CURRICULUM VITAE

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1. PERSONAL DETAILS

RIVKA HALEVY NEMIROVSKY (Ph.D)

Born in Sweden. Married to Samuel mother to Elad and Avishai

E-mail: halevyne@mscc.huji.ac.il

Permanent employment: Hebrew University (Faculty member)

2. HIGHER EDUCATION

B.A. 1972 Hebrew University, Jerusalem: Hebrew Linguistics, Hebrew Literature, History of Art

Diploma in Higher Education 1973 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, School of Education: Instruction of Hebrew Language and Literature

M.A. 1985 Hebrew University History of Art.

M.A. 1986 Hebrew University Hebrew Linguistics (Summa cum Laude)

Ph.D. 1992 Hebrew University Hebrew Linguistics (Summa cum Laude)

3. APPOINTMENT AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY

1979- present Tenured Senior Lecturer (equal Associate Professor)

4. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS/TASKS AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY

1983-4 Head of Summer Courses at Rothberg International School, Hebrew University

1998- 2000 Academic Head of Special Programs at Rothberg International School, Hebrew University

1997-99 Head of Editing Program, The Department of Hebrew Language, Hebrew University

5. SERVICE IN OTHER ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

(in chronological order)

1979-1984 Lecturer of Hebrew Language, David Yelin College, Jerusalem

1990-91 Visiting Scholar, Harvard University - NELC, Cambridge MA (Research Project: Phraseology between syntax and lexicon)

2001- present Special Consulting Faculty Member in Judaic Studies , Charles Oak State College, New Haven CT

2005-6 Associate Professor, Hebrew College, Newton MA (Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew, Babylonian Aramaic)

2005-6 Visiting Scholar, Harvard University - NELC, Cambridge MA (Research Project: The locative alternation in Semitic and elswhere)

2007 (shorter fellowship) Visiting Scholar, Harvard University – NELC, Cambridge MA (Continuation of the above research project)

2010 (summer semester) Visiting Scholar, Harvard University NELC , Cambridge, MA - (Research Project: Reciprocal constructions in Hebrew with cross language comparisons to other Semitic languages)

6. OTHER ACTIVITY

Postgraduate supervisor and reader of M.A. theses and doctoral dissertations predominantly on issues in grammar and semantics of Modern and Biblical Hebrew.

Lector of periodicals and books on Hebrew language

Referee of research proposals in Semitic linguistics submitted to the National Academy of Science in Israel

2008- 2010 Advisor at the BERLIN-UTRECT RECIPROCAL PROJECT (conducted by Freie Univ. of Berlin and Utrecht Univ.)

7. MEMBERSHIP IN A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION

1995-present Societas Linguistica Europaea

1997-present Israeli Linguistic Society

8. RESEARCH AWARDS and GRANTS

selected list:

1986 Dov Sadan Award for outstanding doctoral dissertation proposal

1987 Ema Schreiber Research Grant

1987/8, 1990-991 Jewish Memorial Foundation Research Grant

1992 Dov Sadan Award for outstanding Ph.D. dissertation

1996-1998 Yad Hanadiv Research Grant

1997/8 Amos Foundation Authors Grant ( by the Presidential Dept. of Israel State )

1997, 2001, 2005, 2009 Hebrew University - Certificate for distinction in teaching

9. TEACHING AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY

Department of Hebrew Language :

Bachelor's degree courses taught:

-Morphology of Modern Hebrew

-Phonetics of Modern Hebrew

- Introduction to Semantics
-General Theories in Sentence and Lexical Semantics

-Guided Reading in Semitic and General Linguistics

                      - Lexicology (with emphasis on Modern Hebrew)
                       -Seminar: Restricted Collocations in Modern Hebrew
                       -Seminar: Lexical Semantics

-Seminar: Phraseological units in Hebrew
-Seminar: Lexicalization of nominal phrases in Modern Hebrew

-Seminar: Sentence Semantics (in Modern Hebrew)

-Seminar: Topics in Modern Hebrew Syntax

-Seminar: Topics in Syntax and Morphology of Nominal Phrases in Modern Hebrew

Master's degree courses taught:

-Seminar : Topics in Lexical Semantics

-Seminar: The Syntax and Semantics of Nominal Phrases in Contemporary Hebrew

-Seminar: Topics in Modern Hebrew Syntax

                      - Seminar: The Theoretical Basis for Normative Approach towards Hebrew Language

                      - Seminar: Lexicalization of polymorphemes in Modern Hebrew


        Courses taught at Rothberg International School:

-Hebrew L2 for undergraduate and graduate students

-Semantics of Modern Hebrew for candidates for teaching Hebrew

-Biblical Hebrew

10. Hebrew College, Boston MA (2005-6)

               -Modern Hebrew grammar

               -Biblical and Rabbinic Hebrew texts and grammar

-Babylonian Aramaic