Jewish Gender and Women's Studies

Faculty

Professors

Judith Hauptman, Talmud and Rabbinics
David Kraemer, Talmud and Rabbinics
Burton L. Visotzky, Midrash and Scriptural Interpretation

Associate Professors

Barbara Mann, Jewish Literature
Shuly Rubin Schwartz, Jewish History
Stefanie Siegmund, Jewish History; Program Director (on sabbatical, spring 2011)

Assistant Professors

Shira Epstein, Jewish Education (on leave, fall 2010)
Amy Kalmanofsky, Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages (on sabbatical, spring 2011)

Program

Jewish Gender and Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary program designed to afford students the opportunity to focus on the history, literature, image, and culture of Jewish women. Students examine Jewish women's texts and experiences. They also learn to apply a gender-studies approach to traditional Jewish texts.

Students in the program focus on one historical period or discipline while taking courses from among the many departments and program areas of The Graduate School.

The Jewish Gender and Women's Studies program includes a feminist theory requirement and a gender studies seminar.

Students have the opportunity to study with a world-class faculty and enjoy the rich offerings of the largest program of Judaic Studies in North America. Here students can develop their critical linguistic and analytical skills for in-depth textual study, as well as the historical and cultural knowledge to understand both stable and changing constructions of gender in the Jewish Diaspora and Israel.

The Jewish Gender and Women's Studies MA Program combines feminist and Jewish perspectives, and brings women's scholarship and experience to bear in all areas of Judaica.

Partial- and full-tuition fellowships for the MA program may be available to highly qualified students.

Watch a video of student Liati Mayk-Hai discuss her participation in the Jewish Feminist Research Group:

Degrees

• Bachelor of Arts
• Master of Arts

Fall 2010 Courses