Dr. Omri Herzog

Areas of interest

• Cultral Studies Theories
• Israeli Culture
• Popular Culture and Celebrities Culture
• Horror Films and Literature
• Feminism and Post-Colonialism
• Representations of Bodies in Contemporary Culture

Teaching

• Discontented Culture: Critical Analysis of Contemporary Cultural Phenomena

My research deals with understanding contemporary culture through the interface betwwen "high" and "popular" cultures. The focus of my recent articles aims to examine conflictual idiologies within horror texts, bodily performances and celebrities culture.

• 2018, “Inspiring Lecturer Honors”, the National Union of Israeli Students.
• 2014, AIS - Israel Institute Young Scholar Award, for significant contributions to the field of Israel Studies
• 2012, Bernstein Prize for Literary Criticism
• 2007-2010, Scholion Scholarship, as part of the "Pain and Knowledge" research group, Mandel Institute for Inter-Disciplinary Jewish Studies, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem
• 2005, Award for distinction in academic studies from Trink Foundation, Paris
• 2004, Award for distinction in academic studies from “Wolf foundation”
• 2003, Award for distinction in academic studies from Barbara Leifer fund
• 2002, Award for distinction in academic studies from the "Bianca Marcus" fund

BOOKS
• Herzog O (2009). Selected Topics in Inter-Cultural Interfaces. Ra'anana: Open University Press. [Study Guide] [Heb]
• Shapira Y, Herzog O, Hess T.S (eds.) (2007). Popular and Canonical: Literary Dialogues. Jerusalem: Magnes and Resling. [Heb]

ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS
• Herzog O, Hager T (Forthcoming). “Why, How and When Literature”, in: Poetics Today, Vol. 40.1. Durham: Duke University Press.
• Shenker Y, Herzog O (2017). "The World is filled with Remembering and Forgetting: Poetic Commemoration of the Battle in Huleikat", in: BGU Review, Vol. 5. Heksherim Research Institute for Jewish & Israeli Literature & Culture, Ben-Gurion University. Pp. 1-38.
• Herzog O, Shashar N (2015). “"I Received Permission to Sing!" Feminism, Religion and Humor Online: a Case Study”, in: Humor Mekuvan: A Research Journal in Humor Studies, Vol. 5. Pp. 6-21. [Heb]
• Herzog O, Hager T (2015). “The Battle of Bad Mothers: The Film ‘Mama’ as a Commentary on the Judgment of Solomon and Contemporary Motherhood”, in: Journal of Motherhood Initiative, Vol 6.1. Toronto: Toronto University Press and Demter. Pp. 121-133.
• Herzog O, Yaron I (2014). "Photography as Medium: Behind the Scenes of Ghost Photography", in: Bezalel: Journal of Visual and Material Culture, Vol.1: Beyond the Object. Eds. D Markovitz, O Barthal. Jerusalem: Bezalel Academy of Art. [Heb]
• Herzog O, Shenker Y (2014). "The Colors of the Israeli Mirror ", in: Jewish Film and New Media, Vol. 2:2 . Michigan: Wayne University Press. Pp. 109-131.
• Herzog O, Wolkstein O (2013). "Properly Unseen: Metamorphosic View of Visual and Verbal Metaphors", in: Protocollage 2013: Methodologies in Visual Culture Research. Tel Aviv: Bezalel Academy of Art Press and Resling. Pp. 298-314 [Heb]
• Herzog O, Yaron I. (2013). "Kafka's Ruins in Popular Culture", in: The Journal of Popular Culture, Vol. 46. NJ: Michigan State University and Weily-Blackwell. Pp. 1092-1106.
• Yaron I, Herzog O (2010). "Cultural Studies in the Public Sphere ", in: Israeli Sociology, Vol. 11 (2). Pp. 507-521. [Heb]

