Govrin, M. 1
Michal Govrin (Brezis)
List of Publications:
1. Literary Publications
2. Works for Theater (Directing, Adapting, Writing and Translations)
3. Academic and non Academic Publications:Books Articles and Essays
- Literary Publications
Books
Govrin, M. (1981) That Very Hour Poems (Ota Sha'a), Tel-Aviv, Sifriat Po'alim, 64 pp.
Govrin, M. (1984) Hold On To The Sun, Short Stories and Legends(Le'Echoz Ba'Shemesh, Sipurim Ve'Agadot), Tel-Aviv, Siman-Kri'a/HaKiboutz-Ha'meuchad, 141 pp.
Govrin, M. with drawings by Millo, O. & Livneh, D. (1989) That Night Seder (Seder Ha'Laila Ha'zeh), Jerusalem, Habama, 50 pp.
Govrin, M. (1990) Word's Body,Poems, (Gufei Milim), Tel-Aviv, HaKiboutz-Ha'meuchad, 80 pp.
Govrin, M. (1995) The Name, Novel (Ha'Shem), Tel-Aviv, Ha'Sifria-Ha'Hadasha/HaKiboutz-Ha'meuchad, 346 pp.
Govrin, M with etchings by Klapisch, L. (1998 Artist Book; 2000 Trade Book) The Making of The Sea, Chronicle of Interpretation (Ma'ase Ha'Yam, Chronikat Peirush), Jaffa, Harel Publishing House/ Jerusalem, Carmel, 62 pp.
Govrin, M. translated by Harshav, B. (1998) The Name, Novel,New York,
Riverhead Books of Penguin-Putnam, 375 pp, Hardcover;
(2000) paper back ( " " ) 453 pp.
Govrin, M. (2002) Snapshots, Novel (Hevzekim), Tel-Aviv, Sifria La'Am/Am-Oved, 408 pp.
Govrin, M. translated by Harshav, B. (2007) Snapshots, Novel, New York,
Riverhead Books of Penguin, 322 pp.
(2008) ( " " ) paper back, 367 pp.
Govrin, M. Traduit par Valérie Zenatti. (2008), Sur le vif, roman,Paris, Sabine
Wespieser Editeur, 475 pp.
Govrin, M. with drawings by Millo, O. (2008) And So Said Jerusalem, Hymns and Poems (Amra Yerushalim, Mizmorim Veshirim), Jerusalem, Devari-m/Carmel, 177 pp.
Govrin, M. , Miller, J. Graves, editor, Appelfeld, A, preface (2010) Hold On To The Sun, True Stories and Tales, translations by Bilu D., Harshav B., Cole P., Schulz, A. The New York, Feminist Press, 256 pp.
Govrin. M. Love On The Shore (Ahava al hakhof), novel, Hakibuz-Hameuchad, Tel-Aviv 223 pp. 2013
Govrin, M. Amour sur le rivage, translation by Zenatti, V.,
Paris, Sabine Wespieser Editions. 373 pp. 2013
Govrin, M., The Name )new printing with a postface by Liebes, Y.) HaSifria-Hachadasha/ Hakibuz-Hameuchad, Tel-Aviv 223 pp.2013.
Govrin, M. & Derrida, J. & Shapiro, D. (2000) Body of Prayer, New York,
The Irwin Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union, 104 pp.
Derrida, J. Govrin, M. Shapiro, D, Body of Prayer (Guf Tfila), Hakibuz-Hameuchad/Kav Adom Keheh,/Mofet Books, 152 pp. 2013
Govrin, M with a team of writers, Gathering for Yom HaShoh (Hitcansut LeYom HaShoah), 47pp. Van Leer Institute
Poems and Short Stories
Large number of short stories and poems have appeared in literary magazines and Anthologies in Hebrew and In Translations to English, French, Spanish, Russian, Croatian, Greek, Hungarian
The latest
Govrin, M. Jours de pénitence à Cracovie – Réviviscence d'une mélodiein: Continuum, Orner, E. (editrice); Fall 2011
Govrin, M. Marek Laub, A Child Who Left No Trace, Ha'aretz, 27.1.2012
Literary Editing
Govrin, P. We Were As Dreamers (Haeinu Kecholmim)Family Saga, (2005) Asaf, D. Introduction, Govrin, M. editor, Jerusalem, Carmel Publishing House, 619 pp.
