CURRICULUM VITAE 2010
1 – PERSONAL INFORMATION
Talia Shay
Faculty: Social Sciences
Address: 52 Gilboa St. Haifa 32712, Israel
Tel: 972-4-8107767
Email: talia_shay@yahoo.com
2 - ACADEMIC DEGREES
BA
5691
MA
5975
PhD
1985
Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Archaeology, Jewish
History)
University of California Los Angeles (Archaeology, Near
Eastern Languages)
Tel Aviv University (Archaeology)
3 - THESES
1975 - MA. Thesis - The Intermediate Bronze Period in Palestine
and Syria, University of California, Los Angeles (Advisers: Prof.
P. Delougaz and Prof. G. Buchellati)
1985 - PH.D Thesis - Burial Rites in the Intermediate
Bronze Period in Palestine. Tel Aviv University.
(Advisers: Prof M. Chochavi and Dr M. Saltman)
4 - ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
1968-1969: Research Assistant, National Museum, Mexico City
1969-1970: Research Assistant, U.C.L.A (University of California, LA
1971-1973: Adjunct Teacher, Technion Haifa.
1972-1975: Assistant, Tel Aviv University.
1977-1979: Adjunct Teacher, Haifa University.
1981-1984: Adjunct Teacher, Ben Gurion University.
1982-1985, 1990: Adjunct Teaching Associate, Haifa University.
1985-1991: Adjunct Teaching Associate, Technion Haifa.
1993-1994: Adjunct Teaching Associate, Beit Berl, Kfar Saba.
1992-to date: Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Technion Haifa.
1998-1999: Adjunct Lecturer, the College of Judea and Samaria, Ariel.
1999-2001: Lecturer, the College of Judea and Samaria, Ariel.
1996-1998: Adjunct Teaching Associate, Jezreel College, and Jezreel.
1999-2000: Lecturer, Jezreel College, and Jezreel.
2001-2005: Lecturer, the College of Judea and Samaria, Ariel.
2009-2010 Sabbatical - Haifa University Dept. of Sociology
&Anthropology
2006–to date: Senior Lecturer, Ariel University Center of Samaria.
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1- AWARDS and PRIZES
1968-1969. The Government of Mexico, Bureau of Education
1969-1970. The University of California Los Angeles
1969-1970. Friends of Archaeology, Los Angeles
1980-1981. Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv.
1982-1983. Technion, Haifa
1999 –
Jezreel College, Jezreel
6- GRANTS
1990 CNRS France (Center of National Scientific Research)
1991 Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, NY, U.S.A
2007- 2009: Ariel University Center of Samaria
7 – ORGANIZING SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES
1988 – The organization of the Symposium on ArchaeologyAnthropology. The annual meeting of the Israeli Anthropological
Association.
1989 - Member of organizing committee of the annual meeting of the
Israeli Anthropological Association
1998 - Organizing the Cross-Cultural Anthropology sessions. The
annual meeting of the Israeli Anthropological Association, Tel
Aviv University.
2002 – Organizing the “The Bargaining Over My Dead body” session.
The annual meeting of the Israeli Anthropological Association,
(Kibbutz Ma’aleh Hamisha)
2004 - Convener of “Cultural Representations in the Public Space”.
The annual meeting of the Israeli Anthropological
Association (Sde Boker)
2006 – Organizing a session on Hybridity in the annual
meeting of the Israeli Anthropological Association, Ashdod
2006 - Chairperson of Session – Performing Gender: Dramatic and
Litterary Perspectives. 2nd International Conference of
Transatlantic Research Gorup. Owerri, Nigeria
2007 - Chairperson of Session – Ethnographies of writing and
research:”The annual meeting of the Israeli Anthropelogical
Association”. Ahva College 9-10 May.
2007 - Chairperson of Session “Gendered Archaeology- from concpet to
practice”. WAC Inter-Congress on Archaeological Theory in
South America. Catamarca, Argentina 3-7 July.
2008 - Organizing a theme of several sessions “ Reflection on Politics
and Archaeology” - World Archaeological Congress 6, Dublin.
2008 - Organizing a session on “Politics and Archaeology/Anthropology
in Different Regions of the World” - World Archaeological
Congress 6, Dublin.
2008 - Organizing a session on “Limitation of Knowledge Creation and
Criticism in the Academic Discourse”. The annual meeting of
the Israeli Anthropological Association, Beit Berl.
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2009 - Organizing a session on “The Family and the Self- a dialogue or
confrontation”. The 37th annual meeting of the Israel
Anthropological Association, the Academic College of Kineret
2010 - Organization of “Time as a multi-cultural analytical concept”.
The 38th annual meeting of the Israel Anthropological
Association, Open University, Raanana.
8 – TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Technion,
Tel Aviv University,
Haifa University,
Ben Gurion University,
1971-1973: Israeli Archaeology.