CHAPTERS IN REFEREED ANTHOLOGIES
• Herzog O, Yaron I (2017). "The (De-)Politics of Plastic Makeover", in: Feminism and Capitalism. Eds. R Brayer, D Olmert, O Kasin, Y Tirosh. Jerusalem: Van-Leer Institute. Pp. 189-207. [Heb]
• Herzog O, Hager T (2017). “Refusing to Obey: Mad Mothers in Israeli Media”, in Bad Mothers: Representations, Regulation and Resistance. Eds. M.H Miller, T Hager and R. J. Bromwich. Bradford: Demeter Press. Pp. 291-309.
• Herzog O (2017). "What Lies beneath 'Israeli Beauty'", in: Visual Culture in Israel. eds. S.R Shtang and N. Hazan. Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing. Pp. 608-631. [Heb]
• Weissberg I, Herzog O (2017). "If a Rotten Woman Touches a Flower: Representation of the Mensturation in Israeli Literature", in: Period: Studies of Menstruation in Israel. Eds. I. Cicurel, S. Noy, I. Wilamovsky, D. Amir: Sapir Academic College Press. Pp. 55-79. [Heb]
• Herzog O, Wolkstein O (2016). “The Death of All Deaths”, in: The Post-Human Era: From Fantasy to Eternal Life to Existential Panic. Eds. Y Ataria, A Shalev. Haifa: Pardes. Pp. 35-44. [Heb]
• Herzog O, Wolkstein O (2016). “The Literature’s In-Between”, in: Understanding Understanding: Theory and Practice. Ed. Y Harpaz. Tel Aviv: Mofet Institute. Pp. 236-244. [Heb]
• Herzog O (2013). "The Swan and the Ungeziefer: Happiness, Pain and Metamorphosis", in: Pain, Flesh and Blood. Eds. S Stav, O Meital. Be'er-Sheva: Ben Gurion University Press. Pp. 245-279. [Heb]
• Herzog O (2007). "Literary Celebrity", in Canonical and Popular: Literary Encounters. Eds. Y Shapira, O Herzog, T.S Hess. Jerusalem: Magnes and Resling. Pp. 119-132. [Heb]

REVIEWS AND ESSAYS IN REFEREED JOURNALS
• Herzog O (2017). On Eyal Weizman’s “The Conflict Shoreline: Colonization as Climate Change in the Negev Desert”, in Bezalel: Journal of Visual and Material Culture, Vol.4. Eds. D. Marcovich, O Barthal. Jerusalem: Bezalel Academy of Art (Online). [Heb]
• Herzog O (2017). “How Can Art Dig Deep into The Primitive Mystery?”, in Odot, Journal of Literary Criticism, Vol. 4. Eds. Y. Ashkenazi, A. Weissman. Heksherim Institute, Ben Gurion University (Online). [Heb]
• Herzog O (2017). “The Joke of Stockholm”, in: Odot, Journal of Literary Criticism, Vol. 2. Eds. Y. Ashkenazi, A. Weissman. Heksherim Institute, Ben Gurion University (Online). [Heb]
• Herzog O (2016). On Amos Goldberg’s “Trauma in First Person: Diary Writing during the Holocaust”, in Studies in Contemporary Jewry, Vol. 29. Pp. 273-276.
• Herzog O, Shenker Y (2015). “A Report to the (Literary) Academy”, in Theory and Critisim [Teoria Ve’Bikoret], Vol. 45. Pp. 47-55. [Heb]
• Herzog O (2015). On Dafna Hirsch’s “We Are Here to Bring the West: Hygiene Education and Culture Building in the Jewish Society of Mandate Palestine”, in: Israeli Sociology, Vol. 17:1. Pp. 166-169. [Heb]
• Herzog O (2014). “On Iraj Pezeshkzad's My Uncle Napoleon and the Acceptence of Iranian Literature in the Israeli Culture", in: Jama'a, Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Middle East. Be'er Sheva: Ben Gurion University Press. Pp. 146-158 [Heb]

NON ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
SELECTED ARTICLES IN BOOKS AND PERIODICALS [HEB]

