Latest News
Levin
Family Creates New Endowment
for Jewish
Studies Faculty
Seymour M. Levin, ’48 and Carol Cole
Levin of Greensboro, N.C., have recently
expanded their support of the Center by
establishing a new faculty endowed chair
in Jewish Studies.
Faculty Research Advances the Field of Jewish Studies
The research efforts of the
Center’s faculty benefit scholars
worldwide and advance the field of
Jewish Studies. They also enhance teaching efforts at Carolina,
expose graduate students and
undergraduates to new intellectual
ideas, and position the university
as a major center for Jewish Studies.
Graduate Student Profile:
Joseph Gindi
Working with Professor Jonathan Boyarin, Gindi’s scholarly focus is on American
Judaism and Jewish culture
From the Director's Desk:
Jonathan Hess
Jewish Studies is thriving thanks to donor support.
News Briefs:
Faculty Course Development Awards
Several faculty members were
awarded course development grants to
create new Jewish Studies courses or
add Jewish Studies content into existing
courses in the College of Arts and
Sciences. The awards also will allow
the university to add Jewish Studies
courses to meet student demand.
Undergraduate Research Awards
T. Fielder Valone, Jr., class of 2011, is
the first recipient of the Elsie Kaplan“Mother” Shapiro ZBT Undergraduate
Research and Travel grant in Jewish
Studies and Joseph “Trey” Meeks, class of 2010, received an undergraduate research
award from the Carolina Center for Jewish
Studies and the Department of Religious
Studies.
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