Welcome, Heather Meeker Green! It is my great pleasure to welcome Heather Meeker Green to our staff in a new role as Executive Assistant to Prof. Derek Penslar, our Director. After three months as a temporary worker (with the generous support of the Office of the President), Heather has joined us in a longer-term role….
This year, the Center for Jewish Studies awarded three students with the Harry and Cecile Starr Prize in Jewish Studies. The Prize is by faculty member nomination only, for an outstanding senior thesis or Ph.D. dissertation in Jewish and Hebrew studies by a Harvard student. Best dissertation in the field of Jewish and Hebrew Studies…
The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University is pleased to share the abstracts for the winning essays of the 2024 Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies: Julia Maria Tellides ’24 First Place “The Failure of Minority Rights in Thessaloniki: Sunday Closing Law of 1924” Abstract:For centuries, all trade seemed to halt on…
Please join us in welcoming our 2024-2025 Fellows. The Starr Fellowship this academic year is centered around the theme of “Ancient Jews in and against Empires.” The Faculty co-hosts for this cohort are: Starr Fellows: Honorary Starr Visiting Scholar: The Silver Fellowship is awarded to an active congregational rabbi who has demonstrated exceptional intellectual and…
In mid-May, the conference Jews and Black Theory: Conceptualizing Otherness in the Twenty-First Century was held at Harvard. Two days, seven sessions, and more than 20 speakers engaged the crowd of scholars and students with invigorating and insightful talks.We thank everyone who took part in this wonderful event. The Conference, convened by Terrence L. Johnson…
The CJS is happy to present a recording of the inaugural lecture in the Series on Jewish-Muslim Interrelations:Orit Bashkin | “Sultan Suleiman as King Solomon and Zahir al-Umar as Ahasuerus: The Ottoman Arab Culture of Palestinian Jews, 1517-1799” This event was held in-person at Harvard University on May 2, 2024. Image: Mural Painting in Tiberias…