• Herzog O, Lapidot S (Forthcoming). “Cultural Management in Israel: an Overview”, in: Organizational Analysis, Ed. Israel Katz. Jerusalem: Zofnat.
• Herzog O (2017). “Fucked-Up Poetry”, in Helicon, Vol. 120. Ed. Rachel Peretz. Pp. 137-143.
• Herzog O (2017). “Hanging on a Thin Thread”, in Zusya: The Hasidic Stories Collection. MATAKH and Israel’s national Library (online).
• Herzog O (2016). "You Look Completely White to me”, Epilogue to A Small Place, by Jamaica Kincaid. Tel Aviv: Locus. Pp. 79-95.
• Herzog O (2016). “A Girl at the Counter: On Orly Kastel-Blum’s Writing”, in Moznayim, Vol. 3. Pp. 54-58.
• Herzog O (2015). “Consumerism, or: What is the Difference between Katy Perry and Rihana?”, in Hed Hachinuch, Vol. 89 (6). Pp. 66-69.
• Herzog O (2015). “Reflections on Vacation”, in: You Are Here, Vol. 1. Eds. Y Saar and G Hajaj. Tel Aviv: Portfolio. Pp. 36-40.
• Herzog O, Wolkstein O (2014). "Understanding Literature", in: Hed Hachinuch, Vol. 88 (2). Pp. 92-97.
• Herzog O (2012). "What does it mean? Critical Reflection on Dance Critique", in: Ma'akaf – Online Journal of Performing Arts.
• Herzog O, Yaron I (2010). "Still I go: Reflecting on Yaki Yosha's Films", in: East Cinema (Kolno'a Darom). Ashkelon: Sapir College Press. Pp. 70-79.
• Herzog O, Yaron I (2009). "The Eternal Jew, the Eternal Womb", in: De'ot, Vol. 43. Pp. 33-37.
• Yaron I, Herzog O (2009). "Carnography: Realizing the Desire of the Flesh", Ms.Use, Vol 1. Pp. 45-49.
• Herzog O (2008). "Space of Similarity: Separations in in the Israeli Landscape", in: Block, Vol. 6. Pp. 150-155.
• Herzog O (2007). "Everyone Must Hear Me: On David Deri's 'Amen'", in: Hakivun Mizrach, Vol. 14. Pp. 59-63.
• Herzog O (2007). "Brigdes of Faith: Roots Tours to Morroco in Israeli Literature", in: Brit, Vol. 26. Pp. 112-116.
• Herzog, O (2007). "The Journey to India in Israeli Literature", in: Iton 77, Vol. 320-321. Pp. 18-22.
• Herzog O (2006). "Remembering the Rememberers: On Roots Tours in Israeli Culture", in: Iton 77, Vol. 309-310. Pp. 36-40.
• Herzog O (2006). "Language of Agony and Pain: On Louise Cohen's Letters to David Ben-Gurion", in: Hakivun Mizrach, Vol. 12. Pp. 65-69.
• Herzog O (2006). "The beauty of Secrets", Epilogue to Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and other stories, by Oscar Wilde. Jerusalem: Carmel. Pp. 103-116.
• Herzog O (2005). "The Hypocrisy and The Jitter: Colonial Readings in African Literature Translated to Hebrew", in: Hakivun Mizrach, Vol. 10. Pp. 27-34.

CRITIQUES IN NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES

2002 - Present Over 400 literary critiques in the literary supplement, Haaretz.
2005 - Present Over 60 cultural critiques (film, television, art, dance, popuar culture) in
Haaretz, De-Marker Magazine, Ynet, Haoketz, Erev-Rav magazine,
Compress, Mouse magazine, Harama, Ma’amul, Portfolio, Maaboret.

ESSAYS IN ART BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
• Herzog O (2018). “On Yarden Hirsh’s Artwork”, in: Yarden Hirsh – Works. Curator: Gil Yefman. Tel Aviv: Beit Ha’Omanim. Pp. viii-xi.
• Herzog O (2017). “The Museum of Full Mouths”, in: Set in Motion: Dance, Art, Community. Eds. Drorit Gur-Arie and Avi Feldman. Tel Aviv: Asia Publishing and Petach-Tikva Museum. Pp. 115-119.
• Herzog O (2013). "The Poetics of Doubting: On the Curatorship of Maayan Amir", In: From "This is Not Israeli Art" to "The Govermental Body": A Series of Exhibitions Curated by Maayan Amir. Tel Aviv: Tmuna Theater. Pp. 64-69. [Heb]
• Herzog O (2011). "Birthing Past and Future", in: Old News: Design between Tradition and Innovation. Curator: Volker Albus. Holon: Design Museum.
• Herzog O (2010). "Of Portraits", In: Prince and Madonna, Gil Yefman and Rona Can'ani. Curators: Eli Petel and Hila Cohen-Sneiderman. Tel Aviv: Hachalalit Gallery. [Heb]
• Yaron I, Herzog O (2009). "Seeing or Killing: Reflections on Hunting and Hunters", in: Journey and Adventure in Israeli Art, Following Nahum Guttman's 'Luvengulu King of the Zulu'. Curetor: Tali Tamir. Jerusalem: Keter Books and Nachum Gutmann Museum of Art. Pp. 60-67. [Heb]
• Herzog O (2009) "The Hypnosis of Beginning: On Joseph Dadoune's Sion", In: Regarding Sion. Editor and Curator: Drorit Gur-Arie. Tel Aviv: Petach-Tikva Museum and East-Word Publications. Pp. 32-39.
• Herzog O (2008). "A Report to the Academy: on Michal Heiman's 'Through the Visual, A Tale of Art and Attack", in: Michal Heiman: Attack on Linking. Curetor: Mordechai Omer. Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Pp. 132-136.
• Herzog O (2007). "Secrets of the Body", in: Diwani – Itzik Badash. Curator: Tal Ben-Tzvi. Tel Aviv: Bai't BaNamal Gallery. [Heb]

