Avraham Oz (born May 23, 1944) is an Israeli associate professor of Theatre and Hebrew and Comparative literature at the University of Haifa, a translator of plays and operas into Hebrew, and a peace activist. He specializes in English theatre and drama, Shakespeare, political theatre, and Theatre theory.^[1] The University of Haifa (אוניברסיטת חיפה) is a university in Haifa, Israel. ... is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... This article is about work. ... Academia is a collective term for the scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole. ... A theatre director is a principal in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a play by unifying various endeavors and aspects of production. ... Look up Translator in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A peace activist is a political activist who strives for peace, and against war. ... In English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ... A literary genre is one of the divisions of literature into genres according to particular criteria such as literary technique, tone, or content. ... Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. ... Look up translate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... Comparative literature (sometimes abbreviated Comp. ... The University of Haifa (אוניברסיטת חיפה) is a university in Haifa, Israel. ... A peace activist is a political activist who strives for peace, and against war. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... . ... The word theory has a number of distinct meanings in different fields of knowledge, depending on their methodologies and the context of discussion. ...

Personal history

Avaham Oz was born 23 May 1944 in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is married to Israeli theatre designer and translator Tal Itzhaki.^[1] is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ...

Educational background

He earned a B.A. in English literature and theatre arts (1967) and a M.A. in English literature (1970) from Tel Aviv University and a Ph.D. in English literature (1980) from the University of Bristol.^[1] For other degrees, see Academic degree. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Engineering Faculty Boulevard The Smolarz Auditorium Tel Aviv University (TAU, אוניברסיטת תל אביב, אתא) is one of Israels major universities. ... Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ... The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. ...

Career

He has taught at the University of Haifa, Tel Aviv University, and the Beit Zvi School of Dramatic Art; Hakibbutzim Seminar College and Sapir Academic College, and as a visiting lecturer at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and The University of Delaware. He also served for many years as an associate artistic director at The Cameri Theatre, and dramaturg at the Haifa Municipal Theatre.^[1] The University of Haifa (אוניברסיטת חיפה) is a university in Haifa, Israel. ... The Engineering Faculty Boulevard The Smolarz Auditorium Tel Aviv University (TAU, אוניברסיטת תל אביב, אתא) is one of Israels major universities. ... The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (‎, Arabic: ) is one of Israels oldest, largest, and most important institutes of higher learning and research. ... The University of Delaware (UD) is the largest university in the U.S. state of Delaware. ...

From 1982 to 1986, he served as the Head of the Department of Theatre Arts, Tel Aviv University. In 1984 he founded and edited Assaph: Theatre Studies published by Tel Aviv University; in 1994 he founded the Department of Theatre at the University of Haifa and served as its first chairman, and in 1995 he founded and edited JTD: Journal of Theatre and Drama, published by the University of Haifa. From 2000 until its closure in 2004, he served as the director of the Haifa University Theatre. In 2007 he founded Mofa, an electronic journal for theatre and the performing arts, and he serves as its editor.^[1] The Engineering Faculty Boulevard The Smolarz Auditorium Tel Aviv University (TAU, אוניברסיטת תל אביב, אתא) is one of Israels major universities. ... The Engineering Faculty Boulevard The Smolarz Auditorium Tel Aviv University (TAU, אוניברסיטת תל אביב, אתא) is one of Israels major universities. ... The University of Haifa (אוניברסיטת חיפה) is a university in Haifa, Israel. ... The University of Haifa (אוניברסיטת חיפה) is a university in Haifa, Israel. ...

Oz is also the general editor of the Hebrew edition of the works of Shakespeare and the current president of the Israeli Association for Theatre Research (IATR).^[1] Shakespeare redirects here. ...

Among his many Hebrew translations of plays and operas, commissioned and performed by all major theatre companies in Israel and The New Israeli Opera, are: Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, Coriolanus, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Henry V, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Bertolt Brecht's Life of Galileo, The Wedding, Arturo Ui, Three Penny Opera, and the opera The Rise and Fall of the City Mahagonny; Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, Betrayal, One for the Road, Ashes to Ashes, The New World Order, Party Time, and Mountain Language; C. P. Taylor's Good by C. P. Taylor; Engelbert Humperdinck's 1983 opera Hänsel und Gretel; Wild Honey, an untitled work by Anton Chekhov adapted by Michael Frayn; and Agamemnon, by Aeschylus, as adapted by Steven Berkoff; and Peter Turrini's Figaro.^[1][2] {{dy justified his choice of form, and from about 1929 on he began to interpret its penchant for contradictions, much as had Eisenstein, in terms of the dialectic. ... Harold Pinter, CH, CBE (born 10 October 1930) is an English playwright, screenwriter, poet, actor, director, author, and political activist. ... Engelbert Humperdinck (September 1, 1854 – September 27, 1921) was a German composer, best known for his opera, Hänsel und Gretel (1893). ... Hänsel und Gretel is an opera by Engelbert Humperdinck (Humperdinck himself described it as a fairy opera. ... Wild Honey is a 1984 translation of an earlier untitled Anton Chekhov work by British playwright Michael Frayn. ... Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Russian: , IPA: ) was a Russian short story writer and playwright. ... Michael Frayn (born 8 September 1933) is an English playwright and novelist. ... The Oresteia is a trilogy of tragedies about the end of the curse on the House of Atreus, written by Aeschylus. ... This article is about the ancient Greek playwright. ... Steven Berkoff (born August 3, 1937) is an English actor, writer and director. ... Peter Turrini (born September 26, 1944) is an Austrian leftist playwright. ...

