Fall 2011 Newsletter
Upcoming speakers for Spring!
30th Anniversary Dinner Invitation
Honoring Stephne and Kerrin Behrend
The Louis J. Kuriansky Annual Conference
Read about our Fall 2010 conference which featured prominent scholar and
author, Dr. Jerry Z. Muller of the Catholic University of America
in Washington, DC, who spoke on “Capitalism and Modern Jewish
History.”
About Nehama Aschkenasy, Director of the Center for Judaic and Middle Eastern Studies
As Professor of Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Connecticut she teaches a variety of courses in Israeli and Middle Eastern literature, Bible, Women’s Studies, and English Literature at the Stamford campus and graduate courses in literature and politics and literature and religion at the Storrs campus.
About the Center's Academic Advisory Committee
UConn Stamford faculty from a variety of backgrounds contribute to Judaic & Middle Eastern Studies.
The Certificate in Judaic & Middle Eastern Studies
Our Certificate program is for community members and students interested in teaching in religious schools, or who wish to prepare for advanced training in Religious Studies, Judaic Scholarship, Jewish communal work, Middle East and Israel Studies, or for professional careers in government and foreign service which require knowledge of Israel and the Middle East.
