Faculty

The Program in Jewish Studies is excited to welcome Sam Boyd, PhD, as a visiting faculty member in Jewish Studies and Religious Studies. Professor Boyd is teaching Spring 2015 course JWST/RLST 2600 Judaism Christianity, Islam.Originally from

Join us for a special book talk by Liora Halperin, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, on her recent publication, Babel in Zion: Jews, Nationalism and Language Diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948, presented as part of the

Brian Catlos, Professor of Religious Studies, will be organizing and moderating three panels at this year's American Association of Italian Studies Conference in Boulder, CO, March 26-29, 2015, entitled "Italy in the Mediterranean I: Conflict," "

To a packed house of more than 400 people, on Sunday, February 22, David Shneer, Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History and Professor of History, Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, gave the keynote lecture at the Illinois

Sasha Senderovich presented a paper on Soviet Jewish culture at the international conference on "The Art of Cultural Translation: Performing Jewish Traditions in Modern Times" at the University of Oxford, UK, in January. In February he

Elias Sacks, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Graduate Studies for the Program in Jewish Studies, recently published an essay on strategies for attracting students to humanities courses. Entitled “Expanding the Jewish Studies

David Shneer, Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History and Professor of History, Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, was recently selected as a recipient of the BFA Faculty Recognition Award by the University of Colorado Boulder's

Brian Catlos, Professor of Religious Studies, recently published an article entitled "Religious Nationalism Finds a Footing in the Middle East" in TheWashington Post. Read the article here

Liora Halperin, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, recently received a grant from the Hadassah Brandeis Institute to support her research on the murder of a Zionist migrant, presumably by a local Christian Arab, in Ottoman

Eyal Rivlin, Hebrew Instructor, will be playing guitar and leading chanting with his wife, Danya Rivlin, at the Shabbaton and concert "Davvenology: The Secret of Mystic Prayer," led by Rabbi Shir Yaakov Feit, January 9-10. This event, whose theme is