Selected books

Author

• Shetar hi-hidah (The Riddle Bond: Studies in The Merchant of Venice) Tel Aviv: Hakibutz Hameuchad, 1990. (In Hebrew).^[3]
• The Yoke of Love: Prophetic Riddles in "The Merchant of Venice" (Newark, London and Toronto: The University of Delaware Press, 1995. ISBN 0874134900 (10). ISBN 978-0874134902 (13).
• ha-Te'atron ha-politi : hasva'ah, meha'ah, nevu'ah (Political Theatre). Tel Aviv: Dvir/Haifa University Press, 1999. (In Hebrew).^[4]
• ha-Yetsirah ha-Sheḳspirit (Shakespeare). Tel Aviv : Miśrad ha-biṭaḥon, 2006. (In Hebrew.)^[5]

Editor

• Strands Afar Remote: Israeli Perspectives on Shakespeare. International Studies in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries ser. Wilmington, DE: U of Delaware P, 1998. ISBN 0874135974 (10). ISBN 978-0874135978 (13).
• Marlowe. New Casebooks ser. New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. ISBN 033362498X (10). ISBN 978-0333624982 (13).

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Related activities

Oz was a theatre critic for two of the major daily papers in Israel (Lamerhav, and later Ha'aretz) as well as on the Israeli National Radio; was a theatre editor for the literary magazine Akhshav (1968-1973), had a weekly show on theatre on the Israeli National Radio (1968-1971), and edited and presented several TV series on Theatre and Shakespeare.^[1] Haaretz (הארץ, The Land) is an Israeli newspaper, founded in 1919. ...

Peace activism

Oz is an internationally-known peace activist in Israel. He is a founding member of the Committee for Solidarity with Birzeit University and the Committee Against the War in Lebanon. He has organized, spoken, and written extensively on subjects relating to achieving peace in the Middle East and ending the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. In the spring of 2005, in a letter opposing the boycott of Israeli universities, including his home institution the University of Haifa and Birzeit University, he states: "Whenever asked, over the last few years I expressed my opinion that even though the repressive policies of my country [Israel] against the Palestinian population, especially in the territories occupied in 1967, is appalling, racist, sometimes horrifying in its cruelty, and often having crossed the boundaries of war crimes, academic boycott was neither morally justified nor effective."^[6] A peace activist is a political activist who strives for peace, and against war. ... Panorama of Birzeit Universitys campus (1997) Birzeit University (Arabic: ) is a university near the Arab town of Bir an Zeit near Ramallah. ... The Peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has taken shape over the years, despite the ongoing violence in the Middle East. ... Israel and the Occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip are at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ... The University of Haifa (אוניברסיטת חיפה) is a university in Haifa, Israel. ... Panorama of Birzeit Universitys campus (1997) Birzeit University (Arabic: ) is a university near the Arab town of Bir an Zeit near Ramallah. ... In the context of war, a war crime is a punishable offense under International Law, for violations of the laws of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... Look up Boycott in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Notes

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External links

• "Avraham Oz" – Biography in the Bio-Bibliographical Lexicon of Modern Hebrew Literature (in Hebrew).
• The Committee Against the War in Lebanon – Official website.
• Committee for Solidarity with Bir Zeit University – Official website.
• Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace – UK – Official website; hyperlinks ("Past Events": 1b: "The AUT boycott debate" April – May 2005).
• "The Israeli Association for Theatre Research (IATR): 2006 annual meeting Thursday, 2 March 2006 Israel," article about the Israeli Association for Theatre Research (IATR), by Avraham Oz, in "News: Conferences & Symposiums," All About Jewish Theatre, jewish-theatre.com.
• "Professor Avraham Oz" – Associate Professor, Department of Theatre, University of Haifa, Faculty member webpage (in English); hyperlinked Curriculum vitae.