1972-1975: General Archaeology.
1977-1979: Early Urbanization, Death & Burial
1981-1984: Mesopotamian Archaeology and Art
Archaeology, social Archaeology, Theory of
Archaeology
Jerusalem Friends World College,
1987-1989: Archaeology, Theory of
Archaeology, Early Religion.
Haifa University
1982-1985, 1990: Archaeological and Historical
Sources, Archaeology, Archaeological Theory.
Beit-Berl
1993-1994: Christian and Moslem Art,
Archaeology.
Technion
1985-2011: Israeli Archaeology, Ancient Art
Moslem and Christian Archaeology
Jezreel College
1996-1999: Anthropology of the Past,
Anthropology of Art, Introduction to
Anthropology, Deviance-Social Stigma
Israeli Village- Past and Present, Anthropology
of Death, Gender Culture and Identity.
Ariel University Center of Samaria (The College of Judea and Samaria Ariel)
1998-to date: Introduction to Anthropology,
Traditional to Modern Society, Anthropology of
the Past, Anthropology of Art, Anthropology of
Nomads, Anthropology of Urbanism, Practical
Anthropology, Gender Culture and Identity,
Death and Burial, Christian and Moslem
Architecture. Scientific Writing, Society and
Architecture, Qualitative Ethnographic Methods,
Theory of Anthropology
Other Educational Activities:
2006-2007: Supervision of an MA thesis on
Gender, Bar- Ilan University.
2009 – to date: Supervision of a PhD thesis at
UNISA (South Africa) “A Social and Economic
History of Jewish Settlement in the Galilee
1880-1917.
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9 – RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1968-1969
1979-1980
1988-1990
1990
Pre-Columbian Archaeology, University of Mexico, Mexico.
Ancient Burials, University of Tel Aviv, Ramat-Aviv.
Theory of Archaeology, Technion, Haifa.
Paleolithic Rock Art, CNRS (National Center of
Scientific Research), France.
1991
Ideology and Archaeology, Memorial Foundation
For Jewish Culture, NY, U.S.A
1999
A House for Eternity, the ethnography of an Arab house in
Haifa (a pilot project) Jezreel College, Jezreel
2001-2004 The Cemetery of Kibbutz Ainat, Israel. A joint research with
students of The College of Judea and Samaria, Ariel.
2003
Burials of Victims of Suicide Bombing. A joint
research with students of The College of
Judea and Samaria, Ariel
2005-2006 A participating observer of two women’s groups.
2006-2007 Ethnography of Archaeology
2007- to date A new cemetery in the North of the country populated by
Immigrants of former USSR.
2009-to date Pilgrimage on “El Camino a Santiago de Compostela,
Spain”
10 - OTHER EXPERIENCE
1960-1995 Archaeological diggings throughout Israel: Arad, Ramat
Rachel. Rameh, Shikmona, Judean Desert
Yokneam, Kastra, etc.
1960-1965 Haifa and Jaffa Museums of Antiquity
1968-1969 Archaeological diggings throughout Mexico
1969
Research assistant at the INAH (National Institute of
Anthropology and History) Museum, Mexico City.
1970
Research Assistant at UCLA (University of California)
2009
A course for Organizers of Funerary Ceremonies.
“Bina”, Ramat Efal
55– PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1989-1990 A committee member of the Israeli Anthropological
Association
1989
A committee member of the Israeli delegation to the XIIth
International Congress of Anthropology, Zagreb.
2000-2001 Participation in forums for college lecturers in anthropology
Bet-Berl and Tel Aviv University.
2002
Representing Israel at 5th World Archeological Congress
Association council (WAC5), Washington D.C
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2009
2009
A member of the editorial board of the African Journal of
Political Science and International Relations (APSIR).
Organizer of the Immigration Forum for the IAA (Israeli
Anthropological Association)
12 - RESEARCH AREAS OF INTEREST
Communitas
Prehistoric and anthropologic art
Theory of anthropology and archaeology
Death and burial, Anthropology and Archaeology
Gender and Identity, Migration and Immigration.
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INVITED LECTURES IN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
1971 - Archaeological Excavations in Mexico – U.C.L.A (University of
California Los Angeles)
1981 – A Reconstruction of the Society of the Intermediate Bronze Period
in Palestine. Tel Aviv University.
1987 – Pastorals in Archaeology – Tel Aviv University.
1988 – Burial Practices – Tel Aviv University.
1990 – Mobility of Women in the Near East in the Past and Present Tel Aviv University.
1991 - Philosophy and Archaeology – Neolithic Art – Technion
14 - ABSTRACTS AND LECTURES PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES
1981 - The Structure of the Society in Jericho C.2000 BC. The annual
meeting of the Israeli Association of Anthropology, Haifa University.
