Dr. Noam Topelberg

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Email
noamtopelberg@gmail.com
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building 905, room 110
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יום שני 12:00-13:00
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    Current Position/s

    Since 2022 Academic Coordinator of Teaching Clinical training, the Teacher Education school, Faculty of Education, Lecturer in the department of Jewish Art, Faculty of Jewish Studies, Bar-Ilan University.
    Since 2012 Head of Art teaching certificate program, the Teacher Education school, Faculty of Education, Bar-Ilan University

     

    Education

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Scholarships, Awards and Research Grants

     

    2021 Mandel leadership institute Program for Academic Leadership in Education: From Theory  to Practice Excellence Program
    2017 Ph.D., Department of Jewish Art, Bar Ilan university Thesis: The Iconography of Sacrifice in War from the 1970s in the Work of Three Israeli Women Artists – Mina Siselman, Bianca Eshel Gershuni and Tamar Geter. Supervisor: Prof. Yaniv Bracha
    2005 M.A., History of Art, Tel-Aviv university
    2004 Teaching of gifted and outstanding students (Certificate studies), Tel-Aviv university
    1999 Curating (Certificate studies), University Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv university
    1995 B.A. Dual degree program in Film and Musicology, Tel-Aviv university

     

    2024 BIU Learning and Teaching Division Call for Innovative Teaching: Teaching Gateway: From Theory to Practice

    2024 BIU Learning and Teaching Division Call for Innovative Teaching: Digital learning and teaching

    2024 BIU Rector’s Award for innovative Lecturers
    2024 BIU Rector’s Award for Outstanding Lecturers
    2024 Council for Higher Education of Israel, "experience-integrated academy"
    2013 BIU Excellence Scholarship2012 BIU Encouragement Scholarship

     

     


     

     

    Research

    Fields of specialization

    Visual Culture, Visual Codes, Visual Literacy, Philosophy of Art History of Art, Visual Culture and Education, Art and Technology.
    Courses

    The Visual Code: Art in the Age of Digital Culture   
    Art and Technology: Enemies, A love story
    Cracking the Code: Message and Function in Visual   Culture
    Woman, Heroism and Sacrifice in Israeli Art 
    Visual culture in the age of artificial intelligence
    Fictions of Light: Rethinking Photography
    Artificial Intelligence: Research and Visual Creation
    Thinking forms and sounds: Abstraction in Twentieth Century Art and Music

    Publications

     

    PUBLICATIONS

    Topelberg, N., & Ventura, J., Gaon, G., (2025). Project RSO: reclaiming subjective objectivity of 
        visual literacy, INTED2025 Proceedings, ISBN: TBA, ISSN: 2340-1079
        https://doi: 10.21125/inted.2025

    Topelberg, N., & Ventura, J. (2024). Decoding visual culture. Visual Studies40(3), 525–543. 
       https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2024.2354476

    Topelberg, N., Ventura, J., (2024), "The visual code": pedagogy of critical thinking and essential    
       discourse in the age of visual cultureHalaa 5, Jerusalem: The Israel consortium of Faculty 
       Development Center, (Hebrew) ISSN: 2709-7455 (print); 2709-7463 (online) 

    Topelberg, N. (2024). Nurturing future educators: Exploring new frontiers of collaborative teacher 
        training model. In M. Carmo (Ed.), Education and New Developments 2024 – Volume I (pp. 21-
        25). InScience Press, Lisbon. ISSN (electronic version): 2184-1489, ISSN (printed version): 
        2184-044X, ISBN: 978-989-35106-9-8. https://doi.org/10.36315/2024v1end005

    Topelberg, N., & Ventura, J. (2023). 'The Visual Code”: Educating in an age of visual culture". 
       In M. Carmo (Ed.), Education and New Developments 2023, Vol 1 (pp. 115-119). InScience. 
       Lisbon. https://end-educationconference.org/proceedings/

    Topelberg, N., "Amira Ziyan, Hiding in the Light: A Synergy of Contrasts as a Visual Code of “Otherness”" Arts 11, no. 5: 102, 2022.

    Topelberg, N. (2022). What Does a Bird Care?! Indifference and Yearning in the Art and Teaching 
      of Mariana Korol. Issues in Cultural Studies40, 79-90. 
      https://doi.org/10.31866/2410-1311.40.2022.269359

    Topelberg, N., “Synergy circles, a conversation with Amira Ziyan”, Art and research, Bulletin of 
       Gershon and Judith Leiber Center for Jewish Art Exhibitions, Issue 6, 2019, pp, 19-23. (Hebrew).

    Topelberg, N., “What? Does the Bird Care?! … Between equanimity and longing in the work and 
       teaching of Mariana Corol”, Art and research, Bulletin of Gershon and Judith Leiber Center for 
       Jewish Art Exhibitions, Issue 4, 2018, pp. 3-11. (Hebrew).

