Now Hiring: Assistant Professor of Religion and Politics or Minorities in Politics or Jewish Studies

Sept. 14, 2017

The Department of Political Science and the Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder invite applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in Religion and Politics or Minorities in Politics or Jewish Studies. The appointment begins in August 2018. The search will focus on...

Director Nan Goodman Interviewed for Intermountain Jewish News

Sept. 6, 2017

Recently, Dr. Nan Goodman was interviewed by Chris Leppek from Intermountain Jewish News, a weekly newspaper that covers events in Colorado and surrounding states as well as Israel and Jewish communities around the world. The article, titled "Literature meets law," discusses how Dr. Goodman came into her role as the...

Sam Boyd

Samuel Boyd featured in The Coloradan - "Better than Babel"

Sept. 5, 2017

Samuel Boyd , Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, was recently highlighted in the Coloradan Alumni Association Magazine. The article " Better than Babel ," by Eric Gershon, talks about Professor Boyd's aptitude for languages. Boyd currently knows 26 different dialects, which are vital to his research as...

Elias Sacks

Elias Sacks awarded Provost Faculty Achievement Award

Sept. 5, 2017

Elias Sacks, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Religious Studies, has been awarded a Provost Faculty Achievement Award. This award is presented to selected faculty members who have offered recent significant publications or creative contributions in their academic fields. The award committee singled out Professor Sacks’s recent book Moses Mendelssohn’s...

Brian Catlos

Brian Catlos to speak about Jewish and Muslim relations in 11th-century Islamic Spain

Aug. 31, 2017

One night in 1066, Muslim inhabitants of the city of Granada in Spain rose up and slaughtered their Jewish neighbors in what has been described by some as the first pogrom on European soil. But peeling back the layers of history reveals a much more complex story, one that will...

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Professor Elias Sacks Featured in Steamboat Today

Aug. 17, 2017

Recently, Steamboat Today featured an interview with Professor Elias Sacks ' about his upcoming Peak to Peak Lectures in Steamboat Springs, CO. On August 18 and 19, Professor Sacks will lead conversations that ask the questions, "Does God Make Mistakes?" and "Does Christianity Matter for Judaism – and Vice Versa?"...

Thank you to departing PJS faculty

July 24, 2017

The Program in Jewish Studies would like to thank three departing faculty members, Dr. Zilla Goodman , Professor Liora Halperin , and Professor Sasha Senderovich , for their invaluable service to the students and community of Jewish Studies and the university at large. We are excited to announce that Professors...

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Now Hiring: Lecturer in Jewish Studies

June 12, 2017

The Program in Jewish Studies at CU Boulder is now seeking a PhD or ABD who can serve as a Lecturer and teach two classes for the Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder--one in Fall 2017 and one in Spring 2018. Duties include developing and teaching...

Professor David Shneer

Legalizing 2nd Class Citizenship: Legislation's Role in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust and What We can Learn from It in Contemporary America

April 20, 2017

Professor David Shneer will give a public lecture on Monday, April 24 at the Colorado State Legislature in honor of Holocaust Commemoration Day 2017. In this lecture, Professor Shneer will talk about the Legislation's role in the Holocaust and what contemporary American can learn from it. Professor David Shneer is...

Sam Boyd

CU Boulder Peak to Peak Lecture Series heads to Carbondale

March 24, 2017

The University of Colorado Boulder’s Peak to Peak Lecture Series and the CU Carbondale Speakers Series present a talk with CU Boulder Professor Samuel Boyd titled " Magic, the Bible, and the Biblical Imagination in Jewish Mysticism ” Saturday, April 15, 5:30 to 7 p.m. , at the Carbondale Branch...

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