Editor of Devari-m/Carmel Series (with Laurberbaum, M.)
Schimmel, H., Cassida (with drawings by Tulkovski, Z.), (2009) Devari-m/Carmel, Jerusalem, 184 p.
Liebes, Y., Mnemosyne, Translations of classical Poetry, (with works on paper by Altholz, S.) (2011) Devari-m/Carmel, Jerusalem, 180 p.
Salhoov, S., Torat Ha'Khitukhim, poems (with workd on paper by Gordon, M,. and Petel, E.) (2011)Devari-m/Carmel, Jerusalem, 131 p.
2. Theater Works: Directings, Adaptations, and Translations
A. Directing
Govrin, M. (1972) Translating and directing, The Condemned Man's Bicycle, by F. Arrabal; Tel-Aviv, The Noon Theater, Tel-AvivUniversityGovrin, M. (1974) Adapting and Directing,La Moisson de la Folie,based on Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav's Tales; Paris, La Compagnie des Sept Mendiants.
Govrin, M. & Meyers, B. (1974), L'Histoire du Prince et du Coq, based on Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav's Tale, Paris, Experimental Workshop devoted to adapting Jewish Sources to the Theater, with CIRT, (directed by P. Brook)
Govrin, M. (1976-7) Translating and directing: The Emigrants(HaMehagrim) by Mrojek, S.,Jerusalem,The Khan Theater, (The Margalit Award to Govrin M., director and Konorti S. & Morhaim, A., actors)
Govrin, M. & Levi, R. (1977), Adapting and Directing,In the Bloom of Her Days,(Bidmi Hayieha) by S.I. Agnon, Jerusalem, The Khan Theater
Govrin, M. (1978) Adapting and Directing Mercier and Camier, a novel by S. Beckett,Jerusalem,The Khan Theater, (World Première,With a special permission by the author)
Govrin, M. (1980) Adapting and Directing collective creation: Variations on the Theme of Morning, three-part performance composed of Acts Without Words No. 2 and Breath by S. Beckett, and an adaptation of The Morning Prayer from the Jewish Daily Prayer Book, Jerusalem, The Department of Theatre, The Hebrew University, performed in and out doors at the David Citadel in the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem
Govrin, M. (1981) Translating and Directing: The Work Room, by J. C. Grumberg, Tel Aviv, The HaBima National Theatre.
Govrin, M. (1982) Editing and Directing: The Journey of the Year: experience of moving through cycle of the Jewish year - a theatrical experiment, with participation of the audience, based on traditional sources. Research and dramatization: students of the Dept. of Theatre, The Hebrew University. Co-production of the Department of Theater and The Khan Theater. Tel - Aviv, Jerusalem. Performed out doors at "The First International Conference of Jewish Theater.
Govrin, M. (1985) Directing & Maron, H. Acting: Happy Days, by S. Beckett,Tel Aviv, The Kamery Theater.
Govrin, M. & Klapholtz, F. & Collaborators, (1986) Perush, a multimedia project. Milan, Salone Pier Lombardo.
Govrin, M. & Livneh, D. & Millo, O. & Klapholtz, F. (1989) This Night's Seder, Jerusalem, HaBama Theater.
Govrin, M. directing and concept & Collaborators, (1983-1984) Gog and Magog - Laboratory, Jerusalem, Coproduction: The School of Visual Theater, HaBama, Gerard Behar Theater, l'Academie Experimentale des Theatres (Paris), with the participation of Bruce Myers, (CIRT, Paris)
Govrin, M. directing(1984),Gog and Magog - Conclusions of a Laboratory,Jerusalem, The Israel Festival
Govrin, M. writing and in performing (1998)The Making of the Sea - Voice Performance, Tel Aviv, Office in Tel Aviv,
(2000) Jerusalem, Hazira Multimedia center
Govrin, M. Scenario Baruch, G. Video Art & Brezis, R. Stills,
Snapshots-Video Performance, (2002) Jerusalem, Hazira Multimedia center
Govrin, M. &Klapisch, L. The Making of the Sea, a Chronicle of Exegesis,
Art Exhibition, (2002) Jerusalem, Mishkenot Sha’ananim.
Govrin, M. & Vieder-Magan, R. & Dvir, N. (2003)The Name Open My Lips
(Hashem Sefatai Tiphtach) Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Company &Hazira
Multimedia center
B. Plays in Translations
I.Published Translations
Govrin, M. translator, (1984) The Workroom(Beit Melacha) by Grumbreg, J. C., Tel-Aviv, Sifiat-Hateatron, 106 pp.
