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Biography
Dr. Eran Neuman (born 1968 in Petah Tikva) is an Israeli architect and architectural historian and was appointed as Director of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem in January 2017 yet stepped down in April of that year. Under Neuman’s directorship, the Azrieli School of Architecture emerged as one of Israel’s leading architectural schools. At the school, Neuman created programs to foster professional training and scholarship, developed new academic centers and resources, and spearheaded fundraising initiatives. Neuman is also the founder of the Azrieli Architectural Archive at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and the co-founder of Open Source Architecture (OSA), an international research collaborative.
Education
Neuman holds degrees in architecture from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem and a Ph.D. from the University of California in Los Angeles. He is recognized for his scholarship in postwar architecture, in particular the exploration of the impact of new technologies on architectural design, practice, and the experience of the built environment, and also on architecture that commemorates the Holocaust.
Neuman has organized and participated in numerous conferences and seminars at academic institutions internationally, including at Princeton University; Harvard University; University of Toronto; Tongji University, Shanghai; and Monash University, Melbourne; among others. He has published several works, including Shoah Presence: Architectural Representation of the Holocaust (Routledge, 2014); Performalism: Form and Performance in Digital Architecture (Routledge, co-edited with Yasha Grobman, 2012); The Labyrinth: Ram Karmi and the Extension of Tel Aviv Central Station (Tel Aviv University Press, 2013); and David Yannay: Architecture and Genetics (eds., Tel Aviv Museum of Art press, 2014).
Curation
- In 2014, Neuman curated "David Yannay: Architecture and Genetics"
- In 2008, he co-curated "Performalism: Form and Performance in Digital Architecture," both presented at the Tel Aviv Museum
- In 2006, he co-curated “The Gen[H]ome Project,” presented at the MAK Center in Los Angeles
Honors and awards
Neuman has received numerous honors and fellowships including:
- The Technion, Haifa
- Tel Aviv University
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
- The Keren Sharet America-Israel Culture Foundation; the German-Israel Foundation Fellowship
- The Zuk Fellowship of the American Society of Architectural Historians
- The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, Washington, D.C.