UVA Jewish Studies is now accepting applications for the Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence Fellowship for the 2027-2028 academic year. Learn more and apply: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/call-proposa...

Congratulations to Jewish Studies affiliated faculty member Benjamin Rous on 10 years as the Charlottesville Symphony music director. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/affiliated-f...

Watch our latest video interview with Alumna Graduate Fellow Alexa Luborsky (MFA '25) about her experience researching collective memory of landscape among genocide survivors at the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/alumna-fello...

Last spring, recent graduate Eli Bardash took some time to reflect on his UVA Jewish Studies experience in the classroom, at special events, and as a member of the inaugural Undergraduate Fellows cohort. Read about his experiences: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/recent-gradu...

Our YouTube channel is home to dozens of videos from leading scholars across fields like Holocaust Studies, Rabbinic Law, Jewish Philosophy, and so much more. Explore our content, newly updated with video chapter markers for easier navigation: www.youtube.com/@universityo...

Jewish Studies Director Jennifer Geddes and UC-Davis Professor Sven-Erik Rose have been selected to co-lead the seminar on “Ethics in the Midst of Atrocity” at HEFNU's 2026 Lessons and Legacies Conference in Chicago. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/director-jen...

This October, UVA Jewish Studies will co-sponsor another event in the "Difficult Pasts" international symposium at Queens University Belfast. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/uva-jewish-s...

Everyone knows and loves the "great houses" of literature — from Pemberley to the House of Usher. But how does Jewish fiction interpret and adapt the "great house" for its own purposes? Watch English Professor Caroline Rody's colloquium presentation: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/watch-caroli...

Jewish Studies Director Jennifer Geddes will give a paper on gender and Holocaust narratives at the British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies in London later this month: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/director-jen...

Professors Caroline Kahlenberg, Caroline Rody, and Jennifer Geddes were recently recognized for their outstanding mentorship by the graduating class of 2026. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/several-jewi...

UVA Jewish Studies would like to thank the Mark J. Friedman family for their endowment of the Jewish Studies Graduate Fellows Program. Their generosity secures the future of graduate Jewish studies scholarship at UVA: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/mark-j-fried...

UVA Jewish Studies would like to thank Susan and Mark B. Sisisky for their endowment of the Jewish Studies Undergraduate Fellows Program. Their generosity secures the future of undergraduate Jewish studies scholarship at UVA: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/susan-and-ma...

Jewish Studies and Religious Studies Professor Liz Alexander recently published a Father's Day tribute in Charlottesville's The Daily Progress. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/professor-li...

Get to know our Fall 2026 Visiting PhD Fellow Katie Brown and her research on the Roman practice of Noble Death during the period of Second Temple Judaism. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/meet-fall-20...

Three UVA Jewish Studies Professors and one Friedman Family Graduate Fellow recently published articles in the GlobalEurope Journal on Eurovision, with topics ranging from Israel's engagement with the contest to the diplomacy of participation and more! jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/uva-jewish-s...

Last April, Jewish Studies Director Jennifer Geddes gave a presentation on the Holocaust, entitled “‘…for three lines in history’: Why Reading Holocaust Testimonies Matters,” to the Richmond Jewish Women’s Club. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/director-jen...

Learn more about the inaugural Undergraduate Jewish Studies Conference we hosted back in March with the College of William and Mary and the University of Maryland: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/jewish-studi...

UVA Jewish Studies will host an Alumni Seminar this fall — an online class that opens up lifelong liberal arts education to alumni and the broader public. Jewish Studies Professor Martien Halvorson-Taylor will lead the first seminar on the book of Job. jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/uva-jewish-s...

UVA Jewish Studies Announces New Alumni Seminars Beginning Fall 2026

In Fall 2026, UVA Jewish Studies will pilot the first UVA Alumni Seminar, an online class that opens up lifelong liberal arts education to UVA Alumni and

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Catch up with UVA Jewish Studies' spring events and news in the Summer 2026 issue of our newsletter. Learn about our new alumni seminars, read about former director James Loeffler's Grob Lecture, check out our first Undergraduate Fellows conference, and more: mcusercontent.com/60983c125af3...

Just after graduation this year, several Jewish Studies faculty attended the second Annual Writing Retreat in nearby Short Pump, VA. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/uva-jewish-s...

UVA Jewish Studies Attend Writing Retreat

Spending the entire day holed up in a hotel room may not appeal to everyone, but then it’s common knowledge that university professors are an odd lot. The

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Get to know our Fall 2026 Visiting PhD Fellow Bilal Akar and his research on the political implications of Kurdish Jewish dancer Leila Bederkhan's performances. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/meet-fall-20...

Congratulations to Sigal Yona, the inaugural UVA Jewish Studies Visiting PhD Fellow, for successfully defending her dissertation at the University of Ghent! You can learn more about Sigal and her dissertation on 20th century Tel Aviv movie-going here: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/former-visit...

Recent Jewish Studies graduate Grace Theriot was awarded the Levin Family Prize for the outstanding research she conducted as the inaugural UVA Undergraduate Fellow in Holocaust Studies. Learn more about Grace and watch her discuss her research: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/sisisky-unde...

On Friday, May 15, UVA Jewish Studies bid a fond farewell to 18 graduating fellows. Learn all about the ceremony and our graduates: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/uva-jewish-s...

Congratulations to former Friedman Family Fellow Helen Byler Buckwalter on her appointment as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Religion at James Madison University! jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/former-fello...

Congratulations to Professor Caroline Rody for receiving the Promethean Society Annual Teaching Award for her "excellence in teaching and outstanding contributions" in the English Department. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/professor-ca...

Susan and Mark B. Sisisky Jewish Studies Undergraduate Fellows recently celebrated their final dinner of the semester together with an interview of Professor Caroline Kahlenberg. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/sisisky-unde...

Last week, Johns Hopkins Professor of Modern Jewish History James Loeffler delivered the 2026 Grob Lecture on America's response to antisemitism after the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville. Read more about his lecture and conclusions: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/james-loeffl...

This Wednesday, hear former Jewish Studies Director James Loeffler discuss the legacy of Charlottesville's 2017 "Unite the Right" protest. The event is open for free, in-person attendance: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/paul-dorothy...

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Former Jay Berkowitz Professor of Jewish History and Director of the UVA Jewish Studies Program James Loeffler will deliver the 2026 Paul and Dorothy Grob Memorial Lecture on April 29th. In-person attendance is free and open to the public. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/former-uva-j...

Last Friday, Friedman Family Graduate Fellow Shirah Lister hosted an interfaith Shabbat service and dinner for Jewish Studies graduate fellows and faculty. Learn more: jewishstudies.as.virginia.edu/jewish-studi...