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DR DVIR ABRAMOVICH



Contact Details

Organization: Historical Studies
Position: SENIOR LECTURER-HEBREW STUDIES
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Homepage: http://www.hebrew.unimelb.edu.au/research/index.html#staff
Work: 8344 3789
Fax: 8344 0194
Room: 250
Level: 01
Building: Old Arts Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Hebrew language and language methodology Australia, Israel
Israeli, Jewish and Hebrew Literature Australia, Israel
Jewish culture, literature and thought Australia, Israel
Israeli politics, anti-semitism Australia, Israel
Interfaith between Jews, Muslims & Christians, reconciliation initiatives Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Canada University of Toronto Research
Israel Tel Aviv University Research
New Zealand The University of Waikato Research
Israel University of Haifa Research
United States San Jose State University Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts Monash University 01-Jan-1991
Bachelor of Laws Monash University 01-Jan-1993
Master of Arts University of Melbourne 01-Jun-1995
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 02-Dec-2000

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Modern Languages Association Executive member 01-Jan-2003
Member National Association of Professors Of Hebrew Member 01-Jan-1998
Member Association for Israel Studies Member 18-May-2005
Member American Jewish Studies Association Member 01-Jan-2001
Member Australian Association for Jewish Studies President 12-Feb-2006
Member Women In Judaism jyournak member on editorial board 09-Sep-2005
Member Mentalities/Mentalites Journal member on editorial board 08-May-2005

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Prize The University of Melbourne 06-Jun-1992

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

Journal Articles

  • Abortion and the Single Woman as Literary Tropes in the Works of Amos Oz
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Gender Forum: an internet platform for gender and women's studies
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: www.genderforum.uni-koeln.de/jewish/article_abramovich.html
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  • Conjuring Egypt in Israeli Literature: Yitzhak Gormezano Goren's Blanche
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Journal of Jewish Studies
    Volume: XXII
    Page numbers: 5-25
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • The response to the Holocaust in Israeli society of the 1950s and 1960s through the literature of the time
    Year: 2007
    Book: Terror, war, tradition: Studies in European history
    Publisher: Australian Humanities Press(Unley)
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Journal Articles

  • Eli Amir's Mafriah Hayonim


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Modern Judaism
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-19
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  • The Holocaust world of Yechiel Fajner


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Nebula
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 20-39
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  • The after-effects of the Shoah as represented in the writings of second-generation Israeli female novelists


    Year: 2007
    Journal: EAPSU Online - A Journal of Critical and Creative Work
    Volume: 4
    Page numbers: 73-98
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  • Messianic Jews in Australia: A clash or a hybrid?
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 615-639
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  • Providing a psychological and emotional gateway through the medium of Shoah writings: David Grossman's See under: Love
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Mentalities
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 74-81
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Major Reference Works

  • Dictionary of Literary Biography (Volume 329): Nobel Prize Laureates in Literature, Part 1 - Agnon-Eucken:

    Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1887-1970)


    Year: 2007
    Reference Work Title: Dictionary of Literary Biography (Volume 329): Nobel Prize Laureates in Literature, Part 1 - Agnon-Eucken
    Publisher: Thomson Gale(Farmington Hills)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • A Gendered Reading of the Amos Oz Canon
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Interdisciplinary Twentieth Century Studies
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 1-20
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Israeli Sephardic literature: Sami Michael's 'Victoria' as a case study
    Year: 2005
    Journal: International Sephardic Journal
    Volume: Spring
    Page numbers: 9-38
    Publisher: International Society for Sephardic Progress
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  • Overcoming the cultural barriers of conflict: Dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and Muslims
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Intercultural Studies
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 293-313
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing
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  • The psychological wounds of the second generation in post-war Holocaust literature
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Mentalities
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 7-15
    Publisher: Mentalities
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  • Transmitting pain into art in contemporary Israeli fiction
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Double Dialogues
    Volume: 6
    Issue: Winter
    Page numbers: 1-10
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Beyond right and wrong there is a field - I'll meet you there: Reconciliation efforts between Israelis and Palestinians.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Arena Journal
    Volume: 22
    Page numbers: 83-97
    Publisher: Arena Printing and Publishing
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  • Freedom from Exile: An Overview of Mizrahi Writing in Israel
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Jewish Studies
    Volume: XVIII
    Page numbers: 125-136
    Publisher: Australian Association of Jewish Studies
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  • Mourn the past in the present: narratives by the post-Holocaust generation
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Antipodas
    Volume: XV
    Page numbers: 239-257
    Publisher: La Trobe University(Bundoora)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Amos Oz. The Same Sea, translated from the Hebrew
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journal of Jewish Studies
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 2003
    Page numbers: 195-197
    Publisher: Australian Association of Jewish Studies
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  • Living with the Burden of a Survivor Parent: Lily Perri Amitai's Golem Bema'agal.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journal of Jewish Studies
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 2003
    Page numbers: 25-32
    Publisher: Australian Association of Jewish Studies
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  • Ronit Matalon's Ethnic Masterpiece.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Women in Judaism
    Volume: 3 (2)
    Issue: Fall 2003
    Page numbers: 1 - 11
    Publisher: Women in Judaism
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Major Reference Works

