Milette Shamir
מלאת שמיר
Shamir in 2020
Academic background
Alma materBrandeis University
Doctoral advisorMichael Timo Gilmore
Academic work
DisciplineAmerican literature and culture
InstitutionsTel Aviv University

Milette Shamir (Hebrew: מלאת שמיר) is an Israeli academic administrator and professor of American studies serving as vice president of Tel Aviv University.

Life

Shamir completed a Ph.D. at Brandeis University studying under Michael Timo Gilmore and Wai Chee Dimock.[1] Her 1996 dissertation was titled, The Cult of Privacy: Domestic Space and Gender in Antebellum Fiction.[2]

Shamir researches American literature and culture in the nineteenth century.[1] In 2006, she cofounded the American studies program at Tel Aviv University.[1] She served as its head for thirteen years.[1] From 2006 to 2009, she was chair of the department of English and American studies.[1] In 2012, she founded the B.A. in liberal arts, an international student program and served as its academic director until 2016.[1] From 2012 to 2015, Shamir served on the editorial board of American Literature.[1] She and Irene Tucker are the editors-in-chief of Poetics Today.[1] She is the vice president of Tel Aviv University and manages international academic collaborations.[1]

Selected works

  • Shamir, Milette; Travis, Jennifer, eds. (2002). Boys Don't Cry?: Rethinking Narratives of Masculinity and Emotion in the U.S. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-12034-0.[3]
  • Shamir, Milette (2006). Inexpressible Privacy: The Interior Life of Antebellum American Literature. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-3906-5.[4]
  • Shamir, Milette; Zakim, Michael, eds. (2008). Privacy: The History of a Modern Idea. Special Issue of Zmanim (in Hebrew). Open University Press.
  • Ryan, Barbara; Shamir, Milette, eds. (2016). Bigger than Ben-Hur: The Book, Its Adaptations, and Their Audiences. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-3417-1.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Prof. Milette Shamir". Tel Aviv University. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  2. ↑ Shamir, Milette (1996). The Cult of Privacy: Domestic Space and Gender in Antebellum Fiction (Ph.D. thesis). Brandeis University. OCLC 35788138.
  3. ↑ Reviews of Boys Don't Cry:
  4. ↑ Reviews of Inexpressible Privacy:
  5. ↑ Reviews of Bigger than Ben-Hur:
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