Studies the negative representations of Judaism and Jews from antiquity to the modern world.
Alumni Spotlight: Jessica Young
Jessica Young is currently an Assistant Professor of Global English at New College of Florida.
Yiddish Studies Certificate
PJCS Fall 2020 virtual programming.We hope that you will join us for our Fall 2020 virtual programming.
Why Jewish Studies?
We are excited to announce the course CWL 211 The Arab-Israeli Conflict now carries General Education credit in Literature and the Arts (Humanities and the Arts) and Western/Comparative Cultures (Cultural Studies).
In accordance with the university policies and the advice of public health professionals, the Program in Jewish Culture & Society and the Initiative in Holocaust, Genocide and Memory Studies office will remain closed until further notice. We also have suspended our public events for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester.
More Department News
- The Program in Jewish Culture & Society here at the University of Illinois is excited to announce yet another virtual event for our students and staff to stay engaged in learning and thought during these uncertain times.
- Professor Brett A. Kaplan has published a review of Sayed Kashua's Track Changes (2020). The novel is the fourth in what the author views as a quartet that also includes Dancing Arabs (2002), Let it Be Morning (2004), and Second Person Singular (2010).
- "On October 16th, our class, Jewish American Literatures in Dialogue with U.S. Minority Literatures, enjoyed a rich and detailed tour of the Krannert Art Museum’s exhibit, Art Since 1948.
Calendar
JS 209 - BS1 - Fall 2020How does Jewish American Literature compare with/influence/be influenced by other U.S. Minority Literatures? What can we say about the similarities and differences between the Jewish American experience and that of many other US minority literatures?
YDSH 320 - Online - Fall 2020Course introduces a variety of Jewish literary responses to the Holocaust written during and after the Second World War (from 1939).
JS 212 - Sec A1 - Fall 2020Examination of Israeli cinema from its documentary beginnings to its internationally award winning feature films.
REL 120 - Sec A - Fall 2020Examines the social, political, economic, and intellectual history of the Jews from Abraham to the present-day, with particular attention to Jewish thought and society.