Govrin, M. translator, (1993) The Emigrants (HaMehagrim) by Mrojek, S., Tel-Aviv, Sifiat-Hateatron, 92 pp.
II. Translations for Performance
Govrin, M., translator & Shiran, H., director (1969) The Persians(HaParsim)By Aeschylus [an adaptation], Tel-Aviv, Beit Zvi
Govrin, M., (1972) The Condemned Man's Bicycle(Ofanei HaNidon), by Arrabal, F., Tel Aviv, The Noon Theater
C. Writing for Performance
Govrin, M., librettist, & Josef Tal, composer, (1981) Chalom Hagigulim, Tel Aviv, HaSifriah Lemusica.
Govrin, M. playright & Amit, D., director, (1986) La Promenade, radio-drama, Jerusaem, Kol Yisrael
3. Scholarly Publications and Esaays
Articles in Academic Journals and Publications
Govrin, M. (1975) Bamah Drama Quaterly, The Theatrical Event in Today's Italy(in Hebrew), 3, pp. 64-65Govrin, M. (Spring 1983), Conservative Judaism,The Jewish Ritual as a Genre of Sacred Theatre, 20, pp.15-34
Govrin, M. (1985) Yod, Revue d'Etudes Hébraïques, Paris, Tendances Actuelles dans la Création d'un Théâtre Juif, 22, pp. 91-112
Govrin, M. (1986), Encyclopédie d'Israël,Approches du Théâtre Juif, Paris, Editions Alliance
Govrin, M. & Alexander, T. (1989) Assaph C 5, Storytelling as a Performing Art, 36, pp. 1-35
Govrin, M. (1990) Judaism and Art, Cassuto, D. ed., Jewish Ceremony and the Theater(in Hebrew) , Bar-IlanUniv., 25, pp. 243-267
Govrin, M. (1990) Love in the Afterlife, a Selection from the Zohar(translation with annotation),Rabbinic Fantasies, Stern D. & Mirsky, M. J. ed., The Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 24, pp. 239-252
Govrin, M. (1994)Passage des Frontieres, autour du travail de Jacques Derrida,Mallet, M.ed. Chant d'Outre-Tombe, Ed. Galilee, 12, pp. 227-236
Govrin, M. (2001), Second Generation Voices, Berger, A. & Berger N. ed. The Journey to Poland, U. of Florida Press, 15, pp. 141-155
Govrin, M. (2001) In God’s Name, Genocide and Religion in the Twentieth Century, Bartov, O. & Mack, P. ed. " - - ", Berghahn Books, New York Oxford. 13, pp 350-372
Govrin, M., (2006 4/2 ), Partial Answers, In Search of the Story: A Friendship between Critic and Writer, 23, pp 257-280
Govrin, M., (2007), New Developments in Zohar Studies, Meroz, R., ed. Tel Aviv U. Press, Literary Reverberations of the Zohar, 29, pp 23-52
Govrin, M. (2008), Jewish Peoplehood, Change and Challenge, Revivi, M. & Kopelowitz, E. ed. Jewish Literary Manifesto (in First Person Feminine), 29, pp 117-129. Academic Studies Press, Boston.
