On Thursday, February 23, Professor Emeritus James Young will lead a discussion of his latest book: The stages of memory: reflections on memorial art, loss, and the spaces between at the Jones...

The Department of Judaic and New Eastern Studies has exciting new courses planned for Spring 2017! Ready to learn about the Jewish origins of comics like Superman and Batman? Interested in...

David Mednicoff, assistant professor of public policy and director of the Middle Eastern studies program is in Qatar participating in the Doha Youth Forum on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice....

The Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies will present UMass alumnus and Middle Eastern affairs columnist Hussein Ibish, rabbinical scholar Edward Feld, and award-winning poet and...

Amesbury Professor of Polish Language, Literature, and Culture Robert A. Rothstein has been awarded the Republic of Poland’s Order of Merit. It is the highest award conferred on non-Poles and Poles...

Olga Gershenson, associate professor of Judaic and Near Eastern studies, took part in a panel on creative ways of conveying the universal lessons of the Holocaust through the arts on April 28 at...