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CURRICULUM VITAE OPHIRA GAMLIEL Updated: 15/12/2014 Date of Birth: 2/5/1968 Country of Birth: Israel ID no.: 023653678 Address: Moskovitz 17 Rehovot Tel.: 0544709541 E-mail address: [email protected] EDUCATION 2000 B.A., summa cum laude , Indian Studies and Egyptology, the Hebrew University. 2002 M.A., magna cum laude , The Language of Revealed Mysteries: A Comparative view of Monologue-Hymns ( ātmastuti) in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Coptic [in Hebrew], the Hebrew University, Supervised by David Shulman. 2010 Ph.D., summa cum laude, Jewish Malayalam Women's Songs , the Hebrew University, supervised by David Shulman. 2010 Post-doctoral studies, The Department of Malayalam and Kerala Studies in the University of Calicut in Kerala, India, under the guidance of Venugopala Panicker. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 1997 Assistant Teacher, The Faculty of Humanities, Indian Studies 1998 Junior Teaching Assistant, The Faculty of Humanities, Indian Studies 1999 Junior Teaching Assistant, The Faculty of Humanities, Indian Studies 2000 Junior Teaching Assistant, The Faculty of Humanities, Indian Studies 2001 Language Instructor, The Faculty of Humanities, Indian Studies 2002 Language Instructor, The Faculty of Humanities, Indian Studies 2003 Teaching Assistant, The Faculty of Humanities, Indian Studies 2004 Teaching Assistant, The Faculty of Humanities, Indian Studies 2006 Instructor, The Faculty of Humanities, Indian Studies 2010 Teaching Fellow, The Faculty of Humanities, Asian Studies, Bar-Ilan University External Teacher, The Faculty of Humanities, Comparative Religion 2011 Teaching Fellow, The Faculty of Humanities, Asian Studies, Bar-Ilan University External Teacher, The Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Asian and African Studies 2 Curriculum Vitae Ophira Gamliel 2012 Teaching Fellow, The Faculty of Humanities, Asian Studies, Bar-Ilan University Language Instructor, The Faculty of Humanities, Asian Studies 2013 Teaching Fellow, The Faculty of Humanities, Asian Studies, Bar-Ilan University Language Instructor, The Faculty of Humanities, Asian Studies RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2008 Research Assistant on Malayalam syntax in the project Syntax of Participial Modifiers (Israel Science Foundation grant 615/06, PI Edit Doron). 2009 "Kerala Project": Jewish Malayalam language documentation project (Ben Zvi Institute grant, PI Ophira Gamliel) 2010 Malayalam Aspects and Auxiliary Verbs Seminar of TAPASAM, The Association for Comparative Studies (August, 2010), in collaboration with Scaria Zacharia and Venugopala Panicker, Kalady, Kerala. 2010 Research Assistant on Malayalam language and Kerala studies in the project Indian Sanskrit Theatre (Humanities Fund Grants, Innovations in Humanities Teaching, PI David Shulman). 2011 Research Assistant on Malayalam language and Kerala studies in the project Indian Sanskrit Theatre (Humanities Fund Grants, Innovations in Humanities Teaching, PI David Shulman). 2013 Research Assistant on theatre of Kerala in the project Kudiyattam: Living Sanskrit Theater in the Kerala Tradition (German-Israeli Foundation, PIs David Shulman and Heike Mauser). 2014 Research Assistant on theatre of Kerala in the project Kudiyattam: Living Sanskrit Theater in the Kerala Tradition (German-Israeli Foundation, PIs David Shulman and Heike Mauser). AWARDS AND HONORS 2000 Hebrew University Rector's Award 2000 Israeli Parliament Award of Excellence 2001 Sterrnberg Prize for Interfaith Understanding, Hebrew University 2003 Meyerson Fellowship, the University of Texas at Austin 2003 The Ben-Zvi Institute Award 2004 Association of Israeli Women Academy Researchers Award 2004 Rotenstreich Fellowship Grant, the Hebrew University 2005 Rotenstreich Fellowship Grant, the Hebrew University 2006 Rotenstreich Fellowship Grant, the Hebrew University 3 Curriculum Vitae Ophira Gamliel 2007 Rotenstreich Fellowship Grant, the Hebrew University 2008 Rotenstreich Fellowship Grant, the Hebrew University 2008 Jewish Languages Department, Morag Award, the Hebrew University ACADEMIC TEACHING Seminars The Creative Subject [Bar-Ilan University] Between the Universe and the Topus: Local Expressions for Universal Traditions in India, [Bar-Ilan University] On Gods and Humans: Kerala Culture as a Tapestry of Religions and Language Traditions [Hebrew University] Introductory courses Thou Art That: Introduction to Hindu Philosophy and Religion [Bar-Ilan University] Jews in India and India in Judaism [Bar-Ilan University] Language courses for beginners and for advanced students Sanskrit for Beginners [Hebrew University] Readings in Sanskrit messenger poetry Readings in Sanskrit Epic Malayalam for Beginners Readings in Modern Malayalam literature Readings in Old Malayalam literature LANGUAGES Native Hebrew Fluency English, Malayalam Proficient Sanskrit Reference