Govrin, M. (2008) Femmes et Judaïsme Aujourd'hui, Lypsyc, S. S. dir., Itinéraire d'une Ecrivaine Israélienne a Travers Les Sources Juives, Editions in Press, 14 pp 69-83
Govrin, M. (2009), The New School Annual William Philips Lecture, Israel at 60: Reality, Utopia or Provocation, 25, pp 5-30
Govrin, M. 'From Jerusalm to Jerusalm' – Dedication, 25 mans. pp in: Living
Together. Jacques Derrida’s Communities of Violence and Peace, Weber, E. ed.,
FordhamU. Press (forthcoming, Fall 2012)
Govrin, M. Beikvot Hapiyut Ha'avud' pp:451-484 in: Hapiyut KeTzohar
Tarbuti, Pedaya, H. (ed.), Van Leer Institute & HaKibutz Hameuchad
2013
Articles and Essays in Non-Academic Publications
Govrin, M. (1990) The Partisan Review, vol. 37 no. 4, Readings in Jerusalem, 7, pp. 621-627
Govrin, M. (Spring 1990) Hadarim, Translation into Hebrew and Preface of: "Che Cos'e la Poesia?" by J. Derrida
Govrin, M. (1994) Hadarim, Not the Dead (Lo HaMetim), 7, pp 119-126
Govrin, M. (1997) Sefarim / Ha'aretz, "I Construct Sentences So I Exist" on S. Beckett's Trilogy(Any Boneh Mishpatim Siman Shany Hai) 2 pp (Front Page Essay)
Govrin, M. (1999); Ha'aretz Sifrut VeTarbut, Grotowski, The Great Teacher,1
Pp, 3
Govrin, M. (2000); Le Matin, Dakar, Senegal,Femme Noire(In three parts)Govrin, M., (2001/1), Partisan Review, The Case of the Jewish Biography, 11, pp. 20-31
Govrin, M. (2003/2), Partisan Review, Martyrs and Survivors: Thoughts on the Mythical Dimension of the Story War, 23, pp 274-297
Govrin, M. (2003) Les temps Modernes, Martyres ou survivants? Réflexions sur la dimension mythique de la "guerre pour l'histoire"30, pp75-106
Govrin, M (2003-4) Hadarim, Martyrs and Survivors(Martirim o Sordim)11, pp36-47
Govrin; M. (2004) Les temps Modernes, Jérusalem vue d'une colline, 4, pp 311-315
Govrin, M. (2005) Carmel, Dialogue with Death in Rhyme (Sicha im Mavet Beharuzim) 11, pp. 11-22
Govrin, M. (2006) Likrat Shabbat (Personal Insights on Parashat HaShavua), Achituv, H. & Picard, A. ed. Chronicle of a Couple (Chronika shel Zugiut), Merkaz Herzog Publication, 9, pp. 116-125
Govrin, M. (2007) Megila Kichtava, Recanati, I. ed. The Five Scrolls as a Story of
ACouple, Ministry of Education publication, 20, pp. 11-31
Govrin, M. (2007) Ot Le'Olam, Recanati, I. ed. Making of the Letters and
:Making of the Sea" (Ma'ase Haotiot u"Ma'ase HaYam") Ministry of Education
publication, 8, pp. 83-91
Govrin, M. (2008) Ilands of Memory (Yim Shel Zikaron), Keren, N. ed.,
Facing Evil, Thought of Visit in AuschwitzMuseum (Mul Pnei HaRoa,
Machshavot al Bikur BeMuseon Auschwitz), Masua Institute/Misrad Habitachon
Publications, 9, pp. 98-107
Govrin, M. (2009) Sh'Ma, Agnon's Ironic Spinning Top, 2, pp 11-12
Govrin, M. (2010) Mashiv Haruach, Kara, R. and Shaked, N., ed. Jerusalem
the Place of Desire, 15 pp.
Govrin. M. (2011) Schechter Institute Publications, Levin. R. ed, Seriously
Laughfing to Death: Couples' Games and Masks in the Book of Esther 10 pp
פעילות אמנותית מקצועית:List of Lectures at Academic Conferences, Festivals and Guest Lectures
1978 / "The Language of Theater" – Special Lecture (SL)University of Madison-Wisconsin
1979 / "Directing Beckett" – (SL)University of Madison-Wisconsin
1979 / "Performance in Jewish Ritual" – (SL) University of Paris 8
1980
1981 / "Les Aspects Théâtraux du Théâtre Juif", in:Théâtre et/ou Rituel, Colloque, Université Paris 3
"Hasidic Ritual as a Genre of Sacred Theater", in: Judaism and Art,ConferenceBar-IlanUniversity
1981
1982 / "The "narrator" in Beckett's Theater" - at "The Beckett Colloquium", TelAvivUniversity
"Jewish Ritual in Theatre – The Journey of the Year", in: The 1st International Conference of Jewish Theater, TelAvivUniversity,
1984 / "Acting Modes of the Folk Storyteller", with T. Alexander, in: Literature and Society, Conference, The HebrewUniversity
1986 / "Procedures of Negation in Performance", in: Absence and Negation Int. Conference, The HebrewUniversity
1988 / "The Mirror", in J. Derrida's Seminar, Kant Juif et/Allemand, Ecole Normale Supérieur, Paris
1988 / "Jewish Performance", in: Memory and Creativity Conference, JCC, Philadelphia
1990 / "Adapting Agnon to the Theater", in the Annual Meeting of the Israeli Theater Research Society, Jerusalem
1990 / "Deconstruction and Ethics", in: Literature and Ethics Seminar, The Center for Literary Studies, The HebrewUniversity
1990 / "Calderon's 'La Vida Es Sueno' - a Marranos' Theater" in: Theatre and Judaism, Colloquium, The HebrewUniversity
1990 / "Multi-Layered Writing and Performance - The Jewish Canon" (GL) at the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union, New York
1991 / "Roots of Israeli Theater" - The Institute of Mediterranean Theater Meeting, in: Le Festival d'Avignon, Avignon
1991 / "Temporary Structures - The Jewish Monument (The Succa)", Serie of Lectures, The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union New York
1992 / "Chant d'Outre-Tombe" – in:Décade: Passage des Frontières, autour du travail de J. Derrida, Cerisy-la-Salle.
