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Na'ama Sheffi, PhD
Bio
I am a history scholar dedicated primarily to questions of cultural history on to planes: the reception of German culture in Hebrew and Israeli culture; and cultural processes of nation building in Israel.
The questions I address relate to a wide range of academic fields – history, sociology, politics, media studies, and the arts.
Employment
2001 until the present – Sapir College, Department of Communication,
2006-2010 – Chair, Sapir College, Department of Communication
1996-2003 – Editor, Zmanim Historical Quarterly (Tel Aviv University)
1978-1986 – Galei Zahal (army radio station), producer and editor
2007-2014 – Haaretz daily newspaper, columnist
Education
1983-1987: B.A., Department of History. Major: Modern European History
1987-1990: M.A., School of History. Thesis title: The Ring of Myths: The Nibelungen, Wagner and the Nazis. Supervisor: Dan Diner.
1991-1994: Ph.D., School of History. Dissertation title: German Literature in the Hebrew Culture, 1882-1948: Translation and Reception. Supervisors: Shulamit Volkov and Dan Laor.
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