Participants
Participants
Participants
Alexandra Dvorkin, Art History Department, Tel Aviv University.
Alexandra Dvorkin is a PhD student and a research assistant at the Art History Department in Tel Aviv University. Her MA thesis, written under the supervision of Dr. Sefy Hendler and Dr. Yuval Sapir, investigated the political use of botany by Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici (1519–1574) via the case studies of Benvenuto Cellini’s (1500–1571) Narcissus (1548–1565) and Bachiacca’s (1494–1557) Scrittoio murals (c. 1545). Her PhD research examines the role of botanical illustration in 16th century herbals, focusing especially on Mattioli’s I Discorsi, as part of a period of scientific uncertainty and fear of errors.
Hila Kohner, Art History Department, Tel Aviv University.
Orly Amit, Art History Department, Tel Aviv University
Orly Amit is a teaching assistant in the Department of Art History at Tel Aviv University, where she has recently completed her MA thesis, under the supervision of Dr. Renana Bartal-Cohen. Her MA thesis explores the shaping and presentation of self-identity in two personal prayer books, copied and illustrated for John of Lancaster (1389-1435), Duke of Bedford and Regent of France (1422-1435), during the second and third decades of the 15th century. She is about to begin her doctoral studies; her PhD research will examine questions of appropriation of Illuminated manuscripts as a means of shaping and presenting self-identity.
Yael Barash, The Program for Religion Studies, Tel Aviv University
Yael Barash submitted recently her MA thesis about the importance of the senses in the epistemological thought of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), under the supervision of Prof. Youssef Schwartz. The importance of the senses is unique for Hildegard's time; most of her contemporary epistemology was based on rational arguments or meditation experience. In the Ph.D. thesis, Barash plans to research the relation of text and image in manuscript of Hildegard’s texts from the 12th and 13th centuries.
Useful Information
Travel Information - How to arrive from Ben-Gurion Airport to Tel Aviv University
Train:
The best and easiest way is to take the train from the Airport Station to the University Station. Press this link to the Israel Railway Internet site:
Please be advised that Saturday (29 December) is a sabbath and therefore there is no public transportation. However there is a taxi service.
Taxi service:
It is advisable and preferable to take a taxi from the second floor – from the Arrival Hall take one floor up (please trust us on that)
https://www.telaviv-airport.com/taxi.php
For guests staying at the dormitories:
Einstein Dormitories are located across the street from Tel Aviv University’s main entrance.
Broshim Dormitories are located at George Weiss Street at the south end of the university.
See the attached map:
If additional help or any assistance is needed, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
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