     

    CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 

    “Project RSO: reclaiming subjective objectivity of visual literacy”, ECE2025, The European 
        Conference on Education, University College London & SOAS, University of London, London, 
        United Kingdom, Thursday, July 10, 2025 - Monday, July 14, 2025.
    “Project RSO: reclaiming subjective objectivity of visual literacy”, Cumulus conference, Ethical 
       Leadership: A New Frontier for Design, Nantes, France, June 3-7, 2025
    “Project RSO: reclaiming subjective objectivity of visual literacy”, INTED2025, (19th annual 
       International Technology, Education and Development Conference), Valencia, Spain, March 3-5, 
       2025
    “Nurturing future educators: exploring new frontiers of collaborative teacher training model”, END 
       2024, International Conference on Education and New Developments 2024, Porto, Portugal, 15-
       17 June 2024. 
    “Bridges: a multidisciplinary teacher training model" 2nd conference of leading pedagogical 
       academies, Mofet Institute and Ministry of Education, Tel Aviv, 1.5.2024
    “Nurturing future educators: exploring new frontiers of collaborative teacher training model”, 
       ICEDS 2024, The University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 24-26 April 2024.
    Chair of session TEACHERS AND STUDENTS Curriculum and Pedagogy // Vocational 
       education and Counseling, Oral Presentations, END 2023, International Conference on 
       Education and New Developments, Lisbon, Portugal, June 24-26th, 2023.
    “The Visual Code”: Educating in an age of visual culture’, END 2023, International Conference on 
       Education and New Developments, Lisbon, Portugal, June 25th, 2023.
    ‘Mina Sisselman - An androgynous diary’, Women and Gender in arts, The fourth conference of 
       the Association for the Study of Women's Art and Gender in Israelin collaboration with the 
       Department of Art History at Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, July 3rd
       2023.
    ‘Amira Ziyan, Hiding in the Light: A Synergy of Contrasts as a Visual Code of “Otherness”, 18th 
       World Congress of Jewish Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, August 8th, 2022.

    ‘Cracking the Visual Code: Literacy and Teaching in the Age of Visual Culture’, Inter- university 
       symposium "Amanut veḥinuch: toldot vetoladot" [Art and Education: History and 
       Consequences], Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, July 7th, 2021.

     

    NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

    Topelberg, N. (2018). High school textbooks: Part 1: Fundamentals of visual language, Part 2 – 
       Encounters of the visual type in the technological age. ICT and Information Systems 
       Administration, Israel Ministry of Education (Hebrew).

    Topelberg, N. (2018). High school curriculum: Part 2 – Visual close encounters in the 
       technological age. ICT and Information Systems Administration, Israel Ministry of Education  
       (Hebrew).

    Topelberg, N. (2018). High school curriculum: Part 1 – Fundamentals of visual language. ICT and 
       Information Systems Administration, Israel Ministry of Education (Hebrew).

    Topelberg, N. (2010). Art movements of the 19th century. Textbook for second study unit. ICT and 
       Information Systems Administration, Israel Ministry of Education (Hebrew).

     

    CURATING:

    Topelberg, N. (2018). Ron Goren, Geometric Fantasy. Ness Ziona Municipal Gallery, Yad
       LaBanim (Hebrew).

    Topelberg, N. (2016). Ruthi Donner, Combinations, Ness Ziona Municipal Gallery, Yad LaBanim 
        (Hebrew).

    Topelberg, N. (2016). Ilana Alof, a discourse of touches, Ness Ziona Municipal Gallery, Yad 
       LaBanim (Hebrew).

    Topelberg, N. (2015). Linoy Lev Ari, Optimism, Ness Ziona Municipal Gallery, Yad LaBanim 
       (Hebrew).

    Topelberg, N. (2015). Malka Shochar, Nature, Ness Ziona Municipal Gallery, Yad LaBanim 
       (Hebrew).

    Topelberg, N. (2014). The Israeli Nature Photography Association, traveling exhibition”, Ness 
       Ziona Municipal Gallery, Yad LaBanim (Hebrew).

    Topelberg, N. (2014). Leslie Cogan, earth, water and fire, Ness Ziona Municipal Gallery, Yad 
       LaBanim (Hebrew).

    Topelberg, N. (2013). Mina Ziselman - Hide Face-Self Portrait”, Ness Ziona Municipal Gallery, 
       Yad LaBanim (Hebrew).

    Topelberg, N. (2012). Thoughts and Emotions-Wood Sculpture, Ness Ziona Municipal Gallery, 
       Yad LaBanim (Hebrew).

    Topelberg, N. (2003). The Naomi Eshel Exhibition of the Century, Centennial of the Teachers' Union 
       Federation, Israeli Knesset.


     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Last Updated Date : 23/04/2026