The Jewish studies program would like to extend a warm welcome to admitted students and their families. The following opportunities are available to help you learn more about our program:
Visit a Jewish Studies Course
As a courtesy, please identify yourself to the course instructor(s) before class begins so that they know you are present. We also ask that you stay for the entire class period so as not to disturb the lecture by leaving early. Visitors are invited to attend the following classes:
History 5B, Early Christianity: First to Fourth Century A.D.
Course Description: Christianity from its origins as a Jewish messianic movement, its expansion in multiple forms in the Greco-Roman world and the East, to its transformation into the major religion of the Roman and Byzantine empires.
Day(s): Friday April 5th, Monday April 8th, Wednesday April 10th, and Friday April 12th
Time: 8:00AM - 9:10AM
Location: Oakes Academic 105
Instructor: Gildas Hamel
History 178C, European Intellectual History, 1870-1970
Course Description: Drawing on experiments in autobiography, the arts, and social theory, this course focuses on ideas and images of modernity in European culture. It also highlights the role of the intellectual as politically engaged or disillusioned witness in a violent century.
Day(s): Friday April 5th, Monday April 8th, Wednesday April 10th, and Friday April 12th
Time: 3:30PM - 4:40PM
Location: Cowell Classroom 131
Instructor: Bruce Thompson
History 185H, Women, Gender, and Jewish Modernity (1800-Present)
Course Description: Explores the impact of modernization upon women and the concepts of gender, both feminine and masculine, in Jewish societies across Europe, the Middle East, and India.
Day(s): Tuesday, April 9th and Thursday, April 11th
Time: 4:00PM - 5:45PM
Location: Cowell Academic 113
Instructor: Paula Daccarett
History 185I, Latin American Jewish History in the Modern Period
Course Description: Explores Jewish immigration settlement and identity negotiation in Latin America from the mid-19th Century to the present.
Day(s): Tuesday, April 9th and Thursday, April 11th
Time: 2:00PM - 3:45PM
Location: Cowell Academic 113
Instructor: Paula Daccarett
Meet with an Adviser
Admitted students and their families are invited to meet with Stephanie Sawyer, the history undergraduate program coordinator, in Humanities 1, room 200 (located next door to the History Department Office, Humanities 1, room 201).
Friday, April 5th: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Monday, April 8th: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Tuesday, April 9th: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Wednesday, April 10th: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Thursday, April 11: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Friday, April 12th: 9:00am - 12:00pm
