Farkas Mariann | Department of Jewish Art

Dr. Mariann Farkas

mariann.farkas.hu@gmail.com

Personal Website

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3404-0097

Current Position/s

Since 2024, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan

Division of Multidisciplinary Jewish Studies, Department of Jewish Art

Teaching Assistant, external (10%)

Since 2022, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan

Division of Multidisciplinary Jewish Studies, Department of Jewish Art

Research Assistant, external

Previous Position/s

2024, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem

International Institute for Holocaust Research

Postdoctoral Fellow

2022–23, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies, Department of Aesthetics

Teaching Assistant, external (10%)

2018, Friends of the Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

Coordinator

2017, Department of Photography, Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Intern

2016, Library of Antiquities and Modern Philology, Milan

Assistant Librarian

2013–14, Gallery8, European Roma Cultural Foundation, Budapest

Intern

Education

Ph. D. 2023, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan

Doctoral Thesis: “Hédi Tarján (1932–2008):

Hungarian Jewish Artist Confronting the Holocaust, Communism and Integration into Israeli Society,” advised by Prof. Mirjam Rajner

M. A. 2017, University of Milan

B. A. 2014, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

Scholarships, Awards and Research Grants

2024 – President’s Prize, Bar-Ilan University;

2023 - First Prize, James A. Barnes Conference, Temple University;

2021 – Doctoral Scholarship, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture;

2019 - Erasmus+ Scholarship, Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg;

2018 - President’s Scholarship, Bar-Ilan University;

2015 - Scholarship for Master’s degree students, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation;

2013 - Erasmus Scholarship, Sapienza University of Rome;

2013 - Erasmus Scholarship, University of Siena.

Research

East Central European Jewish art from 1914 to 1989

identity studies

Hungarian-Israeli cultural history.

Courses

Jewish identity issues in 20th century art

Publications

Publications

Articles in Periodicals:

1. “Wrestling with the Diaspora’s Angels: A Note on Fra Angelico’s Legacy in Hungarian-Israeli Art,” IMAGES 16, no. 1 (2023), 156–64 (English).

Book and Exhibition Reviews:

1. “Rosa Barba: From Source to Poem to Rhythm to Reader,” Apokrifonline (June 2, 2017, Hungarian).

2. “Damián Ortega: Casino,” Apokrifonline (September 1, 2015, (Hungarian).

3. “Joan Jonas: Light Time Tales,” Apokrifonline (November 2, 2014, (Hungarian).

4. “Cildo Meireles: Installations,” Apokrifonline (July 1, 2014, (Hungarian)

Non-refereed Publications

1. “Marina Abramović will also exhibit at the fourth Jerusalem Biennale,” Papageno (September 26, 2019, Hungarian).

2. “How did Leonardo’s student paint the first Seder?,” Papageno (March 30, 2018, Hungarian).

3. “Adele Basevi Lombroso’s Stolperstein,” Papageno (January 15, 2018, Hungarian).

4. “Ils sont fous ces romains,” Papageno (December 28, 2017, Hungarian).

Papers Presented at Scientific Colloquia and Guest Lectures

1. “Jewish Forced Laborers in Quest of Identity: Satirical Drawings by Hungarian Artists during the Holocaust,“ International Institute for Holocaust Research, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, September 5, 2024.

2. "Hungarian Jews, Gender, and Communism: Questions of Gender in the Art of Zsuzsa Szenes and Hédi Tarján," British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies, University of Bristol, July 8–10, 2024.

3. “Holocaust Art Comparisons: Forced Laborers in Hungary and Romania,“ Holocaust comparisons: controversies, difficulties, and potentials, British and Irish Association for Holocaust Studies, University of Exeter, July 4–5, 2024.

4. “Jewish (Neo) Art Nouveau Tapestry in Hungary,” Department Seminar, Department of Jewish Art, Bar-Ilan University, October 25, 2023–January 17, 2024.

5. “From Baroque Parochet to Neo-Avant-Garde Textile: Representation of Jewish Identity in the Tapestries of Hédi Tarján (1932–2008),” Twelfth EAJS Congress, Branching Out. Diversity of Jewish Studies, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt/Main, July 16–20, 2023.

6. “Art of Maurycy Gottlieb (1856–1879),” Learning Together, Frankel Leo Synagogue, Budapest, April 19, 2023.

7. “Jewish Artist Confronting the Holocaust, Communism and Integration into Israeli Society: Fra Angelico’s Annunciation Reinterpreted by Hédi Tarján (1932–2008),” Annual James A. Barnes Graduate History Conference, Temple University, Philadelphia, March 17–18, 2023.

8. “Holocaust Survivor Art Students in Post-War Budapest,” The Post-War Period As Reflected Through Art, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, October 25–26, 2022.

9. “Hungarian Israeli Artists in Quest of Identity: Fra Angelico’s Annunciation Reinterpreted by Hédi Tarján (1932–2008),” The Eighteenth World Congress of Jewish Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, August 8–12, 2022.

10. “Hédi Tarján (1932–2008) and Uri Asaf (b. 1942–): Hungarian Jewish Artists Confronting the Holocaust, Communism and Integration into Israeli Society,” Tenth Session of the International Forum of Young Scholars on East European Jewry, Taube Department of Jewish Studies, University of Wroclaw, July 3–7, 2022.

11. “Representation of Holocaust by Hungarian Israeli Artists before 1989: Comparative Case Study of Hédi Tarján’s Works,” Art of the Holocaust until 1989: Beyond an East/West Divide, Central European University, Budapest, June 8–10, 2022.

12. “Jewish Artist in Quest of Identity: Fra Angelico’s Annunciation Reinterpreted by Hédi Tarján (1932–2008),” The Seventeenth Annual Conference of The Canadian Society for Canadian Jewish Studies, Concordia University, Montreal, online, May 9–12, 2022.

13. “Hungarian Israeli Artists in Quest of Identity,” The Twelfth Annual Art History Graduate Student Symposium, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, online, April 22, 2022.

14. “Simon Hantaï and the Écriture rose (1958/1959),” Romance‒Hungarian relations, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, December 8, 2012.

Exhibitions

Participation in Group Exhibitions (Curator)

1. Uri Asaf: Midrash and Image. Budapest, 2B Gallery, 2022.

2. The Natural History of Non-Existence. Budapest, European Roma Cultural Foundation, 2014.

3. Calling Cards. Budapest, European Roma Cultural Foundation, 2013.

Last Updated Date : 11/12/2024