Graduate Student Breakfast Seminar
A biweekly Graduate Breakfast Seminar series has been initiated for students entering M.A. and Ph.D. programs in the NEJS. At the first seminar on September 9, Professor Sylvia Barack Fishman presented the topic of studying contemporary Jewish life.
At he second seminar on September 23, Professor ChaeRan Freeze discussed historical sources and methods for research.
The third meeting, scheduled for October 7, will take place in the Goldfarb Library. Judaica Librarian Jim Rosenbloom will talk to students about library resources as a critical component of graduate-level research.
Three additional sessions will be offered by NEJS professors, including gendered understandings of ancient and modern religious cultures by Bernadette Brooten, literary research and analysis by Ilana Szobel and the comparative method in the study of the Bible and Ancient Near Eastern texts, by David Wright.