LITERARY EDITING [HEB]
• Ashkenazi Y, Weisman A, Herzog O (2016-now), Odot: Online Magazine for Literary Essays.
• Asher, Gabi (2018). The Genius Family. Haifa: Pardes.
• Asher, Gabi (2015). Almost Full Memory. Haifa: Pardes.
• Meirson, Itay (2008). The 90 Minutes War. Tel Aviv: Yediot Books.
• Sarid, Yossi (2006). Accordingly, We Are Here Assembled. Tel Aviv: Yediot Books.
• Herzog O, Gurfinkle B.S. (eds.) (2012). Hakivun Mizrach, Vol. 25, Music and Protest.
(2012). Hakivun Mizrach, Vol. 24. Fantasy.
(2011). Hakivun Mizrach, Vol. 23. Childhood.
(2009). Hakivun Mizrach, Vol. 18. Victimhood.
(2008). Hakivun MIzrach, Vol. 16. Arsim Ve'frechot.
(2007). Hakivun Mizrach, Vol. 14. Hybridity. (co-editor: M Shmuelof)

• July 2018, “What is ‘Civil Action’?”, in “Culture and Civil Action” conference, Sapir College.
• February 2018, “Ghosts Pictures: Photography as a Medium”, in “Visual Cultures: A Side-Look”, Tel Hai College [Heb].
• February 2018, participation in "Risky Literature" research group, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
• September 2017, “Negotiating the Self, Confronting the Other: The ‘Other’ and Global Academia”, in “The 9th Annual German-Israeli Frontiers of Humanities Symposium (GISFOH)”, The Israel Academy of Science and Humanities, Jerusalem.
• December 2016, “Equal in the Eyes of Capitalist God: The Contemporary Intimacy Regime”, in: “Identities and Identifications: Politicised Uses of Collective Identities”, The Fifth Euroacademia Conference, Rome.
• March 2016, “Gay Marriage and the Capitalist Scare”, in: The Popular Culture Association Annual Conference (PCA), Seattle.
• December 2014, “The Horrror of Cultural Studies”, in “Interpretation of Culture” conference, Bar-Ilan |University. [Heb]
• May 2014, "The Roads not Chosen in Hebrew Literature Studies", in "Hebrew Literary Thought" conference, Gen-Gurion University. [Heb]
• March 2014, "Who Needs Literary Criticism?", in "The Hebrew Litarature Critique" workshop, Hebrew University in Jerusalem. [Heb]
• February 2014, participation in "Ethos and Mythos in Israeli Culture" research group, Duke University, NC.
• November 2012, "Who's Afraid of Cultural Studies?", in "Imaginary and Imagining" conference, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. [Heb]
• February 2012, participation in "Ethnicity and Secularization in Israeli Culture" research group, Duke University, NC.
• June 2010, "I'm a Freak Bitch, Baby: Kafka's Metamorphosis at the Net", in: "Western Canons in the Digital Era" conference, The Israeli Science Foundation and The Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics, Tel-Aviv University.
• May 2010, "'Horrid blotches Stained the White Door': Writing the Wound in Kafka's Metamorphosis", in "Pain and Knowledge" conference, Scholion institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
• November 2009, "What is an Erotic Text?", in "The Erotic" conference, Salzburg University.
• June 2009, "The Israeli Mirror: Narratives of Plastic Transformation", in "Plastic Cultures" conference, Leeds University.
• June 2009, "The Passage to India in Israeli Literature", in: "Israeli Identities in the Making" conference, The Open University. [Heb]
• April 2009, "The Swan's True Colors: The Israeli Case", in: The Popular Culture Association Annual Conference (PCA), New Orleans.
• March 2007, "The Rise & Fall of the Ugly Duckling", in: Annual Cultural Studies Conference, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. [Heb]
• June 2006, "Advertising and Cultural Formalism", in the American Advertising Academy Annual Conference, Reno, Nevada.
• April 2006, "The Ungeziefer and the Swan: The Strange Encounter between Franz Kafka and Jennifer Patton", in: "Pain in the Flesh" conference, Ben-Gurion University. [Heb]
• January 2006, "Reading Africa in Israel", in: "Africa at the Border: Literature,Culture and Politics", Tel Aviv University. [Heb]
• May 2005, "Ghosts, Viruses and Hard Discs: Narrative Technology in Toni Morrison's Beloved", in Literature School Conference, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. [Heb]
• June 2004, "Against Theory: Reading the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict", in the Comperative Literature Annual Conference, The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. [Heb]