CURRICULUM VITAE

CURRICULUM VITAE

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Dr.� Nechama Kramer-Hellinx

54 Ingram St., Forest Hills,� NY 11375

Tel:� (718) 793-3384, Fax: (718) 793-3385, E-Mail: nkramerhellinx@nyc.rr.com

EDUCATION

*� Gymnasia Ivrit High School, Jerusalem, Israel, 1954-1958.

*� Queens College, Flushing, New York, 1971-1973.�� B.A.� in Spanish, Feb.1973. Departmental honors.�� Graduated with 4.0 average.

*� Queens College Graduate School and The Graduate Center of CUNY, 1973-1977. M.A in Spanish �Literature, Feb.� 1978.

*� Graduate Center of City University of New York, New York, 1977-1988.� Ph.D. in �Spanish

Literature, Feb.� 1988.

Additional Education

*� CUNY, 28 credits in Special Education, and 8 in Psychology, 1989-1995.

*� Alliance Fran�aise, Paris, France:� Dipl�me Sup�rieur d'�tudes Fran�aise Modernes, 1996.

*� Alliance Fran�aise, Paris, France.� Dipl�me Approfondi de Langue Fran�aise, 1997.

EXPERIENCE IN COLLEGE TEACHING

*� York College, CUNY, Jamaica, Queens, New York.� September 1989 to 1995; February 2000-present.� Position: Adjunct Assistant Professor: Department of Modern Languages.

*� The College of Staten Island, New York, Sept. 1988 to June 1989.

Position:� Adjunct Assistant Professor: Department of Modern Languages.

*� Queens College, Flushing, New York, Sept. 1973-76, and Sept. 1977 to June 1978.� Position:� Adjunct Lecturer: Department of Romance Languages.

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EXPERIENCE IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION

I.S.238Q, 88-15 182nd St., Hollis NY 11423.� Position:� Spanish bilingual teacher, 1978-2005.�

Awarded State of New York, Bilingual Teacher of the Year Award, June 1988.�

Field of Specialization:� Golden Age, Spain.

Title of Dissertation:� El siglo pitag�rico y Vida de don Gregorio Guada�a� de Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600‑1663), CUNY, 1988.

Languages:� Fluent in Hebrew, Spanish, French and English. Not fluent in Portuguese.

Countries of Residence:� Israel, Ecuador, Brazil, France and USA.��

*� Member of the executive committee of the MLA Discussion Group on Sephardic Stu-dies.

*� Member� of� AATSP Sephardic Studies, Chairing July 2001, San Francisco; July 2002 , Rio de Janeiro August 2003; Chicago, August 2004.

*Awarded the 2007 Alumni Achievement Award, by the Graduate Center City University of New York

PUBLICATIONS

Antonio Enr�quez G�mez:� Literatura y Sociedad en El siglo pitag�rico y Vida de don Gregorio Guada�a.� New York:� Peter Lang, 1993.

�Antonio Enr�quez G�mez y la Inquisici�n: Vida y literatura.�� Peamim, 46-7 (Spring 1991), 196-221 (the article is in Hebrew).

�Antonio Enr�quez G�mez: L�grimas e poes�a.�� Nos (Pontevedra, Galicia, 1989), 95-104.

�Triumpho lusitano: Antonio Enr�quez G�mez, partidario da liberdade e da justi�a.�� Nos (Pontevedra, Galicia: 1991), 96-101.

�Em memoria de minha mae Shoshana (Rosa) Levy Ben Mashiach falecida em Israel.� Nos (Pontevedra, Galicia: 1994), 217-18. (Poem).

"Aspectos picarescos en El siglo pitag�rico y Vida de don Gregorio Guada�a del judaizante espa�ol Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600-1663)."�� Actes del Simposi Internacional Sobre Cultura Sefardita.� Ed.� Josep Ribera.� Barcelona: Facultat de Filologia, 1993.

"El aspecto de la Inquisici�n en la obra de Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600-1663)."�� The Culture of Spanish Jewry:� Proceeding of the First International Congress.� Ed.� Aviva Doron.� Tel-Aviv, Israel:� Levinsky College of Education Publishing House, 1994.

"La prudente Abiga�l y A lo que obliga el honor:� Honor, prudencia, amor, celos y muerte.� Dos comedias de Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600-1663)."�� Los judaizantes en Europa y la literatura castellana del Siglo de Oro.� Ed.� Fernando D�az Esteban.� Madrid:� Letr�mero, 1994.

�Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600-1663): Desaf�o de la Inquisi�ci�n.�� Xudeus E Conversos Na� Historia:� Actas do Congreso Internacional.� Ed.� Carlos Barros.� Santiago de Compostela:� La Editorial de la Historia, 1994.

