Dr. Noam Topelberg
CV
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.
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Education
Scholarships, Awards and Research Grants |
2021 Mandel leadership institute Program for Academic Leadership in Education: From Theory to Practice Excellence Program
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
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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 Studies, 40(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 Studies, 40, 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