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Jerusalem Through the Ages: A Conversation

Upcoming Remote talk with one of our affiliated faculty members:   Sunday, November 17th, 2024 1:00 PM EST on Zoom   A moderated panel discussion centered around the new book, Jerusalem Through the Ages by Jodi MagnessKenan Distinguished Professor for … Read more

Fall Newsletter

  The fall 2024 newsletter highlights our new faculty and visiting scholars, upcoming lectures and programming, graduate student presentations, our recent fellowship and grant awards, and so much more. PDF    

Grant Awards for student and faculty support

  This past year, the Center made grant awards in support of faculty research and travel, course development, undergraduate experiential/study abroad, year-long fellowships for graduate students, grad student research and travel grants and summer stipends, as well as grad student … Read more

Growing the Jewish Studies Academic Program

  Joining the College, and the Center, next year is the new Sara and E.J. Evans Fellow in Jewish Studies and assistant professor in the department of Germanic and Slavic languages and literatures. Yaakov Herskovitz holds a doctorate in Yiddish and … Read more

Undergraduate Internship

The Carolina Center for Jewish Studies is accepting applications for paid, undergraduate student intern for the 2024-2025 academic year.     Deadline to apply extended to September 10, 2024   Lori and Eric Sklut Undergraduate Internship in Jewish Studies   … Read more

Happy FDOC

Happy FDOC to all students and faculty and best wishes for this semester. Students: there are a few seats available for JWST courses – enroll today! See the list of offered courses. We also offer Heel Life credit at all … Read more

Upcoming Event

September 16, 2024, 5:30pm. In-person event. UNC Sonja Haynes Stone Center, Auditorium Directions & Parking in Bell Tower Deck ($1 after 5pm) Free and open to the public UNC Heel LIfe CLE credit will be available for undergrads Kaplan Brauer … Read more

Spotlight: Adam Cohn

  Spotlight: Adam Cohn Profile written by Alana Goldman, ’24, the Center’s Lori and Eric Sklut Undergraduate Intern for 2023-24.     Adam Cohn is an assistant professor in the department of romance studies and the JMA and Sonja van … Read more

Spotlight: Emily Katz

Spotlight: Emily Katz Profile written by Alana Goldman, ’24, the Center’s Lori and Eric Sklut Undergraduate Intern for 2023-24.   Emily Katz is a teaching assistant professor in the department of American studies. She joined Carolina in fall 2023.   … Read more

Spotlight: Jennifer Grayson

New Faculty: Jennifer Grayson Profile written by Alana Goldman, ’24, the Center’s Lori and Eric Sklut Undergraduate Intern for 2023-24.   Jennifer Grayson is an assistant professor of medieval/early modern Jewish history and the Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat Fellow in … Read more

Meet Our Recent Visiting Faculty

  Meet Our Recent Visiting Faculty: Brett Kaplan and Jackie Feldman  Profiles written by Alana Goldman, ’24, the Center’s Lori and Eric Sklut Undergraduate Intern for 2023-24.   Brett Ashley Kaplan 2023-2024 Keohane Distinguished Professor   The Keohane Distinguished Professorship … Read more

Upcoming Events 2024-25

2024-2025 Events Schedule   Please join us for our upcoming community event series. Most events will be held at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center starting at 5:30pm but please check back in early September for final event details (start time, … Read more

Grant Awards AY24

Grant Awards for student and faculty support   This past year, the Center made grant awards in support of faculty research and travel, course development, undergraduate experiential/study abroad, year-long fellowships for graduate students, grad student research and travel grants and … Read more

Ancient Religion and Modern Debates

During spring break in March, a group of our affiliated faculty and graduate students traveled to King’s College in London for a joint interdisciplinary workshop titled: “.” This conference, which was made possible through support from the Center as well … Read more

A message from University leaders on campus protests

Read the statement issued April 30th by Interim Chancellor Lee H. Roberts and Provost J. Christopher Clemens.   Additional messages can be viewed on the messages page on the Office of the Chancellor  webpage.

Fiction as History, History as Fiction

MONDAY, April 15: Fiction as History, History as Fiction: a Novel about Nazi Looted Art with Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor Brett Ashley Kaplan What happens when different displaced people come into convergence with each other? This talk will present a … Read more

Annual Sephardic Lecture

Please join us:   Community Lecture with Henriette Dahan Kalev, Ben Gurion University The Mizrahi Protest: Lessons from History April 8, 2024, 5:30pm. In-person event. UNC Sonja Haynes Stone Center, Hitchcock Room Directions & Parking in Bell Tower Deck ($1 … Read more

Thank You Donors

  One of our undergraduates made a video thank you to supporters of the Center. View it on our YouTube Channel.   Learn more about Give UNC Day and our matching gift challenge for March 26 ONLY. And meet more … Read more

Schwab Academic Excellence Awards 2024

Congratulations to two of the Center’s affiliated faculty members for winning 2024 Schwab Academic Excellence Awards. The award, offered by the Institute for the Arts and Humanities, recognizes one faculty member from each College of Arts and Sciences department in … Read more

Now Enrolling: Summer & Fall 24

This summer and fall 24 semester, we’re again offering a wide range of Jewish studies courses, including modern and classical Hebrew languages, and many other courses that meet UNC’s general education requirements. In fact, there are almost 20 courses to … Read more

Giving Day 2024

Thank YOU to everyone that supported us on GiveUNC Day! Private support makes everything single thing we do possible – from our academic programs, to fellowships and grants to our students and faculty, to our extensive community events programming. We … Read more

Grants: Spring 2024

Thanks to generous private support, the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies is able to offer grants supporting undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty. NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for UNC Grad Students and Undergraduates: Student Research & Travel Grants, Summer Stipends and … Read more

Emerging Scholars Lecture

Emerging Scholars Lecture with Morgan Morales, department of history. Remote event via Zoom. Tuesday, Feb 6, 5:30pm. This remote event requires registration on Eventbrite in order to receive the Zoom link.   Co-sponsored by the Dept. of History.   A … Read more

Looted Art and the Power of Aesthetics

Monday, join Brett Ashley Kaplan, Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor, for the second event in the UNC/Duke joint Keohane lecture series. “Looted Art and the Power of Aesthetics” Feb. 5, 5:30pm, Stone Center.  Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor 2023-2024 Brett Ashley Kaplan, … Read more

Jews and the Pig: A History

Community lecture with Jordan Rosenblum, University of Wisconsin-Madison Jews and the Pig: A History Jan 22, 2024, 5:30pm. In-person event. UNC Sonja Haynes Stone Center, Hitchcock Room Directions & Parking in Bell Tower Deck ($1 after 5pm) Free and Open … Read more