
Dr. Alison Fisch Katz
Dr. Alison Fisch Katz
Senior Lecturer
Academic Studies in English
Azrieli College of Engineering Jerusalem
POB 3566, Jerusalem 9103501, Israel
Tel: +972-2-6588000, Ext: 248
Mail: alisonfi@jce.ac.il
Web: www.jce.ac.il
Positions:
Academic Staff
Head of Academic Studies in English
Linguistic Editor for Journal Submissions – Research & Development Unit
Research Interests:
- Literary Theory
- 19th Century Literature & Culture
- Word/Image Relations & Ekphrasis
- Religion & Literature
- Film & Literature
- Cognitive Approaches to Literature
Representative Publications:
1. “Jude the Obscure: The (En)Graven Image”, The Thomas Hardy Journal, 22 (Autumn, 2006), 85-105.
2. “Violent Wisdom: Thomas Hardy and Ekphrastic Discord”, Word & Image: A Journal of Visual/Verbal Enquiry, 27.2 (2011), 148-158.
3. “Biblical Exegesis in Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge”, Literature & Theology, 26.2 (2012), 1-20.