1994 / "Le Performatif, le cas juif",Three Lectures, Collège International de Philosophie, Paris.
1995 / "Rhétoriques de la Brisure", Colloque de l'Association France-Israël d'Etudes Freud-Lacan, Tel Aviv
1995 / "Beauty and Anti-Beauty", (GL) IsraelMuseum, Jerusalem
1995 / "Personal and National Myths in Israel After the Holocaust", (GL) University of Milwaukee - Wisconsin
1995 / "Prayer and Fiction: Rhetoric of Crisis", (GL) The RutgersCenter for Historical Analysis and the Joan and AllenBildnerCenter for The Study of Jewish Life, RutgersUniversity
1995 / "From Exodus to Unity - Calendar Trajectories" "Narrative and Space Structures" - The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union.
1996 / The Woman-City - Saint or Whore, from Revelations to Breton", in: Surrealism, Colloquium, The IsraelMuseum, Jerusalem
1996 / "The Tormented Love Between God and the Nation", in: From Psychoanalysis and from Elsewhere, Seminar, The Van-Leer Institute, Jerusalem
1996 / "Prayer and Fiction: Post-Holocaust Literature and Language", (GL) The RutgersCenter for Historical Analysis
1996 / "Crossing Cultures: or Jewish Writing "dans la differance", Colloquium, University of Madison - Wisconsin
1997 / "How shall we sing the song of God after the Holocaust - the refutation of the notion of Sacrifice", in: In God's Name, Conference The Holocaust Museum, Washington DC; in: After the Holocaust, Debate, The International Congress for Jewish Studies, Jerusalem
1998 / "The Radical Prayer of a Woman in: The Name" (GL) in: PrincetonUniversity; BarnardCollege; SaraLawrenceCollege
1998 / "Body of Prayer", a colloquium with Jacques Derrida and David Shapiro, The Cooper Union School of Architecture
1999 / "The Battle for the Memory of the Holocaust", the University of Madison, Wisconsin
1999 / "Kabbalah and Creativity" Debate with with Moshe Idel, RutgersUniversity
2000 / "The Story from the Other Side", Seminar, The Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem.
2000 Literature and Ritual, in: Colloque des Ecrivans, Dakar, Senegal
2000 “The Case of the Jewish Biography" in: Autobiography, Biography &
Memoir, Conference Partisan Review/Boston University
2000 “Jewish Renewal in Israeli Art – A View from Within”, (GL) The
Center for the Study of Jewish Life, RutgersUniversity
2000 “Writing Jewish Lives”, Colloquium Sponsored by the National
Foundation for Jewish Culture and Koret Foundation, San Francisco
2000 “EVER - Le lieu radical de l’hebreu”, in: Jacques Derrida et les
Judaïtés, Conference,Paris
2001 “Memory of the Holocaust” (GL) NYU in Paris
2001 “Play with Words – Anti-Semitism in Contemporary Narratives” in:
The Tasmania Readers and Writers’ Festival, Hobart, Australia
2001 “Deconstructing the Jewish Story”, (GL)Sydney U; The Sydney
Institute
2001 “The Soul of the Matter”, in: The Melbourne Writers’ Festival
2001 “Writing The Jewish Identity”, in: The Melbourne Writers’ Festival
2001 “Deconstructing the Book of Ruth”, (GL) The Center For The Study
Of Jewish Life, RutgersUniversity
2002"Place and Writing" in: Crossings, Writers and Places, Conference,
RutgersUniversity
2003"Literature in Times of Crisis", Writers' Colloquium, The Jerusalem
Book Fair
2004"The Jewish sacred Theatre" in: Written and Oral Sources in Jewish
Studies, Conference, BeerShevaUniversity
2004 "Migrations", in: Palestinians Biographies, Colloquium, Van Leer
2005Écrire en Féminin, in: Femmes et Judaïsme dans la Société
Contemporain, Conférence, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme,
Paris
2005 Hebrew Poetry, in Poetry Biennale, Moscow
2005 Eros and the Performance of the Sacred, Thoughts about Israeli
Literature, (GL) YaleUniversity
2005 "A Narrative Quest – The friendship Between a Writer and a Critic",
in: Narrative as a Way of Thinking, Intl Symposium, HebrewU.