�Dedicatoria in Memoriam de Guerra Da Cal da Vers�o Hebraica do 'Romance al Div�n M�rtir Jud� Creyente' de Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600-1663).�� Congresso Internacional de Lingua, Cultura e Literaturas Lus�fonas (Homenagem ao Professor Ernesto Guerra Da Cal). Vol. VII-IX.� (Pontevedra, Galicia: 1991-1994), 261-280.

�Despedida a Ernesto Guerra Da Cal.�� Congresso Internacional de Lingua, Cultura e Literaturas Lus�fonas (Homenagem ao Professor Ernesto Guerra Da Cal). Vol. VII-IX.� (Pontevedra, Galicia: 1991-1994), 423 (poem).

�La Literatura como espejo de la Historia: Los hist�ricos malsines inquisitoria�les, en la literatura de A. Enr�quez G�mez.�� M�langes de la Casa de Vel�zquez� . Tome XXX-2 (Madrid 1994), 139-150.

"Noticia do original portugu�s do �Tratado de verdad da lei de Mois�s�, de Saul Levy Morteira do s�culo XVII:� un texto morfol�gico Gal�go-Portugu�s ou de Portugu�s arcaico."� Fontenla, Jos� Luis and Nechama Kramer-Hellinx.� Nos (Pontevedra, Galicia, 1995), 275-284.

"La figura del mals�n en El Siglo pitag�rico y Vida de don Gregorio Guada�a de Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600-1663)."�� (The article is in Hebrew).� Hispano-Jewish Civilization after 1492.� Edts. Abitbol, Michel, Yom-Tov Assis and Galit Hasan-Rokem.� Jerusalem:� Misgav Yerushalayim, 1997.

"Honor y desaf�o en La soberbia de Nimrod."�� Cuenca: Antonio� Enr�quez G�mez.� Eds. Carlos de la Rica y Antonio L�zaro Cebr�an.� Cuenca, Spain:� Diputaci�n de Cuenca (Monogr�fico 44), 1999.

"Resonancias b�blicas en el Sans�n Nazareno."�� Cuenca: Antonio� Enr�quez G�mez.� Eds. Carlos de la Rica y Antonio L�zaro Cebr�an.� Cuenca, Spain:� Diputaci�n de Cuenca (Monogr�fico 44), 1999.

"Saudades da Patria"� �Nos (Pontevedra, Galicia: 1996-1998), 101-104. (Poem, in Hebrew and Portuguese versions).

�Polemical Disputation and Jewish Theology in the Poetry of the Spanish Converso Ferrant Sanchez de Talavera.�� The Queens College Journal of Jewish Studies (Spring 2004- Vol. VI), 21-36.

�Israel, My Homeland.� The Queens College Journal of Jewish Studies (Spring 2004- Vol. VI),151-152 (a poem).

�Judaic Motifs and Religious inclinations in Romance al Div�n M�rtir, Jud� Creyente by Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600-1663).� In Sephardic Identity: Essays on a Vanishing Culture. Ed. George K. Zucker. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2005.

�Envoy of the Sephardim: Rabbi Menachem Shmuel Halevy: Zionist, Peacemaker, Poet, 1884-1940.� International Sephardic Journal (Spring 2005/ 5765 Vol. 2 No. 1), 213-226.

�The Genealogy of Rabbi Menahem Shemuel Halevy of Hamadan (Iran)

[Part I]�. Etsi: Revue de G�n�alogie et d�Histoire S�farades № 30 (Septembre 2005, Volume 8), 9-18.

�The Edicts of the Inquisition As Reflected in the Literary Work of the Spanish Converso Antonio Enriquez Gomez (1600-1663).� The Queens College Journal of Jewish Studies (spring 2005-Vol. VII), Pp. 19-33.

�The Mezuza� The Queens College Journal of Jewish Studies (Spring 2005- Vol. VII), 101 (a poem).

�El tema del honor y de la nobleza en la obra literaria de Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600-1663).� Actas de la Asociaci�n Internacional de Hispanistas, Vol. II� (Newark, Delware: Juan de la Cuesta, 2004),� 327-333.

�Los �Edictos de Fe� y los �Edictos de Gracia� en Ynquisici�n de Luzifer y visita de todos los diablos del converso espa�ol Antonio Enr�quez G�mez�. �Cuaderno Internacional de Estudios Humanistas y Literatura: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Humacao (Vols 3-4, 2003-2004), 30-41.

�Life and Contribution for the Cause of Zion of Rabbi Menahem Shemuel Halevy of Hamadan (Iran), [Part II]�. Etsi: Revue de G�n�alogie et d�Histoire S�farades № 32 (March 2006, Volume 9), 3-9.

�Rabbi Menahem Shemuel Halevy�s Poetry, [Part III] �. Etsi: Revue de G�n�alogie et d�Histoire S�farades № 34 (Septembre 2006, Volume 9,), 6-9.

