Papers by Elena Gittleman
Journal for the Society of Armenian Studies , 2021
In this article, Erin Piñon invites fellow art historian Elena Gittleman to comment on the role o... more In this article, Erin Piñon invites fellow art historian Elena Gittleman to comment on the role of performance in their work, and to offer a theoretical framework for understanding objects in ritual.
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Aesthetic surgery journal / the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic surgery, 2012
As demand for outpatient procedures has increased, abdominoplasties are now judiciously being per... more As demand for outpatient procedures has increased, abdominoplasties are now judiciously being performed in accredited outpatient facilities. Previous reports on outpatient abdominoplasties are limited by small cohorts and have not distinguished among different types of body contouring procedures. Furthermore, these reports included patients who remained in the hospital overnight, rather than patients who were discharged within hours postoperatively. The authors review a case series of patients who underwent full abdominoplasty procedures performed in an outpatient facility with same-day discharge. Charts were retrospectively reviewed for 319 consecutive patients who underwent full abdominoplasty with the senior author (CLM) between 1992 and 2010. The charts of 206 patients for whom complete electronic medical record data were available were analyzed as a separate cohort. Demographic, operative, and postoperative data were collected. Systemic and local complications were assessed, as...
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Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies
In this article, Erin Piñon invites fellow art historian Elena Gittleman to comment on the role o... more In this article, Erin Piñon invites fellow art historian Elena Gittleman to comment on the role of performance in their work, and to offer a theoretical framework for understanding objects in ritual.
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This study addresses the figural mosaic floors of the late third or early fourth century synagogu... more This study addresses the figural mosaic floors of the late third or early fourth century synagogue at Khirbet Wadi Hamam and the fifth century synagogue at Horvat Huqoq. While mosaic floors were common in Palestinian synagogues in Late Antiquity, Wadi Hamam and Huqoq differ significantly from the compositional norm. Instead of the typical arrangement in which Biblical figurative scenes were laid in the nave, both of these synagogues chose to include figurative panels in their aisles. Additionally, the synagogues at Wadi Hamam and Huqoq are the only buildings from Late Antiquity to include scenes from the life of the Biblical Judge Samson in their mosaic programs. Although synagogue mosaic floors have been studied extensively for many years, these floors, being recently excavated, have not received much scholarly attention. The similarity in composition and subject matter between the two synagogues links the two villages and brings to light many questions regarding the ways in which Jewish cultural identity found expression in these mosaic pavements.
The first section of this thesis establishes the shortcomings in previous scholarship on Jewish mosaics in Palestine, specifically in the use of problematic labels such as “Hellenistic” and “Romanized” that scholars have relied upon. This section argues for the necessity of a postcolonial approach to the study of synagogue mosaics in Late Antiquity, and to understand the mosaics produced in Jewish contexts in Palestine as hybridized evidence of a shared cultural milieu. The second and third section offers an in-depth discussion of the synagogues and villages of Huqoq and Wadi Hamam to better understand the connection between the two sites and the place they occupy in the wider empire. Finally, the fourth section addresses the Samson mosaics of both synagogues, analyzing their compositional and stylistic precedents to establish their hybridized use of Greco-Roman artistic traditions. By combining the elite identity of their colonizers with their own religious and cultural past, the mosaics of Huqoq and Wadi Hamam embodied the strength and power of their past Jewish identity, while at the same time asserting themselves as powerful participants in the Roman empire.
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Symposia, Conferences, Workshops by Elena Gittleman
by Foteini Spingou, Michael Höckelmann, Ming Kin Chu, Christophe Erismann, Bram Fauconnier, Michael Fuller, Elena Gittleman, Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, Marina Loukaki, Christopher Nugent, Daphne (Dafni) / Δάφνη Penna / Πέννα, Alberto Rigolio, Jonathan Skaff, Elizabeth M Tyler, Milan Vukašinović, and Julian Yolles The PAIXUE symposium explores how public performances of classicising learning (however defined i... more The PAIXUE symposium explores how public performances of classicising learning (however defined in different cultures) influenced and served imperial or state power in premodern political systems across Eurasia and North Africa.
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The first section of this thesis establishes the shortcomings in previous scholarship on Jewish mosaics in Palestine, specifically in the use of problematic labels such as “Hellenistic” and “Romanized” that scholars have relied upon. This section argues for the necessity of a postcolonial approach to the study of synagogue mosaics in Late Antiquity, and to understand the mosaics produced in Jewish contexts in Palestine as hybridized evidence of a shared cultural milieu. The second and third section offers an in-depth discussion of the synagogues and villages of Huqoq and Wadi Hamam to better understand the connection between the two sites and the place they occupy in the wider empire. Finally, the fourth section addresses the Samson mosaics of both synagogues, analyzing their compositional and stylistic precedents to establish their hybridized use of Greco-Roman artistic traditions. By combining the elite identity of their colonizers with their own religious and cultural past, the mosaics of Huqoq and Wadi Hamam embodied the strength and power of their past Jewish identity, while at the same time asserting themselves as powerful participants in the Roman empire.
Symposia, Conferences, Workshops by Elena Gittleman
Further information in: http://paixue.shca.ed.ac.uk/node/12
The first section of this thesis establishes the shortcomings in previous scholarship on Jewish mosaics in Palestine, specifically in the use of problematic labels such as “Hellenistic” and “Romanized” that scholars have relied upon. This section argues for the necessity of a postcolonial approach to the study of synagogue mosaics in Late Antiquity, and to understand the mosaics produced in Jewish contexts in Palestine as hybridized evidence of a shared cultural milieu. The second and third section offers an in-depth discussion of the synagogues and villages of Huqoq and Wadi Hamam to better understand the connection between the two sites and the place they occupy in the wider empire. Finally, the fourth section addresses the Samson mosaics of both synagogues, analyzing their compositional and stylistic precedents to establish their hybridized use of Greco-Roman artistic traditions. By combining the elite identity of their colonizers with their own religious and cultural past, the mosaics of Huqoq and Wadi Hamam embodied the strength and power of their past Jewish identity, while at the same time asserting themselves as powerful participants in the Roman empire.
Further information in: http://paixue.shca.ed.ac.uk/node/12