah to the Jewish Bookcase: The Aggadic Anthology and the Configuration of Judaism in Modern Hebrew Culture 9
May 2013 Jewish Studies Workshop The of Chicago The emergence (and concealment) of the Jewish joke in Alter Druyanow's Sefer habediha vehahiddud (The Book of Jokes and the Witticisms) 9. Research Grants a. Grants Awarded Role in Research PI Other Researchers (Name & Role) Prof. D. Stein, PI ( of Haifa), Dr. H. Weiss, PI (Ben- Gurion ), Dr. D. Schrire, PI (Hebrew ) Title *The Israel Folktale Archives: Sites of Memory, Competing Narratives Funded by (C= Competitive Fund) C, ISF (Israel Science Foundation) Amount 600,000 NIS 2016-2019 b. Submission of Research Proposals Pending None c. Submission of Research Proposals None Not Funded 10. Scholarships, Awards and Prizes 2005-2008, Posen Foundation, doctoral fellowship (USD 15,000 x 3). 2009, of Haifa, post doctorate fellowship (NIS 61,700). 2009, The Kibbutz Institute for Festivals and Holidays, The annual prize for excellent works on the renewal of Jewish culture in memory of Efra Goren (NIS 1000). 2011-2012, Yad Ben-Zvi Institute for the research of Eretz Israel, post doctorate Fellowship (NIS 50,000). 2012-2013, of Haifa, Research scholarship for postdoctoral studies abroad (USD 3000) 2015, Posen Foundation, Grant for book publication (NIS 14,000). 10
11. Teaching a. Courses Taught in Recent 2010-2011 2016-2017 2009-2010 2009-2010 2011-2012 2010-2011 2011-2012 2016-2017 2013 2013-2017 2014-2017 2014 2015 2015 Course Sea Stories The Jewish Legend Origins, Definitions and Functions Writers as storytellers Bialik, Berdyczewski, Agnon H.N. Bialik From Sefer ha aggadah to the Jewish Bookcase Folklore and Ideology The Jewish Folktale Its Evolution, Poetics and Roles Introduction to Modern Hebrew Literature Introduction to Folk Literature The Hebrew Folktale in the Middle Ages Introduction to Prose Genres The Power of a Tale The Arab Folktale in Israel Type of Course Lecture/Seminar/ Workshop/ Online Course/ Introduction Course (Mandatory) Lecture Lecture Lecture Seminar Seminar Lecture (Indiana, The Borns Jewish Studies Program) Required course Required course Lecture Required course Lecture Level M.A. Number of Students 2016-2017: 40 25 2011-2012: 25 12 2016-2017: 13 12 2016-2017: 32 2015: 42 30 60 12 11
2016 Between Canonic Literature and Popular Literature Seminar M.A. 10 b. Supervision of Graduate Students Student / M.A. Students Other Mentors Title of Thesis Degree Year of Completion/ In Progress Students' Achievements Faten Bisan Ph.D. Students None Post Doctorate Students None Personal Narratives on reincarnations among young Druze M.A. In Progress 12
PUBLICATIONS A. Ph.D. Dissertation Title: 'From Sefer ha-aggadah (The Book of Legends) to the Jewish bookcase (Aron hasefarim hayehudi): The aggadic anthologies and their place in the configuration of Judaism in modern Hebrew culture'. Awarded with distinction. Date of submission: January 2009 Number of pages: 490 Language: Hebrew supervisor: Prof. Eli Yassif : Tel Aviv Publications: A revised and elaborated version of the dissertation was published as a book [see, B1] B. Scientific Books (Refereed) Authored Books - Published Authored Books - Accepted for Publication 1. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, In Search for New Memories - The national anthologies and their place in the configuration of the Modern Hebrew Canon. Forthcoming in Yad Ben-Zvi's research center (308 pages). [Hebrew] Edited Books and Special Journal Issues Published 1. Tsafi Sebba-Elran (Co-editor, with Eli Yassif, Limor Weissman, David Rotman), Sadan Studies in Hebrew Literature, Tel Aviv Press, Vol. 6 (2007). [Hebrew] Edited Books and Special Journal Issues - Accepted for Publication 2. Tsafi Sebba-Elran (with Tova Rosen, Nili Aryeh-Sapir, David Rotman), Tehuda Researches of the school for Jewish studies Festschrift in honor of Prof. Eli Yassif, Vol. 27, Forthcoming. [Hebrew] 3. Tsafi Sebba-Elran (with Haya Milou and Idit Pintel-Ginsberg), Masoret haya 32 Stories and Studies Dedicated to Prof. Haya Bar-Itzhak, The Israel Folktale Archives and Pardes Publishing, Forthcoming. [Hebrew] 13
