Milette Shamir Explained

Milette Shamir
Discipline:	American literature and culture
Alma Mater:	Brandeis University
Workplaces:	Tel Aviv University
Native Name:	מלאת שמיר
Native Name Lang:	he
Doctoral Advisor:	Michael Timo Gilmore

Milette Shamir (Hebrew: מלאת שמיר) is an Israeli academic administrator and professor of American studies serving as vice president of Tel Aviv University.

Life

Shamir completed a Ph.D. at Brandeis University studying under Michael Timo Gilmore and Wai Chee Dimock.^[1] Her 1996 dissertation was titled, The Cult of Privacy: Domestic Space and Gender in Antebellum Fiction.^[2]

Shamir researches American literature and culture in the nineteenth century. In 2006, she cofounded the American studies program at Tel Aviv University. She served as its head for thirteen years. From 2006 to 2009, she was chair of the department of English and American studies. In 2012, she founded the B.A. in liberal arts, an international student program and served as its academic director until 2016. From 2012 to 2015, Shamir served on the editorial board of American Literature. She and Irene Tucker are the editors-in-chief of Poetics Today. She is the vice president of Tel Aviv University and manages international academic collaborations.

Selected works

• Book: Boys Don't Cry?: Rethinking Narratives of Masculinity and Emotion in the U.S. . 2002 . Columbia University Press . 978-0-231-12034-0 . Shamir . Milette . en . Travis . Jennifer. ^[3]
• Book: Shamir, Milette . Inexpressible Privacy: The Interior Life of Antebellum American Literature . 2006 . University of Pennsylvania Press . 978-0-8122-3906-5 . en. ^[4]
• Book: Privacy: The History of a Modern Idea . Open University Press . 2008 . Shamir . Milette . Special Issue of Zmanim . HE . Zakim . Michael.
• Book: Bigger than Ben-Hur: The Book, Its Adaptations, and Their Audiences . 2016 . Syracuse University Press . 978-0-8156-3417-1 . Ryan . Barbara . en . Shamir . Milette. ^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prof. Milette Shamir . 2023-11-01 . Tel Aviv University . en-US.
2. Shamir . Milette . The Cult of Privacy: Domestic Space and Gender in Antebellum Fiction . 1996 . Ph.D. . Brandeis University . 35788138.
3. Reviews of Boys Don't Cry:
   • Hendler . Glenn . 2003 . Review . Modern Fiction Studies . 49 . 4 . 843–844 . 0026-7724 . 26286804.
   • DeAngelis . Roxana . 2004 . Review . American Studies International . 42 . 2/3 . 267–268 . 0883-105X . 41280091.
4. Reviews of Inexpressible Privacy:
   • Renza . Louis A. . 2007 . Shamir . Milette . A Private Study in "Private" Studies . South Atlantic Review . 72 . 3 . 90–97 . 0277-335X . 27784727.
   • Williams . Susan . 2006 . Review . The New England Quarterly . 79 . 3 . 507–510 . 0028-4866 . 20474480.
   • Applegate . Debby . Debby Applegate . 2007 . Review . The Journal of American History . 93 . 4 . 1230–1231 . 10.2307/25094645 . 0021-8723 . 25094645.
   • Margolis . Stacey . 2006 . Shamir . Milette . The Secret Lives of Houses . Novel: A Forum on Fiction . 40 . 1/2 . 175–177 . 10.1215/ddnov.040010175 . 0029-5132 . 40267690.
   • Kelley . Mary . 2007 . Review . The American Historical Review . 112 . 3 . 850–851 . 10.1086/ahr.112.3.850 . 0002-8762 . 40006721.
5. Reviews of Bigger than Ben-Hur:
   • Vechinski . Matthew James . 2017 . Review . Reception: Texts, Readers, Audiences, History . 9 . 115–118 . 10.5325/reception.9.1.0115 . 2168-0604.
   • Lindvall . Terry . 2016 . Ben-Hur, Brian, and the Coen Brothers Walk Into a Bar: Excursions in Theology and Popular Culture . Journal of the American Academy of Religion . 84 . 4 . 1145–1151 . 10.1093/jaarel/lfw066 . 0002-7189 . 26177745.
   • Neilson . Heather . 2016 . Review . Australasian Journal of American Studies . 35 . 1 . 159–163 . 1838-9554 . 44779782.