Arabic, Tamil, Hindi, Coptic, Tibetan, Dutch, German BOOKS 1999 tr. Shiva in the Forest of Pines : Translations of selected Sanskrit myths , 271 pp, Keter Publishing House, Jerusalem. (Hebrew) 2001 Yogis, Kings and Celestial Women : Translations of selected Sanskrit myths , 215 pp., Keter Publishing House, Jerusalem. (Hebrew) 4 Curriculum Vitae Ophira Gamliel 2005 with Scaria Zacharia, , (eds. And trs.), Kārku ḻali - Yefefiah - Gorgeous! Jewish Women's Songs in Malayalam with Hebrew Translations , 2005, 472 pp., Ben Zvi Institute, Jerusalem (Hebrew and Malayalam. See no. 1) forthcoming Introduction to Malayalam Grammar , Magnes Press, Jerusalem (Hebrew. app. 250 pp) CHAPTERS IN COLLECTIONS 2002 "From the Rāmāya ṇa to the Cloud Messenger: The Kāvya Genre in Sanskrit Literature", pp. 125-148. In Wool from the Loom: The Development of Literary Genres in Ancient Literature , ed. Nathan Wasserman. Jerusalem: Magnes (Hebrew). [invited paper] 2008 "Malayalam Folksongs", pp. 46-82, in David Shulman and Shalva Weil (eds.), Karmic Passages: Israeli Scholarship on India , Oxford University Press, Delhi. [invited paper] 2012 "'And the Women Sing their Songs': The Wedding Songs of Kerala Jews" pp. 266-315. In Haviva Pedaya (ed.), The Piyyutas a Cultural Prism: New Approaches , Van-Leer Institute, Jerusalem (Hebrew) [invited paper] 2013 "The Hebrew Component in Jewish Malayalam" (2013), pp. 410-413. In Encyclopaedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics , ed. Geoffrey Khan, pp. 410-413, Brill, Boston. [invited entry] 2014 "Jewish Malayalam", Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World. Norman A. Stillman (ed.), Brill Online, 2014. [invited entry] Forthcoming "Jewish Malayalam", in Handbook of Jewish Languages . Lily Kahn and Aron Rubin (eds.). Leiden: Brill. [invited entry] ARTICLES 2005 "Hey there! Have you ever seen a Parrot? Notes about the Sukasandesam", in TAPASAM A Quarterly Journal of Kerala Studies in Malayalam-English 1:2, pp. 284-314. [invited paper] 2006 "The Vigil Night Song", in TAPASAM A Quarterly Journal of Kerala Studies in Malayalam-English 1:3 , pp. 548-574. [invited paper] 2009 "Jewish Malayalam", in International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics 38:1 , pp. 147-175. [peer-reviewed] 2009 "Oral Literary Forms in Jewish Malayalam", in Journal of Indo Judaic Studies 10 , pp. 47-60. [peer-reviewed] 2009 ""Kerala Project": On Documenting the Linguistic Heritage of Kerala Jews", in Pe'amim 122 , pp. 129-153. [peer-reviewed] 2010 "Documenting Jewish Malayalam in Israel: Fieldwork Description and Data Analysis", in TAPASAM A Quarterly Journal of Kerala Studies in Malayalam-English VI:1 , pp. 3-39. [invited paper] 5 Curriculum Vitae Ophira Gamliel 2013 "Voices Yet to Be Heard: On Listening to the Last Speakers of Jewish Malayalam", in Journal of Jewish Languages 1:1:1 , pp. 135-167. [peer- reviewed] 2013 "The Neglected History of Kerala Jews", in Zmanim 122 , pp. 16-29. (Hebrew) [invited paper] 2014 "Translation Genres in Jewish Malayalam: Stylistic and Linguistic Examination", in Massorot 16 . pp. 137-172. (Hebrew) [peer-reviewed] Forthcoming with Abed al-Rahman Mara'i. "The bleached verbs 'sit' and 'come' in Colloquial Hebrew and Arabic dialects", in Journal of Jewish Languages . [peer-reviewed] OTHER PUBLICATIONS 2006 Review of The Jews of Kerala , by P. M. Jussay. TAPASAM a Quarterly Journal of Kerala Studies in Malayalam-English 1:3. pp. 685-695. 2010 Review of Narratology: Indian Perspectives by C. Rajendran. The Adyar Library Bulletin 2008-2009 . pp. 349-358. 2010 "The Right Path to India", Haaretz , July 7 2010. (Hebrew) CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS 2002 "Sanskrit and Hebrew Literature and Language", International Seminar on Sanskrit and World Literature (September, 4-6), University of Calicut, Kerala, South India. 2006 "A Tapestry of Words and Meanings: the Malayalam Songs of Jewish Women from Kerala on the Eve of Weddings", From Andalusia to Babylon: The Hebrew Poem as a Cultural Window (May, 25), Van-Leer Institute, Jerusalem. 2006 "The Vigil Night Songs", International Conference on the Jewish Heritage of Kerala (February, 21-23), Shree Shankaracharya Sanskrit University in Kalady, Kerala. 2008 "Cultural Participation in Kerala as a Model of Multiculturalism in Traditional Society", The Seventh Annual Conference of Asian Studies in Israel (May, 21-22), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2008 "Jewish Malayalam", The 3 rd International Jewish Languages Conference (June, 23- 26), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem [Hebrew]. 2008 "The Pragmatics of Poetry and the Semantics of Ritual", Sensitive Readings and Far Reaching Implications: Penetrations into South Asian Traditions in Honor of David Shulman (Decemebr, 21-22), The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. 2009 "Who Is the Perfect King? 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