1982 - Reconstructing Deviancy in Archaeological Material. The annual
meeting of the Israeli Association of Anthropology, Bar Ilan,
University.
1983 - Archaeology and Religion. The XIth International Congress of
Anthropology and Ethnology. Vancouver, Canada
l986 - Cycles of Development and Decline in the Early Phases of
Civilization in Palestine. World Archaeological Congress ,
Southampton
1988 - Archaeology and Anthropology: Areas of Mutual Interest. The
annual meeting of the Israeli Anthropological
Association, Haifa University.
1989 - Israeli Archaeology: Ideology and Practice. The XII
International Congress of Anthropology, Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
1989 - Objectivity in Science –Israeli Archaeology. The annual
meeting of Israeli Anthropological Association. Tel Aviv University.
1992 – Archaeology of Death: An Examination of Three Hypotheses. The
annual meeting of the Israeli Prehistoric Society. Haifa University.
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1998 - Cross-Cultural Interpretation of Art. The annual meeting of the
Israeli Anthropological Association. Beer Sheva
1998 - Neolithic Art. The annual meeting of Motar, Tel Aviv University.
1999 - Arab Youth Movement. The annual meeting of the
Israeli Anthropological Association. Nazaret
2000 - Female Statues Used as Ritual Symbols. The 3d Australian Rock
Art Research Association (AURA) Congress.
Alice Springs, Australia.
2001 –Teaching in the Judea and Samaria College, Ariel. The annual
meeting of the Israeli Anthropological Association. Tel Aviv
University.
2001 –The Visual Manifestation of the Chalcolithic Religion. The XIVth
Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric
Sciences (IUSPP). Liege, Belgium
2002 –Negotiation Over My Dead Body. The annual meeting of The
Israeli Anthropological Association. Kibbutz Ma’aleh Hamisha.
2002– Hierarchy and Power as Reflected by the Burial of Russian
Immigrants in Israel. 2nd International Conference on Hierarchy and
Power in History of Civilization. St. Petersburg, Russia.
2003– Imaginary Community – The Burials of Immigrants from the Former
USSR. The 5th World Archaeological Congress (WAC5).
Washington DC
2003 - ... and thus was interred my friend, Dov - The burial of the victims
of suicide bombing.
The annual meeting of the Israeli Anthropological
Association. Kibbutz Ma’aleh Hamisha
2004 - Israeli Archaeology – A Critical Perspective. 3rd International
Conference -Hierarchy and Power in History of Civilization Moscow
2004 - The Political Life of the Dead. The annual meeting of the Israeli
Anthropological Association (Sde Boker)
2005 - Introduction to Anthropology: Theory and Practice. Round Table.
The annual meeting of the Israeli Anthropological
Association, Sapir College
2005 - Teaching Archaeology as Alternative History. The 12th Pan African
Archaeology Congress. Gabarone, Botswana
2006 - Teaching Archaeology as Alternative History, The
annual meeting of the Israeli Anthropological Association. Ashdod,
2006 - Women Playing Themselves. Second International Conference of
the Transatlantic Research Group. July 2006. Owerri, Nigeria
2007 - An Ethnography of Women’s Theater. The annual meeting of the
Israeli Anthropological Association”. Ahva College 9-10 May.
2007 - Feminist Theater. WAC Inter-Congress on Archaeological Theory in
South America. Catamarca, Argentina, 3-7 July.
2008 - An Ethnography of Teaching Archaeology. The annual meeting of
the Israeli Anthropological Association, Beit Berl
2008 - Reflections on Archaeology and Politics. A theme in WAC 6 Dublin
29.6- 04.07.08
2008 - A Reflection on Politics and Archaeology: Ethnography of
Teaching Archaeology. A paper for WAC6, Dublin.
2008 - Where Shall I Bury My Loved One? (Shay and Katzenelson) A
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paper for WAC6, Dublin.
2009- Can I be alone and together? A comparative study of a theater
group. The 37th annual meeting of the Israeli Anthropological
Association, The Academic College of Kineret
2009- Como puedo enterrar a mi amado? 53 ICA
(Congreso Internacional de Americanistas. July 2009 Mexico City
2009 How can I Bury my Loved One? La escuela nacional de
antropologia e historia. July 2009 Mexico
2010 Different “times” of communitas groups. The 38th annual meeting of
the Israeli Anthropological Association, Open University, Raanana
(May)
2010 “El Camino a Compostela “International conference on
Seduction and Tourism, Lisbon (September)
51 - PUBLICATIONS
Original Papers in Professional Journals (with references).
1976 - Zafiris, V. and T. Shay. Excavations at Kafr er-Rameh. Kadmoniot
34-35:83-85.
