CONFERENCES

Conference Papers

Invited Lectures in Scientific Conferences

  1. « Sur l'aspect auditif du vêtement dans le roman du XIXème », colloque international Sociopoétique du textile — Tissus et vêtements chez les écrivains français au XIXe siècle, organisé par le CELIS (Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand) à Moulins, France, 5–7 septembre 2013.
  2. « Les personnages balzaciens médiatisés par l'art plastique », Colloque international du cinquantenaire de L'Année balzacienne, "Balzac et les arts en regard", organisé par le Groupe d'études balzaciennes, 21–22–23 octobre 2010, Paris, Invited lecture.
  3. "Uniforms in Balzac and Zola Literary Creations", at the Center for Fashion Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, 1–3 December 2009, Invited lecture.
  4. « Sensations vestimentaires et métamorphose du masculin balzacien », Colloque Balzac — matières et sensations, organisé par le Groupe d'études balzaciennes, Paris, 24–25 octobre 2008, Invited Lecture.
  5. « La sémiotique du corps guerrier », Colloque de recherche biblique interdisciplinaire : La guerre dans la Bible, Lyon, France, 16–17 mars 2007, Invited Lecture.
  6. « La mode est un iconoclasme », Colloque de recherche biblique interdisciplinaire : Iconoclasme et Vandalisme : la violence de l'image, Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier III, Montpellier, France, 28–29 novembre 2003, Invited Lecture.
  7. « Maladies “in-humaines” : les maladies des objets et des animaux dans la Bible », Colloque de recherche biblique interdisciplinaire : Représentations des maladies et de la guérison dans les textes bibliques, Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier III, Montpellier, France, 1–2 décembre 2000, Invited Lecture.
  8. « Stargate — une nouvelle version de l'Exode biblique », Colloque de recherche biblique interdisciplinaire : Le héros et l'héroïne bibliques dans la culture, Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier III, Montpellier, France, 22–23 novembre 1996, Invited Lecture.

