On May 11, the CJS held a reception to celebrate the 2021-2022 academic year’s Starr and Silver Fellows, visiting research scholars and professors. We wish all of you a wonderful summer and great success in your future endeavors!…
Annette Reed, MTS ’99, is currently a Professor in the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and Department of Religious Studies at New York University, where she has been a member of the faculty since 2017. Her research spans Second Temple Judaism, early Christianity, and Jewish-Christian relations in late antiquity, with a focus on…
Event sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies Arie Krampf is a Rohr Visiting Professor at the Center for Jewish Studies and the Department of Government at Harvard University and Associate Professor at the Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo. Prof. Krampf research focuses on the interaction between security and economy in context of small…
Congratulations to Derek Penslar, William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, for winning the Canadian Jewish Literary Award in History for his recent publication, Theodor Herzl: The Charismatic Leader (Yale University Press)….
The Center for Jewish Studies staff are currently working with hybrid (office-remote) schedules. You may reach our office by e-mail at cjs@fas.harvard.edu. You may also reach or find individual staff directly: Rachel Rockenmacher at rlrocken@fas.harvard.edu, Administrator, 617-495-5977 Working in office most Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM; working remotely most Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:00…
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Event sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies and the Committee on Medieval Studies Kenneth Stow is Professor of Jewish History Emeritus University of Haifa. He received the Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1971. He has been a visiting professor at Yale, University of Michigan, University of Washington, University of Toronto, Smith College, and the…
If you missed the webinar on Oct 5th, you can view a recording of Dr. Groopman’s Talk….
In the news: Today’s Gazette: CJS Director, Prof. David Stern, discusses the importance of recent renovations to Harvard’s Houghton Library for his classes. This project was funded in part by a generous gift from Peter J. Solomon ’60, M.B.A. ’63, the Chair of the Friends of the Center for Jewish Studies, and his wife, Susan. Click to…
If you missed the webinar on April 19th, please watch recording. The Center for Jewish Studies and the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research are pleased to announce a talk series on the intersection of Black and Jewish identities in American culture, politics, and religious life. The lives and experiences of those who…
