Columbia University’s Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies and Fordham University’s Center for Jewish Studies are delighted to announce that the joint post-doctoral fellowship in Jewish Studies for the 2020-2021 academic year will be held by Alon Tam (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2018), whose dissertation investigated the urban, social, and political history of Cairo’s coffeehouses, from the mid-19th to the early 20th century. His presence will add new dimensions to the teaching of modern Jewish history across a broad spectrum of interests. We look forward to welcoming him to our growing joint community of scholars.
This fellowship has been made possible by the Stanley A. and Barbara B. Rabin Postdoctoral Fellowship Fund at Columbia University and the Eugene Shvidler Gift Fund at Fordham University.
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Baron New Voices in Jewish Studies Award
We are also delighted to announce that the winners of the Baron New Voices in Jewish Studies Award are Rebekka Grossmann (Ph.D., Hebrew University); Pratima Gopalakrishnan (Ph.D., Yale University); and Roy Holler (Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington). Rebekka Grossmann explores questions of migration and national belonging in Palestine through photography. Roy Holler researches the phenomenon of passing in comparative context. Pratima Gopalakrishnan’s work examines domestic life in late antiquity. All recipients demonstrate the impressive vibrancy of scholarship being done by the next generation of Jewish Studies scholars. We will be welcoming them to our campuses in the coming academic year.