Textbooks 4. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, The Revival of Hebrew National Poetry: Ahad Ha'am, H.N. Bialik and S. Tshernichowsky, Unit 4 in Adia Mendelson- Maoz (ed.), A History of Modern Hebrew Literature, Raanana: The Open 2015 (pilot edition); final edition is forthcoming. [Hebrew] D. Articles in Refereed Journals Published 1. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, The Personal Narrative: From Memorate to Fabulate, Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Folklore, The Hebrew of Jerusalem, Vol. 22 (2002): 69-98. [Hebrew]. V. 2. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, Like a Tree Planted on Sea Wave : The Personal Narrative as a Door to the Seaman s World, Sadan- Studies in Hebrew Literature, Tel-Aviv Press, Vol. 6 (2007): 81-112. [Hebrew]. 3. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, Solomon and Ashmeday or King of Horrors A Modern Adaptation of a Rabbinic Story in Ze ev Jawitz Sihot Mini Kedem, Iggud- Selected Essays in Jewish Studies, World Union of Jewish Studies, Vol. 3 Languages, Literatures, Arts (2008): 167-176. [Hebrew]. 4. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, From Sefer Ha'aggadah to the Jewish Bookcase- Dynamics of a Cultural Change, Jewish Studies Quarterly, Vol. 20 No. 3 (September 2013): 272-295. 5. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, Honi the Circle Maker and the 2000 of Sleep - Ze ev Jawitz Sihot Mini Kedem and the Beginning of Cultural Affinity to the Jewish Bookcase, Iyunim Bitkumat Israel (Studies in Israeli and modern Jewish society), Ben-Gurion of the Negev, Vol. 7 (2014): 5-34. [Hebrew]. V. 6. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, The Canonization and Censorship of the Modern Jewish Joke in Alter Druyanow's Book of Jokes and Witticisms (1922), Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, Volume 16, Issue 1 (2017): 118-137. V. SJR (2014) = 0.158, SJR (Average 2013-2015) = 0.124; R=255/717 (Q2): Cultural Studies. 6.a. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, What is on top, what is below? Sefer ha- Bediha ve-ha-hiddud of A. Druyanow and the archiving-work beside it, Mikan (an international board reviewed periodical), Ben- Gurion of the Negev, Forthcoming. [Hebrew]. V. [This article is based on item 6, with one extra chapter and a few adaptations and new references]. 14
Accepted for Publication 7. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, Contemporary Israeli Midrash and the Construction of a dialogic intragroup discourse, Jewish Cultural Studies, Vol. 6, Forthcoming. 7.a. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, Ana Heruta A Rabbinic legend and the portrait of local Judaism, Shdemot Veruah: A Tribute to Avraham Shapira, Avihu Zakai, Paul Mendes-Flohr and Zeev Gries (eds.), Jerusalem: Carmel Publishing House 2015, pp. 270-284. [Hebrew] [This chapter is a version of item 7, with an elaborated discussion about the Hazalic story, and without the political discussion at the end]. 8. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, Sippurei yeshurun by I. Margolis and the Midrash of Judaism as Culture, Tehuda Researches of the school for Jewish studies in honor of Prof. Eli Yassif, Vol. 27, Tel-Aviv, Forthcoming. [Hebrew]. 9. Tsafi Sebba-Elran [with Haya Milou], The struggle over locality in Israeli humoristic memes from the 2014 military conflict in Gaza, Narrative Culture, Wayne State Press, Forthcoming. E. Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books (Refereed) Published 1. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, The Queen and the Fish, The Power of a Tale- The Jubilee Book of IFA, Haya Bar-Itzhak and Idit Pintel-Ginsberg (eds.), Haifa: Israel Folktale Archive (IFA) and the of Haifa 2008, pp. 375-381. [Hebrew] 1.a. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, The Queen and the Fish, The Power of a Tale- The Jubilee Book of IFA, Haya Bar-Itzhak and Idit Pintel-Ginsberg (eds.), Wayne State Press, Forthcoming. 2. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, Sefer Ha-Aggada The Aggadic Anthology in Light of H.N. Bialik Cultural Vision, Ma aseh Sippur- Studies in Jewish Narrative, Vol. 3 in the Tema series, Avidov Lipsker and Rella Kushelevsky (eds.), Ramat-Gan: Bar Ilan Press 2013, pp. 85-113. [Hebrew] Accepted for Publication 3. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, In Search for New Memories - The national Jewish anthology at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Roots and Legacies [e-book publication], Oxford, UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press, Forthcoming. 15