1983 - Shay, T. Burial Customs at Jericho during the Intermediate Bronze
Period (2200-2000 BC): Componential Analysis. Tel Aviv 10:26-37.
1985 - Shay, T. Different Treatment of Deviancy at Death as Revealed in
Anthropological and Archaeological Material. Journal of
Anthropological Archaeology 4: 221-241.
1989 - Shay, T. The Intermediate Bronze Period: A Reply to Palumbo:
BASOR (Bulletin of the American School of Oriental Research)
273:84-86.
1989 - Shay, T. Israeli Archaeology: Ideology and Practice. Antiquity 63
(241):768-772.
1998 – Shay, T. A Review of J. Clottes Collection of "Arts Rupestres”
Mitkufat Ha-even, Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society 28:205-6
2001 – From Real to Abstract or Vice Versa – Material Culture and
Cultural Beliefs. Rock Art Research 18 (2): 101-105
2003 – Eurocentrism and Postcolonialism. Rock Art Research 20(2):118119.
2004 – Who Takes Care of the Loved One? Anthropological Quarterly
77 (2):289-303.
2005- Can Our Loved Ones Rest in Peace? The Memorialization of the
Victims of Hostile Activities. Anthropological Quarterly 78 (3) 709723
2008- An Ethnography of Teaching Archaeology. Archaeologies 4 (2):
328-343
2008 – Shay Talia and Mark Katzenelson. …Theater, Culture and More.
The New Hed-Haolpan 94: 43-48 (Hebrew).
2010 - El Camino a Compostela Inclusiveness or Schisms. An article with
bibliography in the proceedings of the International conference on
Seduction and Tourism, Lisbon (2010)
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Submitted:
2010
Women Playing Themselves. Submitted to Anthropological
Quarterly on January 2010.
Book Editing
1991- Shay, T. and J. Clottes (eds). The Limitation of Archaeological
Knowledge. Eraol, Liege.
3-Chapters in Books (with extensive references)
1988 -
1991 -
1991 2004 -
A Cycle of Development and Decline in the Early Phases of
Civilization n Palestine: An Analysis of the Intermediate Bronze
Period (2200-2000 BC). Glenhill, J.et al. (eds). State and Society
One World Archaeology Series 4. Unwin Hyman, London:113-121.
Shay, T and J. Clottes. Foreword and Afterthought. Shay,T.and
J. Clottes (eds) The Limitation of Archaeological Knowledge.
Eraol, Liege: 5-12.
Shay, T. The Living and the Dead, the Dilemma of
Excavating Burials in Israel. Shay and Clottes (Ibid.):67-73.
Shay, T. “The Visual Manifestation of the Chalcolithic Religion”.
The Copper Age in Near East and Europe. Bar International
Series 1303: 299-302.
Proceedings
1986 –
1993 –
2003 -
2010
Cycles of Development and Decline in the Early Phases of
Civilization in Palestine. Comparative Studies in the
Development of Complex Societies II, The World Archaeological
Congress. Allen and Unwin, Southampton: 1-10
"The Ideational Basis of Israeli Archaeology". The XIIth
Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and
Protohistoric Sciences (UISPP). Bratislava: 436-439
The Imaginary Community – Burials of Former Russian
Immigrants in Israel. The 5th Archaeological Congress. Theme:
Global Perspectives. Session: Representing the Past:
Archaeology, Identity and the Construction of Memory.
WWW.Godot.unisa.edu.au/wac/paper.phr? paper=975
El Camino a Santiago a Compostela- Inclusiveness or Schisms.
Appearing in the Proceedings of “Seduction and Tourism”, Lisbon
Proceedings in Press
2006 -
Teaching Archaeology as Alternative History. The 12th Pan
African Archaeology Congress Publication.
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2010-
Los Muertos y vivos. It will be published in “el libro
compilatorio de los simposios realizados en el ICA y en la ENAH”.
Reviews
2004 2005 -
Moscow Conference on Power and Hierarchy …and the New
Paradigm of Cultural Studies. WAC eNewsletter I.
Book Review. “Arqueologia”, Funari, P.P 2003. WAC
eNewsletter (April).
Editorial Board
:2009 -
African Journal of Political Science
Reviewing
2003 2004 2005 2005 –
2008 2008 -
Peer Reviewer for Anthropological Quarterly
Moscow Conference on Power and Hierarchy …and the New
Paradigm of Cultural Studies. WAC eNewsletter I.
Book Review. “Arqueologia”, Funari, P.P 2003. WAC
eNewsletter (April).
Peer Reviewer for Cathedra, Israel
Peer Reviewer for The Sport in Society Journal
Peer Reviewer for The African Journal of Political Science and
International Relations, APSIR (on gender relations)
16 - PRESENT ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
I am presently working on a book called temporarily "Going
Underground", that includes my researches on death and burial in
Israel.
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