Grad Student Network: Meetings and Events

Spring 2024

RESCHEDULED: Grad Student Network Meeting: Dinner with Brett Kaplan, Keohane Visiting Professor. Now scheduled for Wednesday, April 17th, 6:00pm, at 411 West. Registration Required: Event details and RSVP form.

Grants: January and February deadlines for all the spring grants, including the dissertation completion fellowship, Uhlman Fellowship in Jewish Studies Public Humanities, summer stipends, research and travel grants, and Jewish language grants.

Fall 2023

Lunch Seminar: Sept 13: Hindy Najman.

Lunch Seminar: Sept 29: Ishay Rosen-Zvi

Grad Student Network Meeting: Sept 29: a short meeting will follow this lunch seminar, start time 1:45pm, Pettigrew Hall. Also offered on Zoom for anyone out of town.

Lunch Seminar: Oct 25: Jackie Feldman (NOTE: location changed to Carolina Union Room 3205)

Fall cycle grant applications award notifications sent out on Oct 10 for fall/winter conferences, Jewish language studies and research/travel requests.

Please check back in for updates on the new Student Excellence Awards available to students working in Jewish studies. Note that participation in Center events and the Grad Student Network is a factor in reviewing nominations/applications.

Previous Events

Grad Student Network Events Spring 2023:

Annual Event: Career opportunities meeting with alumni: March 1, 2023. (Shown in photo above.)

Grad Student Network Events Spring 2022:

Grad Student Network Lecture/Seminars: April 13, 2022 with Olivia Stewart Lester
Seminar: The Sibylline Oracles: A Case Study in Ancient and Modern Anti-Judaism
Lecture: Ambivalent Appropriation: Apollo in Jewish Texts and Material Culture

Grad Student Network Events Fall 2021:
November 8: Gendering Modern Jewish Thought with Andrea Cooper, Religious Studies

October 29: Social Media and Internet Securing with Irene Newman, grad student, American Studies

Grad Student Network Events Spring 2021:

February 10, 1-2pm: Grant writing workshop with Yaron Shemer and Ruth von Bernuth

March 24, 1-2pm: Graduate student meeting with Noam Pianko.

April 14, 1-2pm: Roundtable discussion with Jewish studies center directors.

April 21: Center Review Committee meeting. April 21.