Name: Tal Dekel
Academic degree: Dr.
No. ID card: 014820229
Faculty: The Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts
Dept. Art History
Faculty: The Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities Dept. The Women and
Gender Studies Program
A. EDUCATION
Period Study Name of University Subject
Degree
Date of Award
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1992
Hebrew University
Art History B.A. Studies
1993-1994 Tel Aviv University
Art History B.A
March 1994
1996-1998 Tel Aviv University
Art History M.A
(direct to Ph.D in 1998)
1999-2003 Tel Aviv University
Art History Ph.D
August 2004
Title of Doctorial dissertation: "Art and feminisms in the 1970s: Body
representations, the female body/the maternal body dichotomy".
Name of Supervisors: Prof. Belkin Ahuva, Prof. Kenaan-Kedar Nurit
C. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Period
Name of institution
Department
Rank/Function
1995
Tel Aviv University
The Genia Schreiber University Gallery Guide
1996-1997
"O.R.S" Art Collection (Tel Aviv)
2001-2013
Tel Aviv University Women and Gender Studies Program
Chief Curator
Lecturer
2004-2005
Shenkar College
Textile Department
Lecturer
2004-2011
Beit Berl College
Ha'midrasha Art College
Lecturer
2007-2013
Beit Berl College
Gender Studies Department
Lecturer
2008-2011
Beit Berl College
M.A. Studies Program in Art Education Lecturer
2010-2013
Tel Aviv University
Art History Department
Lecturer
D. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
Year
Paper, Name of Meeting (city, country)
December 2004: "Women's Sexuality as reflected in modern Art", The Annual
conference of the Women and Gender Studies Forum, Tel Aviv University.
December 2005: "Women artists addressing clothing", The Annual conference of the
Women and Gender Studies Forum, Tel Aviv University.
December 2005: "Autobiography in era of 'The Death of the Author' ", The Annual
Conference of the 'Midrasha', Beit Berl College.
March 2006: "Gendered aspects in contemporary Israeli art – The holy scripts",
Motar – the Annual conference of the Faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University.
March 2006: "From political activism to ideological art", The Annual conference of
Feminist Studies, Beit Berl College.
February 2006: "Reclaiming motherhood: Women artists and Science, the case of
artist Mary Kelly", the 14th Women and Gender Studies and Feminist Theories
International conference, Tel Aviv University.
May 2006: "Between the Jewish Shtaitel and Sheinkin Street – Jewish women and
visual art", Gender, Religion and Society – International conference, Bar Ilan
University.
May 2006: "Motherhood as a Journey of departure", The Annual conference of the
Women and Gender Studies Forum, Tel Aviv University.
March 2007: "A leader before her time: Feminism and art in Israel, the case of
Miriam Sharon", The 7th Conference Of the Israeli Society of Feminist Studies, Haifa
University.
March 2007: "From periphery to the center – Mizrahi women reclaiming the voice",
Motar – Annual conference of the faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University.
May 2007: "Autarchic economy – Female auto eroticism in the visual arts", The 7th
Annual Lesbian & Gay Studies and Queer Theory Conference, Tel Aviv University.
February 2008: "Between America and the Orient: Constructing an Identity", Motar
– Annual conference of the faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University.
March 2008:
"Breaking the silence and moving forward – New forms of
contemporary female bodies", The Annual conference of The International Women's
Day, The Women and Gender Program, Tel Aviv University.
May 2008:
"Following the footsteps of Kathe Kollowitz – Gendered aspects in
Ruth Schloss's art", The 4th Annual conference of the History and Art Department,
Bezalel Academy of Arts, Jerusalem.
May 2008:
"Art, education and struggle – Jewish Ethiopian women artists in the
higher education system", The Annual Conference of the Dahan Center, Bar Ilan
University.
June 2008:
"Redirecting the Gaze: Mizrahi women artists in Israel", The Annual
Conference of Feminist Studies, Beit Berl College.
July 2008:
"Art and Struggle – Young Jewish Ethiopian Artists in Israel", 3rd
International Conference on the arts in Society, Institute of Art and Design,
Birmingham, U.K.
November 2008: "What does feminism to do with us? Regarding feminism and
women's art in early Israeli art", The Conference Women's Art: From the End of 20th
Century until the 1960s, Tel Aviv University.
November 2008: Gender, ethnicity and nationality: Jewish Ethiopian women artists in
Israel. The Annual conference of the European Sociological Association, Venice,
Italy.
February 2009: "Clothes, femininity and gender perspectives: Social criticism in the
modern era", Motar – Annual conference of the faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv
University.
March 2009: "Back to the great goddesses: Contemporary artists, feminism and
cultural consciousness", The Annual conference of the Israeli Conference on the Study
on Contemporary Spiritualities, Haifa University.
March 2010: "Anti-war Feminism: Ruth Schloss as a founding mother in the arts in
Israel, and contemporary predecessors", The 7th Forum for Culture and Society, The
Shenkar College, , Ramat Gan.
November 2010: "The global woman, or, nickel and dimes – Women labor
immigrants in Israel", The Annual conference of the Women and Gender Studies
Forum, Tel Aviv University.
January 2011: "Discoursive resources: Art as agency and praxis, about Esti Almo's
Work", The Annual conference of the History and Art Department, Bezalel Academy
of Arts, Jerusalem.
February 2011: "Former USSR immigrants in Israel – Dialectics between the 'Here'
and 'There'", Motar – Annual conference of the faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv
University.
May 2011: "Critical art and the absolute 'Other': Women labor works in Israel,
exclusion in an ethno-religious Nation-State", The 6th International Conference on the
Arts in Society. Berlin, Germany.
May 2011: "Folklore, Ethnicity and Gender: Women's art in modern art in Israel and
around the world", The Annual Conference of Folklore Studies, Ben Gurion
University of the Negev.
November 2012: "Feminist Art in Israel – Between Local and Global", The 3ed
Annual Feminist Art History Conference, Washington D.C.
February 2013: "Agism, Gender and Contemporary Art in Israel", Motar – Annual
conference of the faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University.
June 2013:
"Questioning Gender and Ethnicity: Appropriation and Reuse in the
Feminist Pattern and Decoration Art Movement", International Conference Use /
Reuse / Refuse, Tel Aviv University.