Lectures in Scientific Conferences

  1. Forthcoming, « Zola et la surenchère dramatique », colloque international Rethinking the Real/Repenser le Réel organisé par The Émile Zola Society, Université de Notre Dame, Londres, Octobre 18-19, 2013.
  2. « La Grande Bouffe chez Zola », Feast & Famine Conference, 38th Annual Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 11–14, 2012.
  3. « L'impact du visuel sur l'écriture flaubertienne », Colloque La culture visuelle du XIXe siècle (France et convergences internationales), organisé par Bezalel et la Société des Etudes Romantiques et dix-neuvièmistes, CRFJ, Jérusalem, (22 mai 2012), Institut français, Tel-Aviv, (23 mai 2012).
  4. "Exposing Fashion and Intimate Dress in the Photographs of the Period," Symposium on Eugène Atget: Paris of the Early 20th Century, Atget in Jerusalem Exhibition, Israel Museum in Ticho House, Jerusalem, May 15, 2012.
  5. "External Appearance and Political Opinion: the Politician's Clothing in Eretz Israel", Symposium in honor of Anat Helman's Begdei Ha-Aretz Hahadasha, Zalman Shazar Center, Jerusalem, April 22, 2012.
  6. « Le langage de la prostituée dans la littérature du dix-neuvième », Congrès de la Société des études romantiques et dix-neuviémistes Le XIXe siècle et ses langues, Paris, 24–26 janvier 2012.
  7. "Women's migration from the Maghreb to Israel and to France: Comparative perspective", (with Henriette Dahan-Kalev), Conference on Territorial and Border Configurations to the Test of Mobility and Migrations, from the 19th to the 21st Centuries, CRJF, Jerusalem, June 15–16, 2011.
  8. "Gendered Immigration to France", (with Henriette Dahan-Kalev), Association of Israel Political Science Colloqium, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, May 12, 2011.
  9. "Ke-pesa lifnei ha-ayn: Ofna minimalistit" ("One Step before Nonthingness: Minimalistic Fashion", in Hebrew) Void in Science and Art Conference, Bloomfield Science Museum and Bezalel, Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, June 10, 2010.
  10. "Obssessiot ofna basafrout hazarfatit shel ha-meah ha-tesha-esreh" ("Fashion' Obssessions in Nineteenth Century French Novels", in Hebrew), Fashion and Psychology Conference, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, March 18, 2010.
  11. « Le corps dans la représentation littéraire de l'extase religieuse [dans le roman dix-neuvièmiste] », Colloque international Les Religions du XIXème siècle, organisé par la SERD, La Société des études romantiques et dix-neuvièmistes, Paris, 26–28 novembre, 2009.
  12. "Yezirat ofna israelit be-perspectiva historit" ("Israeli Fashion in Historical Perspective", in Hebrew), Conference on Israeli Fashion and Jewellery, Bezalel Art and Design Academy, Jerusalem, March 25, 2009.
  13. "Hagoof hagavri ke-kli pitoui be-yezirato shel Balzac" ("The male body as seductive a tool in Balzac", in Hebrew), Conference on Seduction from the Middle-Ages until today: Culture, Theology and Literature, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, March 15–16, 2009.
  14. « Peinture et mode chez Flaubert », colloque du CIEF, Conseil International des Etudes Francophones, Limoges, France, 29 juin–6 juillet, 2008.
  15. "Shoah ve-ofnah: hayelchou hashtaym yahdav?" ("Will Shoah and Fashion Go Hand in Hand?", in Hebrew), Ger-mania Conference, Bezalel Art and Design Academy, Jerusalem, May 11, 2008.
  16. « Le Docteur Pascal : vêtements provençaux vs vêtements parisiens », Colloque international Visages de la Provence : Zola, Cézanne, Giono…, organized by The Emile Zola Society, Aix-en-Provence, France, 19–21 october 2007.
  17. Chaired the session « Les écrivains et la Provence (4) : Flaubert, Gasquet, Pagnol, Zola, etc… », Colloque international Visages de la Provence : Zola, Cézanne, Giono…, organized by The Emile Zola Society, Aix-en-Provence, France, 19–21 october 2007.
  18. « Gan Eden la-isha: Zola vedat hazricha » ("The Ladies' Paradise: Zola and the Consumerism Religion", in Hebrew), Yamin Usmol VeRouah HaKodesh Conference, Bezalel Art and Design Academy, Jerusalem, May 20, 2007.
  19. Chaired the session "Art at the Service of…" Yamin Usmol VeRouah HaKodesh Conference, Bezalel Art and Design Academy, Jerusalem, May 20, 2007.
  20. "The Invention of Fashion as a Post-Traumatic Reaction (the French Case)", Forty-Second International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA, May 10–13, 2007.
  21. « La réticence déguisée dans La Vie mode d’emploi de Georges Perec », Colloque La réticence dans les écritures poétiques et romanesques contemporaines, Université de Haifa, Haifa, Israël, 19–20 mars 2007.
  22. « Les relations petite-fille/grand-mère et grand-tante à travers la transmission de la mode dans Gigi de Colette », Colloque Relations familiales dans les littératures françaises et francophones des XXe et XXIe siècles, Université d’Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas, 25–26 octobre 2006.
  23. « Le paradoxe de la mode vestimentaire selon Simmel », Le même et l’autre — identité et différence, XXXIème Congrès de l’Association des Sociétés de Philosophie en Langue Française, Université de Budapest, Budapest, Hongrie, 29 août–2 septembre 2006.
  24. "Lema mitkaven ha-meazev be-izuvo?" ("What does the designer mean by his design?", in Hebrew), Helem HaYafeh Conference, Bezalel Art and Design Academy, Jerusalem, May 2006.
  25. "Behinat tkeifout hamodel shel Veblen bethum haofna", ("Examining the Validity of the Thorstein Veblen Model in Fashion", in Hebrew) Kavim Makbilim — Bein Practica le-Teoria Conference, Bezalel Art and Design Academy, Jerusalem, April 2005.
  26. "Fashion and Masculinity in Balzac", Lafer Center and the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, Jerusalem, March 2005.
  27. "Children Clothes", Conference on Jewish Children in Italy, Museum of Italian Jewish Art, Jerusalem, September 2004.
  28. "Levoush ba-safot ha-ivrit ve-ha-zarfatit" ("Clothing in French and Hebrew Languages", in Hebrew), The Language as a Culture Medium Seminar, at The International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, July 4–8, 2004.
  29. "Teaching Anthropology in non-Behavioral Sciences", Annual Conference of the Israeli Anthropological Association (IAA), Sdé Boker, May 19–20, 2004.
  30. "Renaissance Clothing in Italy", Conference on Jews during the Renaissance in Italy, Museum of Italian Jewish Art, Jerusalem, september 2003.
  31. "On the Symbolism of Clothes in Zola", The Jerusalem International Symbolism Conference, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, May 11–14, 2003.
  32. "Balzac and French Dandyism", Seventh ISSEI (International Society for the Studies of European Ideas) Conference, Bergen University, Bergen, Norway, August 14–18, 2000.
  33. "Symbolic Meanings of Clothes and Hair in Alexandre Dumas' La Reine Margot", The Popular Culture Association Conference, Cambridge, UK, August 1–7, 1999.
  34. "On the Tradition of Negativity of Life in Western Fashion and its Vision of the Human Body", Sixth ISSEI (International Society for the Studies of European Ideas) Conference, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel, August 16–21, 1998.
  35. Chaired the session "Negation & Negativity in Western Thought", Sixth ISSEI (International Society for the Studies of European Ideas) Conference, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel, August 16–21, 1998.
  36. "Bible and Science-Fiction Movies", Sixth ISSEI (International Society for the Studies of European Ideas) Conference, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel, August 16–21, 1998.
  37. "Methodological Reservations on Kristeva’s ‘Semiotics of Biblical Abominations' ", IAPL (International Association for Philosophy and Literature) Annual Conference, Mobile, Alabama, USA, May 6–10, 1997.

