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Amir Marmor <marmor.amir@gmail.com> |
| Primary Phone: | 97226517790 |
| Secondary Phone: | 972547969927 |
| List Affiliations: | Reviewer for H-German |
| Reviews: | untitled |
| Interests: | History of Science, Medicine, and Technology |
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Bio: Education • 2006-Current: Pursuing studies towards Phd. in History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Topic: “The Virtue of the Art of Science: Aesthetic and Scientific Imagination in Late 18th Century Germany” • 2005: M.A. in History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Thesis: “Continuity and Change in the German Political Discourse in the aftermath of the 1848 revolutions” • 2001: B.A. in History and Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Fellowships • 2004-2008 Junior Fellow in the Koebner Center for German History • 2006-2008 Research Grant for the project “Einstein and the Hebrew University”. The project is sponsored by the Einstein Foundation, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. • 2001-2002 Academic Scholarhip, Ludwig-Maximilans-Universität, Munich, Germany. • 2003-2004 Academic Scholarship, Albert-Ludwigs-Unversität, Freiburg, Germany. Articles • “The Mechanics of the Soul: the Psycho-Physical Question and the Halle School of Electrical Medicine” (Under Consideration). • “The Dream that Shapes Reality: Art and Consumption in Werther’s Age”, in T. Czechowski (ed.), The Commercial Gaze in the Long 18th Century, AMS Press (2008, forthcoming). Reviews • Review of Theodore Ziolkowski, Clio the Romantic Muse: Historicizing the Faculties in Germany. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2004. in H-Net (German), March, 2005. Lectures • “Bridging the Epistemological Gap: Electric Medicine in Late 18th Century Germany”, The Thirty-First Annual Meeting of the German Studies Association, San Diego, California (October 4-7, 2007). • “Newtonian Principles in a Cartesian World: F.U.T. Aepinus’ Electrical Theory”, Annual International Workshop on the History and Philosophy of Science, organized by The Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas; The Edelstein Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Jerusalem (June 17-20, 2007). • “Medicinal Uses of Electricity in 18th Century Germany”, 2nd Meeting for Postgraduate Students in History of Science, Barcelona, Spain (May 31-June 2, 2007). • “The Dream that Shapes Reality: Art and Consumption in Werther’s Age”, The Spacious Ark of Eighteenth-Century Studies, annual meeting of The South Central Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, Cocoa Beach, Florida (February 23-26, 2006). • “The Concept of the ‘Volk’, Between Liberalism and Conservatism: A new Perspective on W. H. Riehl”, Jewish History as Integrated European History – Minerva Summer School, organized by The Simon Dubnow Institute, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany (July 6-18, 2003) Academic and Teaching Experience • Co Initiator and organizer of the second annual colloquium for German history in Israel. A cooperation of The Minerva Koebner center for German history at the Hebrew university of Jerusalem; The Center for German history at the Tel-Aviv university; The Leo Baeck Institute, Jerusalem; The Bocerius Institute at the Haifa University; and The Chair for Prussian Jewry at the Bar-Ilan University, March 1, 2005. • Co Initiator and organizer of the first annual colloquium for German history in Israel. A cooperation of The Minerva Koebner Center for German history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; The Center for German history at the Tel-Aviv university; The Leo Baeck Institute Jerusalem; and The Bocerius Institute at the Haifa university, March 1, 2005. • Course Assistant, “The Israeli Colloquium for German History”, academic years 2005-2007, Prof. Moshe Zimmerman and Prof. Dan Diner, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Research Interests • 18th and 19th Centuries German History • German Cultural History • History of Art and Science Language Skills • Hebrew, English, German, French and Latin |
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