  • Itamar Levy (1956- ):Holocaust Literature: an encyclopedia of writers and their work
    Year: 2003
    Reference Work Title: Itamar Levy (1956- )
    Publisher: Routledge(New York)
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  • Shulamith Hareven (1931- ):Holocaust Literature: an encyclopedia of writers and their work
    Year: 2003
    Reference Work Title: Shulamith Hareven (1931- )
    Publisher: Routledge(New York)
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  • Haim Gouri (1923- ):Holocaust Literature: an encyclopedia of writers and their work
    Year: 2003
    Reference Work Title: Haim Gouri (1923- )
    Publisher: Routledge(New York)
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  • Dorit Peleg (1954- ):Holocaust Literature: an encyclopedia of writers and their work
    Year: 2003
    Reference Work Title: Dorit Peleg (1954- )
    Publisher: Routledge(New York)
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  • Hanoch Bartov (1926- ):Holocaust Literature: an encyclopedia of writers and their work
    Year: 2003
    Reference Work Title: Hanoch Bartov (1926- )
    Publisher: Routledge(New York)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Post-Holocaust Identity and Unresolved Tension in Modern-day Israel: Savyon Liebrecht's Apples from the Desert
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Women in Judaism
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 1, 2002
    Page numbers: 1-13
    Publisher: Women in Judaism
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  • The sexual objectification of the Oz women
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Journal of Jewish Studies
    Volume: XVI
    Issue: 2002
    Page numbers: 5-15
    Publisher: Australian Association of Jewish Studies
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Major Reference Works

  • GOURI, Haim;GREENBERG, Uri Zvi;Ka-Tzetnik 135633:ATROCITY (Karu lo Piepel) Novel by Ka-Tzetnik 135633, 1961;THE CHOCOLATE DEAL ('Iskat ha-shokolad) Novella by Haim Gouri, 1964;HOUSE OF DOLLS (Beit ha-bubot) Novel by Ka-Tzetnik 135633, 1953;STAR ETERNAL (Kokhav ha-efer) Novel by Ka-Tzetnik 135633, 1966;STREETS OF THE RIVER: THE BOOK OF DIRGES AND POWER (Rehovot hanahar; Sefer ha'iliyot vehakoah) Poems by Uri Zvi Greenberg, 1951;SUNRISE OVER HELL (Salamandra) Novel by Ka-Tzetnik 135633, 1947:Reference Guide to Holocaust Literature
    Year: 2002
    Reference Work Title: GOURI, Haim;GREENBERG, Uri Zvi;Ka-Tzetnik 135633:ATROCITY (Karu lo Piepel) Novel by Ka-Tzetnik 135633, 1961;THE CHOCOLATE DEAL ('Iskat ha-shokolad) Novella by Haim Gouri, 1964;HOUSE OF DOLLS (Beit ha-bubot) Novel by Ka-Tzetnik 135633, 1953;STAR ETERNAL (Kokhav ha-efer) Novel by Ka-Tzetnik 135633, 1966;STREETS OF THE RIVER: THE BOOK OF DIRGES AND POWER (Rehovot hanahar; Sefer ha'iliyot vehakoah) Poems by Uri Zvi Greenberg, 1951;SUNRISE OVER HELL (Salamandra) Novel by Ka-Tzetnik 135633, 1947
    Publisher: St James Press(Michigan)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Bearing witness fiction: The suppression and evolution of second generation Israeli Holocaust fiction
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Literature and Aesthetics
    Volume: Eleven
    Issue: November 2001
    Page numbers: 99 - 116
    Publisher: Sydney Society of Literature and Aesthetics
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  • Reviving the Israeli Roots Novel
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Journal of Jewish Studies
    Volume: XV: 2001
    Page numbers: 89-103
    Publisher: Australian Association of Jewish Studies
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  • S Y Agnon
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Journal of Jewish Studies
    Publisher: Australian Association of Jewish Studies
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  • The bipolar dichotomy in the representation of ageing in the Amos Oz Canon
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Women in Judaism
    Volume: 2:2
    Issue: Spring 2001
    Page numbers: 1 - 9
    Publisher: Women in Judaism
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