2005 "The Public Solitude of God and the Nation", in: From
Psychoanalysis and Elsewhere, Seminar, Van Leer Institute,
Jerusalem
2006 "A conversation with the Ancestors" (GL) The writers' Seminar, The
HebrewUniversity
2007 "Snapshots" lectures-reading in: Berkeley U; StanfordU., San Jose
U., NYU, YaleU.
2008 "Conversing with Agnon", in: Kisufim Conference of Jewish Writers,
Jerusalem.
2008 "Seeking the Sacred" in: The Writers' Seminar, HebrewU.
2008 Participation, Salon du Livre, Paris
2008 "Jerusalem – The Place of Desire" in: Why Jerusalem, The Lacanian
Seminar, Jerusalem
2008 "From Jerusalem to Jerusalem – a Dedication" in: Derrida-
Levinas: Une Proximité en Différance, Conference, Institut Français
Tel Aviv
2008"Israel at Sixty, reality, Utopia, Provocation", The Annual William
Philips Lecture, The New School
2008 "Beckett, the Heretic" in :Beckett in Beit Bialik Symposium Tel Aviv
2009 Espaces Juives" in: Passporta, literary Festival, Bruxelle
2009 "Exile and Language – Paul Celan" in: Kisufim Conference for
Jewish Writers, Jerusalem
2010 "The Sacred Zach" in: Kartun Blum's Psychotheology in Zach'
Poetry, Colloquium, Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem
2010 Briser les conventions littéraires, Le Salon du Livre, Paris
Le Théâtre, porte-parole de la littérature, Le Salon du Livre, Paris
Writing in Dialogue with Multiple Germanys, German and Israeli
Literatures, Conference,Chicago U
Sabbatical Year (Shmita) and Home, in: Home in Exile, Exile at
Home, Conference, StanfordU.
Writing with the Bible, Writers' Series, Ben-GurionU.
Land and Love in a Woman's Voice, Poetry Mornings, the
Confederation House, Jerusalem
Concealement and Revealment in Writing. Hold On To The Sun,
Library of Congress, Washington, DC., CornellU.WesleyanU.,
Hold On To The Sun, conversation with Amichai, O., NYU
Facing the Unspeakable. Writing and Parying in Israel After the
Holocaust, RutgersU.
Past Imperfect – debate, Ottawa Writers' Festival
Mediterranean Writings, Writers' Festival. Marseille
Jewish Ritual as a Sacred Theater, Richard Schechner and
Performance Studies International Conference, HaifaU.
The Action and the Drama/Dromenon, The Halachah as Event the
4th International Conference of the Philosophy of Halachah. Van
Leer Institiute
2011 Fiction and Prayer: Performative Address (opening lecture),
Intl. Conference, "Is The Novel Secular?" Center for the Study of the Novel. StanfordU.
From Jerusalem to Jerusalem, Jacques Derrida's Dedication, guest lecture, Berkeley U.
Writing the traces of the Holocaust, The Taub Center, StanfordU.
The Rejection of Victimhood, Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem, (a panel dedicated to Feldman, Y.' s book, Glory and Agony)
Home and Wandering, Culturescape Festival, Literaturhaus, Basel
Jerusalem,Father, Mother and the Succa, ICZ, Zurich
The Rejection of Victimhood, NYU, New-York (a panel dedicated to Feldman, Y.' s book, Glory and Agony)
Writing and Translation, International Writers' Festival, Toronto
Prayer and Theater, Mandala Exhibition, KofflerCenter, Toronto
Writing and Unholy Redemption, BrandeisUniversity
Jerusalem, The Place of Desire, BrandeisUniversity
The Poetry of Avot Yeshurun, Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem