Thanks to generous private support, the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies is able to offer several grants supporting undergraduate student research and travel. There are two types of grants available: UNC study abroad grants, and research and travel grants Eligibility: … Read more

Thanks to  generous private support, the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies is offering several different types of grants supporting graduate student research and travel. These grants are for Carolina grad students working in Jewish studies. There are several types of … Read more

Thanks to  generous private support, the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies is able to offer grants for faculty research and course development. Faculty may apply to more than one grant simultaneously. There are two categories of grants: course development / … Read more

The Carolina Center for Jewish Studies is condemning the racist and antisemitic messaging associated with the recent break-in at the Campus Y building. News of this hostile action was received during the first class session of this semester’s Confronting Antisemitism … Read more

Graduate Student Recruitment Top-Up Grants Spring 2021 applications for Academic Year 2021-2022 Application Deadline:  5:00 p.m. on January 21, 2021 Thanks to private support, the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies is offering two top-up stipends for graduate student recruitment for … Read more

There’s still time to enroll in Carolina’s one-credit course that explores antisemitism past and present. The course welcomes a new speaker and topic each week and drew high praise from students when it was first offered last year. JWST 390: … Read more

Our annual Holocaust Remembrance Day event will feature faculty and graduate students at Carolina. The Holocaust, Jewish History and Memory: New Directions in Research Speakers include Karen Auerbach, associate professor and Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat Scholar in Jewish History, department … Read more

David Lambert on “The Idea of Scripture” (Podcast) Prof. David Lambert was recently featured on The Biggest Questions, a podcast produced by the University of Chicago Divinity School. In the podcast interview, Prof. Lambert discusses his current research on the … Read more

Students enrolled in JWST 480/FOLK 481: Jewish Belonging/s: The Material Culture of Jewish Experience normally work on a final group project that becomes an exhibit at the Center’s office in Pettigrew Hall. This fall semester, the class worked with a … Read more

Spring 2021 JWST Course Offering: History and Culture of Ancient Israel with Joseph Lam. See our full list of JWST courses.   RELI 109: History and Culture of Ancient Israel. An examination extending from Hebrew origins to the Babylonian exile … Read more