NEW: Student Excellence Awards in Jewish Studies Offered for the first time in academic year 2023-24, the Center’s Student Excellence Awards in Jewish Studies will recognize Carolina graduate students, and advanced undergraduates, that are doing exemplary work in a subfield … Read more

The Center is accepting applications for the fall 2023 grant cycle. Applications for faculty and grad student research and travel grants and grad student Jewish language instruction are due by September 27, 2023, 5:00pm.   Eligibility: for Carolina faculty and … Read more

The fall 2023 newsletter highlights our anniversary celebrations, new faculty and visiting scholars, upcoming lectures and programming, student profiles, our recent grant awards, and so much more.  PDF

One of the Center’s affiliated graduate students was recently featured in UNC Research’s magazine, showcasing her Jewish studies and Holocaust studies research. Her graduate research work has been supported by the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies.   Alison Curry is … Read more

  Grad Student Profile: Tara Jordan Keeping stories alive: Documenting a disappearing culture through music The Center, and one of its affiliated grad students, were recently featured in a university campaign magazine, showcasing the importance of student support funding received … Read more

This fall, the Center welcomes five new faculty members and visiting scholars in Jewish studies.             Adam Cohn joins the department of romance studies as assistant professor and JMA van der Horst Fellow in Jewish Studies. He specializes in modern Spanish … Read more

  Please join us for our upcoming community event series. Unless otherwise noted, all events are in person, will begin at 5:30pm and will be held in the UNC Sonja Haynes Stone Center. These events are free and open to … Read more

Morris, Ida and Alan Heilig Lecture in Jewish Studies with Hindy Najman, Oxford University September 12, 2023, 5:30pm, in-person event. UNC Sonja Haynes Stone Center, Aud Directions & Parking in Bell Tower Deck ($1 after 5pm) Free and open to … Read more

Students, faculty, staff, community members: Please take time to take care of yourselves and check in with your friends and neighbors.   Reach out if you need help: Please know that support is available and these departments stand ready to … Read more

Archaeological dig in Galilee uncovers mosaics of Samson and commemorative inscriptions   The 11th and final season of excavations in the 1,600-year-old synagogue at Huqoq reveals a panel with an inscription commemorating the donors who funded the mosaic or the … Read more