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Conferences and Talks
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2020
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Third International Conference on Byzantine and Medieval Studies, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, “The Rhetoric of Aphrodite in Byzantine Illuminated Books” (Nicosia, January 2020)
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2018
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Moving Violence in Medieval Imagery, International Conference, Tel Aviv, “A Shameful Sight/Site: 'Barbarism' and the Female Body in the Byzantine Illustrated Book,” December 2018)
Evil Women: Women and Evil. An Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference, Vienna, “Beautiful, Enticing and Deceptive: The Reception of the Female Body in the Byzantine Illuminated Book” (December 2018)
International History of Emotions Conference, International History of Emotions Conference, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, “Men’s Emotional Reception of Women’s Bodies in the Byzantine Illuminated Book” (June 2018)
11th annual Conference of the Israeli Association for Visual Culture in the Middle Ages (IMAGO), Tel-Aviv University, “The Reception of the Female Body in the Byzantine Illuminated Book” (March 2018)
Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies, Boston, “Aesthetics and Rhetoric in the Byzantine Illuminated Book: The Case of Aphrodite,” (January 2018)
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2017
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17th Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders and Sexualities “Gendering and Sexualizing the Female Body in Byzantine Art” (Hofstra University, NY, June)
Renaissance Society of Art (RSA), “Imaging the ‘Other’ and Political Identity in the Byzantine Illuminated Book” (Chicago, 30 March-1 April)
CAA 105th Annual Conference, New York, “Encapsulating Antiquity and the Bible: The Imperial ‘I’ and Cultural Identity in the Byzantine Illuminated Book” (New York, NY, Feb.)
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2016
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34th Congress of the International Committee of the History of Art (CIHA), “Gender Slippage in the Byzantine Illuminated Book” (Beijing, Sept.)
23rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies, “Hiding in Plain Sight: The Second Coming and the Last Judgment in the Vatican Psalter, gr. 752” (Belgrade, Aug.)
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2015
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International Medieval Congress at the Medieval Institute, “Venus Rewritten: Aesthetic Perceptions and Cultural Discourse in Byzantine Art” (Leeds, UK, July)
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2014
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Fifth Feminist Art History Conference, “Theological and Moral Aspects of the Female Body in Byzantine Art” (American University, Washington, DC, Oct.31–Nov. 2)
International Medieval Congress at the Medieval Institute, Leeds, UK, “The Female Martyr and the Imperial Cohorts in Byzantine Art” (Leeds, UK, July)
49th International Congress on Medieval Studies, “Refiguring ֶ‘Masculinity’ and Imperial Identity in the Menologion of Basil II (Bibl. Apost. Vat., gr. 1613)” (Western Michigan University, May)
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2011
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22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies, “Table ronde – conclusions ou recommencements?” (Sophia, Aug.)
International Medieval Congress at the Medieval Institute, “Chastity Stripped Bare: Female Nudity in the Sacra Parallela (Paris, BnF, gr. 923)” (Leeds, UK, July)
4th annual Conference of the Israeli Association for Visual Culture in the Middle Ages (IMAGO), “Theology and Transgender: The Power of Suggestion in Byzantine Art” (Tel-Aviv University, May)
Workshop on Körper-Ästhetiken. Der (allegorische) Körper als ästhetisches Prinzip - (gender-) theoretische Perspektiven, Transcultural Studies, “The Eloquent Body: Bathers in the Sacra Parallela (Paris, BnF, gr. 923)” (Ruprecht-Karls- Universität Heidelberg, May)
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2010
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SECAC/MACAA Conference, “Talia Tokatly: The Object’s Discourse” (Richmond, VA, Oct.)
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2009
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15th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, "From Zion to Constantinople: The Ups and Downs of a Biblical Image" (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Aug.)
International Medieval Congress at the Medieval Institute, “Hagia Sion: Gendering the Orthodox Faith in Byzantine Art” (Leeds, UK, July)
College Art Association 96th Annual Conference, “The Personification of Zion and the Marian Cult in Byzantine Psalters with Marginal Illustrations” (Los Angeles, Feb.)
