Dr Naomi Rokotnitz

I read English Literature and Philosophy at the University of Cambridge (Double First-Class Honours, 1997) and received my PhD in the same fields from Bar Ilan University in 2006 (along with the Presidential Scholarship for Excellence). As Director of The Israel and Ione Massada Fellowships Programme, I promote academic interchange between scholars here, at the University of Oxford, and scholars of all disciplines, ethnicities, religions and persuasions in the State of Israel. I am also the mother of two wonderful adults.

I co-convene the Fiction and Other Minds research strand of the Oxford Comparative Criticism and Transition Programme (OCCT).

My research explores the intersections of literature, philosophy, and cognitive science, investigating how literature affects behaviour, beliefs, and conceptions of agency and authenticity; and how bodily forms of resonance contribute to the experience and communication of human understanding. Almost all my publications can be accessed online on academia.edu or ResearchGate.

For a full list of publications, see my profile on academia.edu