Melancholic Redemption and the Hopelessness of Hope: From Kafka to Dylan The Morris, Ida and Alan Heilig Lectureship in Jewish Studies with Elliot Wolfson, distinguished professor of religion at University of California, Santa Barbara Oct 28, 7:00 pm eastern time. … Read more

This semester, Dr. Yaron Shemer is on research leave. Dr. Shemer is an associate professor of Israel Cultural Studies and Jewish Studies in the department of Asian and Middle Eastern studies at UNC, with a research focus on Israeli ethnic cinema. … Read more

Welcome to Tine Rassalle, our new Graduate Student Assistant. Tine is helping with our social media, Zoom events, and much more. Tine, the Center’s very first TEP Fellow, is an archaeologist and PhD candidate in the department of religious studies. … Read more

Pre-registration is now open. Pre-registration is required for this free, online Zoom lecture.  Sign up on Eventbrite… all “ticketholders” will receive the Zoom link via email a few days prior to the event [and again a couple hours prior to … Read more

Our Jewish Studies Graduate Student Network is compiling data for students looking for research, travel and dissertation grants and fellowships. Carolina’s current grad students are asked to submit information and insights that will be helpful to future grad students working … Read more

We hope you will join us on Zoom for our upcoming events. Pre-registration will open in early October for our next event. October 15: Advocacy for Holocaust Education in Late 1950s West Germany with Daniela R. P. Weiner, the Jim … Read more

Many thanks to everyone that joined us last night for Max Lazar’s lecture on The Peculiar History of Jewish Street Names in Frankfurt am Main, 1872-1938. If you missed it, this presentation is now available to view on our Vimeo … Read more

You are invited to join the Center’s inaugural Jewish Studies Undergraduate Advisory Committee! This is open to Jewish studies minors, majors, and all students interested in the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies. The committee will work together to build community … Read more

Update:This presentation is now available to view on our Vimeo site and our YouTube channel. Update: Zoom instructions were sent out through Eventbrite to all ticketholders. If you don’t have an email with Zoom instructions by 2pm on September 14, … Read more

Our next event is September 14, 5:30pm Swastikas on Jakob Schiff-Straße: The Peculiar History of Jewish Street Names in Frankfurt am Main, 1872-1938 Frankfurt’s municipal government “Aryanized” the names of nearly fifty streets named after prominent Jewish individuals in a … Read more