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2007
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International Medieval Congress at the Medieval Institute, “The Window in Byzantine Art as Metonym of Female Perceptions” Leeds, UK, July)
1st Congress of the Israeli Association for Byzantine Studies, “Sexual Actions and Morals in Byzantine Art” (Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem, June)
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2006
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21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies, University of London, London “Reading Sexuality in Byzantine Art” (London, Aug.)
International Conference at the Medieval Institute, “Gestual and Sexual Interplay in Byzantine Art” (Leeds, UK, July)
International Conference “Art and Liturgy in the Middle Ages,” “Garbing Orthodoxy in Classicism: Revisiting the Illustrated Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus” (Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, June)
International Conference “Art and Liturgy in the Middle Ages,” chair person of session on illuminated manuscripts (Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, June)
Conference “Conversion,” Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, “Atoning for Her Sins. The Figure of Rahab in Byzantine Illuminated Manuscripts” (Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, March)
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2005
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14th World Congress of Jewish Studies, “Eve’s Nudity. A Sign of Shame or Precursor of Christological Economy?” (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Aug.)
1st International Congress “Art and the Mediterranean Culture,” “The Window of Testimony”—A Sign of Physical and Spiritual Conception” (University of Haifa, May)
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2004
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30th Annual Byzantine Studies Conference, “The Female Nude in Byzantine Art” (The Walters Art Museum and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Oct.)
International Medieval Congress at the Medieval Institute, “Punished by her Lust: Luxuria in Byzantine Art” (Leeds, UK, July)
International Symposium “The Art of Narrative,” “Birth-giving imagery in Byzantine Art” (Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, March)
College Art Association 92nd Annual Conference, “Woman to Woman: Parturient-Midwife Imagery in Byzantine Art” (Seattle, Wash., Feb.)
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2003
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“The Portrayal of Birth Giving in Byzantine Illuminated Manuscripts” (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Nov.)
27th Annual Congress on History, Shazar Center, Jerusalem, “The Image of the Dancer/Musician in Byzantine Art – Fiction or Reality?” (Shazar Center, Jerusalem, June)
38th International Congress on Medieval Studies, “The Levite Concubine: A Case in Point of the Clerical Attitude towards the Marginal Woman in Byzantine Society” (Western Michigan University, May)
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2001
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13th World Congress of Jewish Studies, “And the Daughters of Israel exalted David – A Jewish Image in Christian-Byzantine Disguise” (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Aug.)
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1998
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6th International Seminary on Jewish Art: “Scripture and Picture,” “Between Harlot and Penitent. The Image of Rahab in Illuminated Byzantine Manuscripts” (Jerusalem, June)
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Invited Guest Lectures and Conference Participations
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2021
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Annual Lecture of the Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis, Nicosia, “‘Ways of Seeing’: Aphrodite/Venus in Art” (May 2021)
International Conference on Disciplining Emotions, Bar-Ilan University, “Finger and Fury: Emotional Erasures in Byzantine Illuminated Books (May 2021)
International Medieval Congress at the Medieval Institute, Leeds, UK, “Breastfeeding in Byzantine Art: Aspects of Materiality and Realia” (July 2021)
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2019
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International Medieval Congress at the Medieval Institute, Leeds, UK, “Giving Birth in the Byzantine Illuminated Books” (July 2019)
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2018
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IMAGO – The Israeli Association for Visual Culture in the Middle Ages, Doctoral Workshop, Haifa University (October 2018)
11th annual Conference of the Israeli Association for Visual Culture in the Middle Ages (IMAGO), Tel-Aviv University, “The Reception of the Female Body in the Byzantine Illuminated Book” (March 2018)
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2012
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International Workshop, “Book of Psalms from Eleventh-Century Constantinople: On the Complex of Texts and Images in Vat. gr. 752,” “Structures and Imperial Identity, Investigating Space in Vat. gr. 752” (Swedish Institute, Rome, June)
International Conference, “Cultural Exchanges in the Late Byzantine World,” “On Earthly Possessions and the Desire of the Flesh in the Sacra Parallela” (Haifa University, May)
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2011
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International Conference, round table on “Poor...Rich in the Middle Ages” (Medieval Institute, Leeds, UK, July)
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2010
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International Conference, “Visual Constructs of Jerusalem,” “'Remembering Zion' and Simulacra: Jerusalem in the Byzantine Psalter” (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Nov.)
