Prof. Jonathan Skolnik participated in a panel discussion introducing a rare performance of Kurt Weill’s 1934 oratorio, The Road of Promise (Franz Werfel composed the text). The performance opens a...

Jay Berkovitz, professor and chair of Judaic and Near Eastern studies, was appointed Distinguished Professors following approval by the Board of Trustees at its June 20 meeting....

On Wednesday, April 25, 2018, the Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies hosted a memorial event to celebrate the life of Professor Emeritus Julius Lester at the University's Old Chapel....

The Unviersity of Massachusetts Amherst welcomed famed biblical scholar James Kugel to campus on April 12, 2018 to the deliver the annual Robert and Pamela Jacobs Distinguished Lecture. The author...

David S. Wyman, Josiah E. DuBois, Jr. Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst died on March 14, 2018 at age 89. Wyman was leading scholar of the U.S. response to...

On Wednesday, February 21, 2018, Middle Eastern Studies Director David Mednicoff hosted the panel discussion, "Yemen's Crisis Continues: What is Means and Why it Matters" at the University's Campus...