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Malissa Taylor Selected as Lilly Fellow for Teaching Excellence
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Malissa Taylor for being selected as one of only eight Lilly Fellows for the 2020-2021 academic yea
Skolnik Lectures at Howard University
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Jonathan Skolnik, associate professor of German and a core faculty member in film studies, presented a lecture titled “‘Two pages must have got hanged together…’: German Exiles, Hollywood, and Race...
Israeli Author Gail Hareven to Present Robert and Pamela Jacobs Lecture at UMass Amherst
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Gail Hareven will discuss “Imagining Hebrew, Imagining in Hebrew” when she presents the 2017 Robert and Pamela Jacobs Lecture on Thursday, April 27 at 4:30 p.m. in the Bernie Dallas Room, Goodell...
Inspiring Students "From Class to Career"
Thursday, April 20, 2017
On April 19th, 2017 the Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies hosted the alumni career forum “From Class to Career.” The evening featured three recent alumni of the department, in addition...
Exciting Fall 2017 Courses in JNE
Friday, March 31, 2017
We have some exciting courses coming up in Fall 2017 in the department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies! Please check out the details of select courses below, and click here for the full...
Young Wins National Council on Public History Book Award
Monday, March 20, 2017
The National Council on Public History has recognized James E. Young, distinguished professor emeritus of English and Judaic and Near Eastern studies, with its 2017 Book Award for “The Stages of...
Ben-Ur Spending Semester in the Netherlands as Fulbright Scholar
Friday, February 24, 2017
Historian Aviva Ben-Ur of the department of Judaic and Near Eastern studies has been named a Fulbright Scholar and is spending the Spring 2017 semester at Leiden University in the Netherlands....
