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:
- Shaye J.D. Cohen, Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy
- Paul J. Kosmin, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities; Joy Foundation Fellow
- Annette Yoshiko Reed, Krister Stendahl Professor of Divinity and Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity
- David Stern, Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Jewish and Hebrew Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature
Starr Fellows:
- Elyashiv Cherlow, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Starr Postdoctoral Fellow, (academic year)
- Agata Grzybowska-Wiatrak, University of Warsaw, Starr Postdoctoral Fellow, (academic year)
- Amit Yishai Gvaryahu, Princeton University, Starr Postdoctoral Fellow, (academic year)
- Uzi Leibner, Associate Professor in Classical Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Starr Visiting Scholar (spring 2025)
- Ishay Rosen-Zvi, Professor in the Department of Jewish Philosophy and Talmud, Tel-Aviv University, Starr Visiting Scholar, (academic year)
- Nomi Schneck, Princeton University, Starr Postdoctoral Fellow, (spring 2025)
Honorary Starr Visiting Scholar:
- Simcha Gross, Assistant Professor of Ancient Rabbinics, University of Pennsylvania (spring 2025)
The Silver Fellowship is awarded to an active congregational rabbi who has demonstrated exceptional intellectual and academic ability and interest, originality, and energy in the pursuit of Jewish scholarship.
Silver Fellow:
- Rabbi Benjamin Goldenhersh, Kehilat Bar Lev, Israel (spring 2025)
The Center for Jewish Studies wishes all of you a fruitful and enjoyable time at Harvard!