Lectures in Departmental' Seminars

  1. "Prostitution in 19th Centruy French Literature", (2) Lecture in the course "Prostitution in Literature", General and Compared Literature dept., Hebrew University, Jerusalem, May 19, 2011.
  2. "Prostitution in 19th Centruy French Literature", (1) Lecture in the course "Prostitution in Literature", General and Compared Literature dept., Hebrew University, Jerusalem, May 5, 2011.
  3. "Feminine Maghrebi Immigration to France", (with Dr. Henriette Dahan-Kalev), Gender Studies Department, Haifa University, Haifa, December 12, 2010.
  4. "Gendered Fashion's Pathology in Nineteenth Century French Literature", French Department Seminar, Haifa University, Haifa, February 8, 2010.
  5. "Men's Corset: Feminine Model to Masculinity?", Gender Studies Department Seminar, Ben-Gurion University, Be'er-Sheva, June 30, 2009.
  6. "Futuristic Fashion", Invited lecture, Seminar of the Industrial Design Department, Hadassah College, Jerusalem, March 22, 2009.
  7. "Masculine Fashion in Nineteenth Century Europe", Invited lecture in the MA course Fashion in Western Culture 1500–1900, Culture Studies Department, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Mars 20, 2009.
  8. Presentation of Asher Salah's book La République des lettres, Brill, 2007, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, January 20, 2008.
  9. "The Beauty Advantage", Invited lecture, Seminar of the Industrial Design Department, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, November 21, 2007.
  10. "Qu'est-ce que la mode ?" French Department, Hebrew university, Jerusalem, May 10, 2007.
  11. "Men were wearing corsets as well", Gender Studies Department Seminar, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, December 6, 2006.
  12. "Closing Fashion Features through History", Fashion Department, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, November, 2006.
  13. Presentation of my book L’Esprit du chiffon, French Department Seminar, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, May 8, 2006.
  14. "Clothing and Masculinity in Nineteenth Century French Literature", Seminar of the Culture Studies Department, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, January 2004.
  15. "Vêtements et mode dans Nana de Zola", French Department, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 2003.

Conference/Session Organization

  1. Member of the scientific committee for the international conference Sociopoétique du textile — Tissus et vêtements chez les écrivains français au XIXe siècle, organisé par le CELIS de l’Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand) à Moulins, France, 5–7 septembre 2013.
  2. In cooperation with Bezalel and SERD (La Société des études romantiques et dix-neuvièmistes, Paris), I have initiated and organized an international conference, held in CRFJ, Jerusalem, (May 22, 2012) and the Institut français, Tel-Aviv, (May 23, 2012), in French and English, on Nineteenth Century Visual Culture, (France and International Convergences).
  3. Member of the team who organized the Conference on Israeli Fashion and Jewellery, Bezalel Art and Design Academy, Jerusalem, March 25, 2009.
  4. Initiated, organized and chaired the session "Clothes/Fashion in European Culture", Seventh ISSEI (International Society for the Studies of European Ideas) Conference, Bergen University, Bergen, Norway, August 14–18, 2000.