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Prof. Daphna Ben-Shaul is a senior faculty member at Tel Aviv University's Faculty of the Arts, Department of Theatre Arts, serving as Chair of the Multidisciplinary (BA) & Interdisciplinary (MA, PhD) Programs in the Arts since 2020 and co-heading the Independent Theatre & Performance MFA track since 2010.
- PhD from Tel Aviv University Department of Theatre Arts (2003)
- MA and BA (with distinction) from Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Her research spans theatre studies, performance art, and philosophical aesthetics with emphasis on political and civic dimensions, spatial thought in site-specific performance, reflexive practices, voiding phenomena, and creative collectives. She has published a comprehensive book on the Zik Group (Keter 2005), journal articles, and exhibition catalogs.
Prof. Ben-Shaul co-organized the Israel Science Foundation-supported international conference 'Critical Performance On-Site' (2023) and delivered guest lectures at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (2022). Her research has been consistently funded by major grants including ISF, GIF, and Yad Ha'Nadiv.
- Herbert Levin Scholarship (1990-93)
- Wolf Foundation Scholarship (1996)
- Lady Davis Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2006)
- ISF grant for civic space research (2015-2020)
She teaches performance studies at Tel Aviv University and the School of Visual Theatre in Jerusalem, while directing institutional programs and contributing to international academic discourse through keynotes, cultural curation, and conference organization.
