<p> Prof. Yeshayahu Shen, Ph.D., CV</p><p>Curriculum-Vitae</p><p>Faculty: Humanities. The Program of Cognitive Studies of Language Use Department of Literature Tel Aviv University ISRAEL</p><p>Education</p><p>Period of Study Name of School Subject Degree 1975-1978 Tel Aviv Uni. Poetics & Poetics & Comp. B.A. (with distinction) Comp. Literature B.A. Literature 1979-1981 Tel Aviv Uni. Poetics & Poetics & Comp. MA (Summa cum laude). Comp. Literature (with Literature distinction) 1982-1985 Tel Aviv Uni. Poetics & Poetics & Comp.Lit. Ph.D thesis Comp. Literature Literature</p><p>Title of Doctoral Dissertation: The Structure of Action in the Short Narrative Text.</p><p>Names of supervisor: Prof. Tanya Reinhart.</p><p>Academic and Professional Experience</p><p>Period Name of Institution Rank/Function</p><p>1978 – 1980 Poetics & Comp. Literature, Tel Aviv University Teaching Assistant 1978 – 1986 Porter Institute Working papers (Co) Editor 1981 -1983 Poetics & Comp. Literature,Tel Aviv University Assistant 1983 - 1986 Ha-Sifrut Member of editorial board 1988-89 Institute of Cognitive studies, University of California, A visiting scholar Berkeley. Fall 1988/9. Dept. of Near Eastern studies - University of California, A visiting Assistant Berkeley. Professor 1987 -1991 Poetics & Comp. Literature, Tel Aviv University. Lecturer</p><p>1991 - 1997 Poetics & Comp. Lit, Tel Aviv Unviersity. Senior Lecturer (tenured) 1994 - 1998 Porter Institute working papers Editor 1994-1996 The program of Cognitive Studies of Language Use Head</p><p>1997 Tel Aviv University, Poetics & Comp. Literature Associate Professor 1999-2000 Porter Institute for Poetics & Semiotics. Tel Aviv U. Director Summer 2003 Max-Planck Institute, Linguistics. Leipzig, Germany A visiting fellow Since 2006 The program of cognitive studies of language use, Tel Aviv Head U. Summer 2007 Max-Planck Institute Linguistics. Leipzig, Germany A visiting fellow Since 2007 Poetics, Tel Aviv University Professor July 2009 Max-Planck Institute, Linguistics. Leipzig, Germany A visiting fellow</p><p>Academic and Professional Awards</p><p>Year Name of Institution</p><p>1984 Tel-Aviv University: "Liber Fund".</p><p>1987 Everyman University: "Everyman fund".</p><p>1991 The British Council Fellowship Award.</p><p>1991 The National Israeli Grant for Academy for Sciences Research - "A model of the structure and comprehension of the short narrative text". </p><p>1993 The National Israeli Grant for Academy for Sciences Research - "Aspects of a Theory of Narrative Competence"</p><p>1996. United States-Israel Bi-national Science Foundation "Metaphor in Language and Thought".</p><p>1999. The National Israeli Grant for Academy for Sciences Research - “Cognitive Poetics and the Use of Figurative Language in Poetry.”</p><p>2002. The National Israeli Grant for Academy for Sciences Research - Cognitive processes and strategies in poetic and non-poetic modes of comprehension of figurative language.</p><p>2005. National Israeli Grant for Academy for Sciences Research - Figurative Language: Cognitive and Cross-Linguistic aspects.</p><p>2007 National Israeli Grant for Academy for Sciences Research - What can visual metaphors \ hybrids tell us about language and thought? DOCTORAL STUDENTS</p><p>COMPLETED</p><p>1997: An external examiner (a member of the reading committee) of Johan Hoorn's dissertation: "Metaphor and Brains: A Behavioral and Psychophysiological Research into Literary Metaphor Processing". Algemene Literatuurwetenschap. Vrije Universiteit. Amsterdam. Holland.</p><p>Zvi Marks (completed – 2006): A member of a doctorate committee of in computational linguistics. Hebrew University in Jerusalem.</p><p>Sara Carmeli. (completed - 2007). " Transparency and Translucency of compound Blissymbols</p><p>Active</p><p>Elad Kotzer. (Since 2007) Cognition and metaphorical structures (a tentative title).</p><p>Alexandra Katz. (Since 2006) “Cognition, metaphor and structure in Music”. (In collaboration with Dr. Zohar Eitan)</p><p>Hamutal Yakir (since 2010). Emotional aspects of the perception of hybrids (a tentative title).</p><p>M.A. STUDENTS</p><p>COMPLETED</p><p>Ronit Schwartz. (1993) "Space in the cinematic text". Tel Aviv University.</p><p>Neri Lifshitz. (1993) "Metaphor in the cinematic text". Tel Aviv University.</p><p>Lizi Doron. (1994) "Narrative competence in Schizophrenic patients." Tel Aviv University.</p><p>Dana David. (1994) "Narrative competence in Aphasia patients". Tel Aviv University.</p><p>Rachel Don Yichye (1996) "Law theory and discourse analysis". Tel Aviv University.</p><p>Efrat Biberman (1996). "Narrative structure in drawings". Tel Aviv University.</p><p>Ravid Eizenman. (1996)"Cognitive aspects of similes and metaphors. Tel Aviv University Avital Eyal. (2002) Scripted categories – a developmental perspective. Tel Aviv University</p><p>Michal Avivi. (2001) "Mental models of children's thinking". (In collaboration with Professor Sidney Strauss). Tel Aviv University</p><p>Osnat Gadir. (2002)“Synaesthetic terms”. Tel Aviv University. </p><p>Lior Michaeli. (2000)“Scripted categories and conceptual organization. Tel Aviv University</p><p>Ariela Plaut. (2004) “Naming errors and principles of conceptual organization”. Tel Aviv University</p><p>Efrat Assif. (2004) “Inferences in Scripted categories” </p><p>Dita Bar Israel. (2004) Narrative organization. </p><p>Maya Duvdevani.. (2004) “Developmental aspects of conceptual organization.</p><p>Shraga Zilbermintz. (2004) “Narrative structure in dreams representation in literary prose. Tel Aviv University</p><p>Smadar Asulin (2005) (in collaboration with Rachel Erhard). Metaphors in . Tel Aviv University.</p><p>Galia dror. (2005) “Metaphorical analogies and humor”. Tel Aviv University.</p><p>Hagit Hen (2007) “Aspects of pictorial metaphor”. Tel Aviv University.</p><p>Elad Kotzer. (2007) "Word ordering in metaphorical constructions". Tel Aviv University.</p><p>Asil Mansur. (2008). "Cognitive aspects of the conceptualization of visual hybrids.</p><p>ACTIVE</p><p>Liel Admon. Since 2007. Interpretation strategies of synaesthetic metaphors (a tentative title).</p><p>Ana Trubackoy. Since 2008. “Linguistic relativity hypothesis: a comparison between Hebrew and Russian”</p><p>Itamar Shealtiel. Since 2009. “Internet communication and literary theory” (a tentative title).</p><p>Debi Kastel. Since 2009. “Figurative language and the brain” (a tentative title). Roi Porat. Since 2009. The role of language in conceptual processes (a tentative title) Recent Organizational Activities</p><p>Michael Feinstein. Since 2010. Conceptual aspects of the perception of visual hybrids (a tentative title).</p><p>Date: June, 2010</p>