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Jewish Studies Principal Faculty

Title
- Director of the Institute for Humanities Research
- Director of the Center for Jewish Studies
- Professor and Baumgarten Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies
Department
- History Department
Phone
831-459-1924 (Message)
Email
- ndeutsch@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 515 Humanities 1
Office Hours Winter 2020: Tue. and Th., 12:00pm to 1:30pm. Please contact me by email in advance to make an appointment
Faculty Areas of Expertise Jewish Studies and Judaism, Religion and Secularism, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, African American / Black Studies, Hebrew, Yiddish, Ethnography
Summary of Expertise
Modern Jewish history; Hasidism; African American Islam; history of eugenics in the United States

Title
- Neufeld-Levin Chair of Holocaust Studies
- Assistant Professor
Department
- History Department
- Jewish Studies
Phone
831-459-2465
Email
- aheckman@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Stevenson College Academic Building, 277
Office Hours Spring 2020: for HIS 194L, Tuesdays 2-4pm on Canvas "Chat" page; also by appointment on Zoom -- email me in advance to set this up.
Faculty Areas of Expertise Jewish Studies and Judaism, Middle East Studies, Mediterranean Studies
Summary of Expertise
Modern Jewish History

Modern History of North Africa and the Middle East

Title
- Continuing Lecturer
Department
- History Department
- Literature Department
Phone
831-459-3467 (office)
Email
- brucet@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Stevenson College Academic Building, 276 Stevenson College
Office Hours Spring 2020: MW @ 1:30-5:00: please email in advance to set up Zoom meeting during office hours.
Faculty Areas of Expertise California History, Climate Change, Environmental History, European Studies, Film, History, Jewish Studies and Judaism, Religion and Secularism, War
Summary of Expertise
European history, Jewish history and literature.