Academia & Writing

Academic Work

Recent publications:

​* ‘Circus Jews Under National Socialism.' Under One Tent: Circus, Judaism, and Bible. Edited by Ora Horn Prouser, Michael Kasper, and Ayal Prouser. (Ben Yehuda Press, 2023).​
* 'The Escape Act: The Story of a Jewish Family of Acrobats in World War II'. Bamah – Israeli Theatre Magazine, vol. 286 "Life or Theatre: Women and the Theatre of the Holocaust." Edited by Moti Sandak. (The Institute for Jewish Theatre, 2020).
* 'Ziratron: Israel's First Circus'. Bandwagon, vol. 64, issue 3. Edited by Greg Parkinson. (The Circus Historical Society, 2020).

Forthcoming publication:
"Quand Le Cirque Se Raconte" (Université Grenoble Alpes, 2024).

Academic Circus History Researcher and Speaker

• Main research area: Jewish circus families and artists in Germany Under National Socialism. Secondary research area: The Barbette Project, a work blending gender, history and performance (MA thesis available here)
• Stav's academic work has been presented at University of Sheffield (Circus and Beyond, 2018), Cirquon Prague (Circus and Its Others, 2018), Popular Culture Association (National Conference 2019; Winner of the Michael and Madonna Marsden Grant), and at many public and private events in museums, synagogues, festivals and Jewish institutions worldwide. Select hosts include Manchester Jewish Museum (UK), Leo Baeck Institute New York (US), Paideia The European Institute for Jewish Studies (Sweden), The Oregon Jewish Museum (US), CANDLES Holocaust Museum (US), and many more.
• During Stav's academic studies she was awarded the Rose Biller Scholarship, the A. D. Felheim Scholarship, the Bernard Osher Foundation Scholarship and the Joan Howard Kersner Memorial Scholarship.

Freelance Writer and Journalist

• Select writing: "Legacies" for ContraProject and "Circus of Tomorrow?" for CircusTalk.
• Additional articles can be found on CircusTalk, The Circus Diaries. Circus Now, and The Forward.

Playwriting

• The Escape Act: A Holocaust Memoir - currently booking.
• The Dreamer and the Acrobat - produced Off-Off Broadway
• The Road to Ithaca - produced at Tmuna Theatre, Israel