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The Department of Judaic & Near Eastern Studies mourns the passing of Alon Confino, director of the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies and professor of history and Judaic and Near Eastern studies. Alon was an internationally renowned scholar and a beloved colleague.

A statement on racism from the Department of Judaic & Near Eastern Studies.

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Malissa Taylor for being selected as one of only eight Lilly Fellows for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Professor David Mednicoff, a faculty member in School of Public Policy and chair of the department of Judaic and Near Eastern studies, has received a grant from the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) for a project called “Legal Cultures and New Regional Policies towards Forced Migrants.”