�From Hamadan, Iran to Zion: From Bondage to Freedom, The Life Journey of the Zionist Rabbi Menahem Shemuel Halevy (1884-1940)�. The Queens College Journal of Jewish Studies (spring 2006, Volume VIII), 58-80.

�Merciful God, WHY? Intimate Conversation with the Creator, In the After Mass of Hurricanes, Tsunamis, Earthquakes, Fires, Inundations of Fall 2005�. The Queens College Journal of Jewish Studies (spring 2006, Volume VIII), 30-31(a poem).

CONVENTIONS

International Congress:� The Heritage of the Jews of Spain, Levinsky Institute, Tel-Aviv, Israel.� July, 1991.� �The Inquisition and Jewish Consciousness in the Works of Antonio Enr�quez G�mez.�

I Congresso Internacional de Literaturas Lus�fonas:� Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.� �Antonio Enr�quez G�mez, partidario da liberdade e da justi�a.� September, 1991.

Congreso Internacional:� Xudeus e Conversos na Historia.� Ribadavia, Galicia, October, 1991.� �Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600-1663):� Desaf�o de la Inquisi�ci�n.�

Misgav Yerushalyim, Internatio�nal Congress of Hispanic-Jewish Civilization after 1492, June 1992, Jerusalem, Israel.�� La figura del mals�n en la obra de Antonio Enr�quez G�mez.�

Simposio internacional sobre cultura sefard�.� Universitat de Barcelona, 9-11 de� noviembre de 1992.� �Los aspectos picarescos en El siglo pitag�rico y Vida de don Gregorio Guada�a, del judaizante Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600-1663).�

Congreso internacional sobre Literatura castellana del Siglo de Oro de los Jud�os fuera de Espa�a , Madrid, December 1992.� �El tema de la honra en el teatro de Antonio Enr�quez G�mez.�

Congreso Internacional:� A Historia A Debate.� Santiago de Compostela, 7-11 Julio, 1993.� Comunicaci�n:� �La Literatura como espejo de la Historia: Los hist�ricos malsines inquisitoria�les, en la literatura de A. Enr�quez G�mez.�

The Jews of Sepharad:� 1300 Years of Crisis:� Identity and Assimilation.� University Of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa.� October 10-12, 1993.� �Judaic motifs and Religious Inclinations in Antonio Enr�quez G�mez's Romance al Div�n M�rtir� (accepted for publication in The Jews of Sepharad, forthcoming).

Association for Jewish Studies, Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference.� Boston, Massachusetts, December 12-14, 1993.� �The Edicts of Faith and the Edicts of Grace as reflected in the Literary Work of the Spanish Converso, Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600-1663).�

MLA Convention.� Toronto, Canada.� 27-30 December, 1993.� �Resonancias b�blicas y jud�as en el Sans�n Nazareno del converso espa�ol, Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600-1663).�

Association for Jewish Studies, Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference.� Boston, Massachusetts, December 18-20, 1994.� �Jewish Polemical Themes in 'El Romance al Div�n M�rtir Jud� Creyente' by the Spanish Converso, Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600-1663).�

MLA Convention.� San Diego, California.� 27-30 December, 1994.� �Authoritarian women in the work of the Spanish Converso dramatist, Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600-1663).�

MLA Convention, Chicago.� 27-30 December, 1995.�� Honor and Defiance in La Soberbia de Nimbrod, 1635, by Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600-1663).�

MLA convention, San Francisco.� 27-30 December, 1998.� �The Edicts of Grace and the Edicts of Faith as reflected in the literary work of the Spanish converso Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600-1663).�

Asociaci�n Hisp�nica de Humanistas, II Congreso Internacional, Sevilla, July 2000, �Prudencia y habilidad, rasgos principales de la mujer en la obra literaria de Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600-1663).�

MLA convention in Washington DC, December 2000, chairing the Sephardic Studies session.

AATSP convention, San Francisco, July 2001, Chairperson and presenter, �The Spanish Inquisition in El ultimo azul, by Carmen Riera, 1996.�

Asociaci�n Internacional de hispanistas, XIV Congreso, July 2001, New York, �El tema del honor en la obra de Antonio Enr�quez G�mez .�

AATSP, July 2002, Rio de Janeiro, chairperson and presenter, �Motivos b�blicos del Viejo Testamento en la obra de Antonio Enr�quez G�mez (1600-1663).�

AATSP, July 2003, Chicago, chairperson Sephardic Studies Session.

Bar Ilan University: Faculty for Jewish Studies: Iranian Jewry: History, Society and Cultural Achievements. June 15-16, 2005.� �Love of Zion in the Poetry of Rabbi Menahem Shemuel Halevy (1884-1940)�. (In Hebrew).

MLA, December 2006, Philadelphia, Sephardic Studies session, presenting

�Rabbi Menahem Shemuel Halevy.