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HEYMAN, AVITAL<\/h1>\n
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BIOGRAPHY<\/h3>\n

Avital Heyman (b. 1963, Israel) graduated the Department of Art History, Tel- Aviv University. In her Ph.D.<\/b>thesis (1996<\/b>), titled \u201cThe Visual Representations of\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Patrons and Patronage in Auvergnat Sculpture of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries<\/i>\u201d, she discussed the social and political structures of Auvergne, as visualized in the Romanesque representations of the upraising laity, vis-\u00e0-vis its problematic relations with the Church. At present, she is a senior-lecturer (partial position) in Sapir College<\/b>, Sderot (Department of Culture, Creativity and Production; Department of Interdisciplinary Humanistic Studies and Department of Architectural Engineering), and in Achva College<\/b>, where she teaches medieval history in the Bedouin Program. She taught in various academic institutes in Israel (Tel-Aviv University; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; various colleges of education; various art and design schools). Her teaching experience consists of special programs, aimed at particular groups, such as Arab women (Menasche College, 1995), Bedouin students (Achva College, 2011-present), a group of pilots of the Israel Air Forces (University of New Haven in its branch in Tel-Aviv, 1997). She specializes in unique interdisciplinary programs.<\/p>\n

Avital Heyman\u2019s scientific publications include a book by the Pindar Press, London (2005, ‘That Old Pride of the Men of the Auvergne’ \u2013 Laity and Church in Auvergnat Romanesque Sculpture<\/b>), and numerous articles in scientific journals and collections of essays (such as: Arte Medievale, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Iconographica, Cahiers de Civilisation M\u00e9di\u00e9vale).<\/p>\n

Avital Heyman\u2019s fields of expertise encompass Social and political art history of Romanesque sculpture; Medieval laity and the Church; Liturgical topography of cult centers of the Virgin Mary in the Massif Central, France; Topography and definition of cultural, cultic and pilgrimage roads; Migration of Jerusalemite cultic practices and traditions to northern Europe; Enigmatic Romanesque sculpture imagery; Crusader sculpture and architecture. Avital Heyman organized and participated in plentiful international conferences, meetings, and seminars, and she guides students and specialists in holy sites and pilgrimage centers in Israel and Europe.<\/p>\n

Her interest in the medieval history of the relations established between churchmen and lay society led her to specialize in ecumenical relations, and she serves as organizer and counselor of ecumenical encounters. In 2010 she directed an ecumenical rite in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, aimed at bridging the divergent traditions of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem and Santiago de Compostela<\/p>\n

As a specialist of the Holy Land, Avital Heyman works with all the Christian denominations and strives to strengthen the Christian presence in the Middle East in general, and in the Holy Land, in particular. Another aspect of her international activity is her involvement within descendants of Sephardic converted Jews of the Expulsion from Spain who wish to return to the Jewish people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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PUBLICATIONS<\/h3>\n

Books:<\/b><\/p>\n

HEYMAN, A.,\u00a0‘That Old Pride of the Men of the Auvergne’ \u2013 <\/i>Laity and Church in Auvergnat Romanesque Sculpture, London: Pindar Press, 2005.<\/p>\n

Referencied Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n

HEYMAN, A.,\u00a0\u201cThe Donor\u2019s Homage \u2013 Architectural Renderings in Twelfth-Century Sculpture and their Significance\u201d, en Motar <\/i>(Journal of Faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University, Ed. N. Kenaan-Kedar), 2 (1994), pp. 77-85 (in Hebrew).<\/p>\n

HEYMAN, A.,\u00a0\u201cThe Representation of the Holy Sepulchre in Auvergnat Romanesque Sculpture: A Reflection of Crusader Patrons\u201d, a M. Balard (Ed.), \u201cAutour de la premi\u00e8re croisade\u201d, en Actas de la Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East<\/i>, Clermont-Ferrand, 22-25 Juny 1995, Par\u00eds: Byzantina Sorbenensia, 14 (1996), pp. 633- 642 [PDF]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

HEYMAN, A.,\u00a0\u201cThe Hand that Servers and the Servered Hand: Sculptural Evidence for the \u201cMountain People\u2019s\u201d Defeat\u00a0 in Auvergne\u201d, en Arte Medievale<\/i>, II Serie, 12-13 (1998-1999), pp. 75- 82 [PDF]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

HEYMAN, A.,\u00a0\u201cGood or Bad Shepherds in Twelfth-Century Auvergne: Visual Evidence of Social Structures and Tensions\u201d, en Gazette des Beaux-Arts<\/i>, 142 (2000), pp. 57-68 [PDF]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

HEYMAN, A.,\u00a0\u201cVirtuous and Inquitous Nobles in Romanesque Auvergne\u201d, en Iconographica<\/i>, 4 (2005), pp. 22- 45 [PDF]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

HEYMAN, A.,\u00a0\u201c\u00c0 l\u2019ombre de Cluny: Hagiographie et politique du portail de Saint-Hilaire de Semur-en-Brionnais\u201d, en Cahiers de Civilisation M\u00e9di\u00e9vale<\/i>, 50 (2007), pp. 289-312 [PDF]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

HEYMAN, A., Ya se posan nuestros pies\u00a0 antes tus puertas, oh Jerusal\u00e9n\u00a8, in Francisco Singul (ed.), Las tres peregrinaciones<\/em><\/strong>, Santiago de Compostela: Xacobeo, 2010 (in Spanish<\/strong><\/u>). [PDF]<\/a><\/p>\n

HEYMAN, A., \u201cFulcher\u2019s Bestiary at the Door of the Holy Sepulcher\u201d, in Yitzhak Hen and Iris Shagrir (eds.), \u201cSee and Touch\u201d: Pilgrimage and Holy Sites in Judaism, Christianity and Islam \u2013 Essays presented to Ora Limor<\/em><\/strong>, 2011, Ra\u2019anana: Open University, pp. 215-230 (in Hebrew<\/strong><\/u>).<\/p>\n

HEYMAN, A., \u201cFulcher\u2019s Bestiary at the Door of the Holy Sepulchre,\u201d Ad Limina<\/em><\/strong>, Vol. 6, 2015, pp. 33-80 (extended version of No. 8). [PDF]<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0HEYMAN, A.,\u00a0\u201cSirens Chanting in Auvergne-Velay: A story of Exegetical Pilgrimage on the Via podensis\u201d, Ad Limina<\/em>, 4, N\u00fam. 4 (2013), p. 69-115.\u00a0[PDF]<\/a><\/p>\n

HEYMAN, A., \u201cThe De\u0113sis of the Valley of Jehoshaphat: Melisende and the Monumental Sacred De\u0113sis Topography of Crusader Jerusalem\u201d. Israel Museum<\/strong>, a special issue of Israel Museum Studies in Archeology<\/em><\/strong>, Jerusalem (forthcoming in Hebrew and English<\/strong><\/u>).<\/p>\n

HEYMAN, A., \u201cUn reto para el \u201ctaller de Melisenda\u201d: la decoraci\u00f3n de Santa Mar\u00eda en el Valle de Josafat y el proyecto monumental de la Jerusal\u00e9n cruzada,\u201d Forthcoming in: Magistri Cataloniae<\/em>, ed. Manuel Casti\u00f1eiras, Barcelona, 2016 (in Spanish<\/strong><\/u>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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