3.a. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, Ha-teda Behema Nefesh Zadika? R. Yossi of Yokeret in the Modern Anthologies, Folklore and Ideology- Studies dedicated to Prof. Aliza Shenhar, Haya Bar-Itzhak and Idit Pintel- Ginsberg (eds.), Haifa: Pardes and The of Haifa Press 2014, pp.133-163. [Hebrew] 4. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, The Intertextual Jewish Joke at the Turn of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries - Between the sacred and the profane, Laughter A collection of articles in humor studies, Arie Sover (ed.), Jerusalem: Carmel Publishing House, Forthcoming. [Hebrew] F. Articles in Proceedings Published 1. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, Inventing a Pacifist Tradition: Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai as a Zionist Leader, Narrative across space and time: Transmissions and Adaptations (proceedings of the 15 th congress of the International Society for Folk Narrative Research), Vol. 3, Athens: Publications of The Hellenic Folklore Research Centre, Academy of Athens - 31, 2014, pp. 195-204. G. Entries in Encyclopedias (Refereed) 1. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, Sea, Seamen Tales and Traditions, Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions, Raphael Patai (Founding ed.) and Haya Bar-Itzhak (ed.), New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2013, pp. 475-477. 2. Tsafi Sebba-Elran (with Raphael Patai), Adam, Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions, Raphael Patai (Founding ed.) and Haya Bar- Itzhak (ed.), New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2013, pp. 5-8. 3. Tsafi Sebba-Elran (with Raphael Patai), Age and The Aged, Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions, Raphael Patai (Founding ed.) and Haya Bar-Itzhak (ed.), New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2013, pp. 18-20. 4. Tsafi Sebba-Elran (with Raphael Patai), Angels, Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions, Raphael Patai (Founding ed.) and Haya Bar-Itzhak (ed.), New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2013, pp. 31-34. 5. Tsafi Sebba-Elran (with Raphael Patai), Ba al Shem Tov (Besht), Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions, Raphael Patai (Founding ed.) and Haya Bar-Itzhak (ed.), New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2013, pp. 57-60. 16
H. Other Scientific Publications Published 1. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, Reflections of the Sea in Literature, Perspective- Journal for Architecture, Vol. 13 (June 2002):12-16. [Hebrew] 2. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, Sefer ha aggada- continuity or revolution? Panim- Journal for Culture, Society and Education, Vol. 55 (2011): 84-93. [Hebrew] Accepted for Publication 3. Tsafi Sebba-Elran (annotator) in Elliott Oring (editor), Very First Book of Jewish Jokes: A Prolegomena to a history of Jewish Humor, Bloomington: Indiana Press, Forthcoming. I. Other Works and Publications 1. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, Ze lecha hasade beyom bahir vepne oref el ha ir ha afela - On R. Ze ev Jawitz, Ha aretz, tarbut vesifrut (10.2.2006): 1. [Hebrew] 2. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, Ometz Lehulin - How Bialik, Alterman and Amichai Saved the Spiritual Life of the Jewish People The Order of Rebels: Studies in Modern Hebrew Literature by Boaz Arpaly, Ha aretz, Sefarim magazine (21.4.2010): 12. [Hebrew] 3. Tsafi Sebba-Elran, Rome and Greece in the rabbinic legend for children, Beit Avi-Chai internet magazine (July 2014). [Hebrew] In Preparation Last telegrams Humor and Politics in the humoristic periodicals of the Yishuv in Palestine 17