Seminar, “The Female Body and the Battle on Morals in Byzantine Art” (Department of Art History, Tel Aviv University, June)
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2009
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Seminar and open lecture (Department of History and Archaeology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Sept.)
3rd International Conference, “Art in Conflict,” “Depicting the Devotional Image in Byzantine Psalters with Marginal Decorations” (University of Haifa, June)
2nd Congress of the Israeli Association for Byzantine Studies, “The Art of the Book in Byzantium: Tradition and Innovation” (Jerusalem, Yad Ben-Zvi, Feb.)
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2008
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International conference “The Jewish Presence in Art,” “Between Realia and Eschatological Hopes. The personification of Zion in middle Byzantine illuminated manuscripts” (Bar-Ilan University, June)
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2007
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2nd International Congress, “Greek Art and Culture: Origins and Influences,” “Architectural Openings: Metonyms of Perceptions of Women in Byzantine Art” (University of Haifa, May)
“Imaging the Women of the Bible in Byzantine Art,” “The Art in the Bible/ The Bible in Art” (University of Haifa, May)
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2006
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“Women’s Reality in Byzantine Art” (University of Haifa, May)
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2005
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“Imaging the Woman in Byzantine Art” (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Scholion Project, May)
“Between Convention and Reality: Imaging the Midwife in Art,” The Israeli Society for History of Medicine and Science, (Hadassah hospital, Jerusalem, April)
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2004
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“The marginalized woman: the case of Levite’s concubine,” 36th Congress of Jewish Art, Society for Jewish Art (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, May)
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Conferences and sessions organized
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2022
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Co-organizer with Maria Parani, 24th International Congress of Byzantine Studies, Istanbul, “Materiality in Byzantine Culture Revisited,” round table (August 2022)
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2021
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Scientific committee member, “Disciplining Emotions: Texts and Images in Medieval and Early Modern Times,” International Conference, Bar-Ilan University (May 2021)
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2019
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Organizer, “Who’s Afraid of Medieval Times: Art in Times of Faith,” The Open University, Ra’anana, study day (Nov. 2019)
“Body and Matter in Medieval and Early Modern Arts,” 12th International Conference of the Israeli Medieval and Early Modern Association for Visual Culture, The Open University, Raanana (April 2019)
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2016
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“Time and Temporality in Medieval and Early Modern Art,” 9th International Conference of the Israeli Medieval and Early Modern Association for Visual Culture (The Open University, Raanana, Feb.)
Co-organizer with Assaf Pinkus, “Thinking through the Body: Visual Passion in the Middle Ages,” CAA’s 104th Annual Conference, (Washington, DC, Feb.)
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2015
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Double session co-organized with Stavroula Constantinou, “Emotions in Byzantine Culture,” International Medieval Congress at the Medieval Institute (, Leeds, UK, July)
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2013
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Co-organizer with Emma Fanar-Maayan, “Capturing Light in Late Antique, Medieval and Early Modern Art,” 6th Annual Conference of the Israeli Medieval Association for Visual Culture (University of Haifa, Jan.)
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2011
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Co-organizer with Catherine Jolivet-Lévy, 22nd International Congress of Byzantine Studies, “The Byzantine Last Judgment Iconography Revisited,” round table (Sofia, Aug.)
Co-organizer with Assaf Pinkus, “Medieval Spectacle: Art and Performance in the Middle Ages,” International Conference at the Medieval Institute (Leeds, UK, July)
Co-organizer with Assaf Pinkus, “Boundaries and Multiculturalism in the Middle Ages," 4th Annual Conference of the Israeli Medieval Association for Visual Culture (IMAGO) (Tel-Aviv University, May)
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2010
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Co-organizer with Sherry Lindquist, “Representing the Sexuality of Women in Medieval Europe and Byzantium,” International Medieval Congress, sponsored by the International Center for Medieval Art (Leeds, UK, July)
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2009
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15th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, “Envisioning the Past and Present. The Relevancy of Traditions in Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts,” organized session (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Aug.)
2nd Workshop of the Israeli Medieval Association for Visual Culture (IMAGO) (The Open University, Raanana, May)
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2006
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“Gesticulating the spiritual/motioning the secular. Ideals, morals and actions in Byzantine art,” organized session, International Conference at the Medieval Institute (Leeds, UK, July)
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