Duke Center for Jewish Studies

Duke Center for Jewish Studies The Duke Center for Jewish Studies is a rigorous interdisciplinary academic community. The Center for Jewish Studies sponsors a wide variety of cultural events.

The Center for Jewish Studies is an exciting inter­departmental program that offers courses including Religion, Political Science, History, Cultural Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Hebrew Language and Literature, Women's Studies, Germanic languages, and more. The Center offers students the flexibility to design a curriculum that meets their individual interests. The main energies of the Cent

er are dedicated to offering a rich range of interdisciplinary courses covering the ancient period to the modern era. These courses include language, literature, history, and culture. Undergraduates may choose from among our many courses, most of which are seminars which provide students an opportunity to work closely with our internationally-renown faculty, or to earn a certificate in Jewish Studies. Students wishing to major in Jewish Studies are able to do so either through the Religion department or through Program II. Graduate degrees in Jewish Studies, both the MA and Ph.D., are offered through the Graduate Program in Religion. Graduate students in other departments, including German and History, also constitute an important element within the Center. The Center for Jewish Studies is committed to interdisciplinary engagement in a global academic community. In addition to our internationally respected faculty, Duke is home to one of the finest collections of Jewish haggadot, theological and liturgical printed works, manuscripts, papers, diaries and art. Duke University and The Center for Jewish Studies are proud to be an international resource and destination for research and study in Judaica.

Malachi Hacohen discusses Chatham Sofer, Empire and Jewish Exile in his keynote lecture for the Modern Jewish Thought an...
05/25/2026

Malachi Hacohen discusses Chatham Sofer, Empire and Jewish Exile in his keynote lecture for the Modern Jewish Thought and Empire workshop being held at Duke University.

On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, Trinity sophomore Terry Gershman invited students from his SLG to participate in a “Stu-Fac...
03/05/2026

On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, Trinity sophomore Terry Gershman invited students from his SLG to participate in a “Stu-Fac” event on the life and works of Franz Kafka with Professor Kata Gellen. Terry is a student in Professor Gellen’s Kafka seminar this semester, and he suspected there would be broad interest in discussing this major modern author with his SLG. And he was right! Over tea they had a lively discussion about discourses of self-confidence and self-doubt in today’s world, especially with regard to young people and students, and what Kafka can teach us about both. They read diary entries and letters in which Kafka exposes his deepest vulnerabilities and insecurities, and discussed how self-doubt can be debilitating and destructive, but it can also be a surprisingly powerful motor for creative expression.

A variety of scholarly views on Christian Zionism this evening with Professors Yaakov Ariel, Motti Inbari and Ross Wagne...
03/03/2026

A variety of scholarly views on Christian Zionism this evening with Professors Yaakov Ariel, Motti Inbari and Ross Wagner.

Fantastic lecture by Carolin Duttlinger “Between Individual and Community: Paradoxes of Responsibility in Kafka’s Short ...
02/23/2026

Fantastic lecture by Carolin Duttlinger “Between Individual and Community: Paradoxes of Responsibility in Kafka’s Short Prose Writing,” introduced by Director, Kata Gellen. We also were pleased to welcome DKU Professor Yitzhak Lewis back to campus, who attended the lecture with Professor Shai Ginsburg.

Tonight (2/12) at 7pm @ NC Museum Of Art, join Kata Gellen in Q&A with Director Oren Rudavsky, who will discuss his docu...
02/12/2026

Tonight (2/12) at 7pm @ NC Museum Of Art, join Kata Gellen in Q&A with Director Oren Rudavsky, who will discuss his documentary on Elie Wiesel, “Soul on Fire.”

Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire (2024). Directed by Oren Rudavsky, 1 hr. 27 min., documentary, NR This doc is an intimate and unprecedented look into the life and legacy of Elie Wiesel, one of the most…

Fantastic talks by Marc Brettler, Daniel Herskowitz, and Peter Casarella, moderated by Malachi Hacohen on Breaking Barri...
02/09/2026

Fantastic talks by Marc Brettler, Daniel Herskowitz, and Peter Casarella, moderated by Malachi Hacohen on Breaking Barriers, Building Bonds: 60 Years of Interfaith Dialogue After Nostra Aetate.

Priority deadline for the Postdoctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies here at the Duke Center for Jewish Studies is Januar...
01/06/2026

Priority deadline for the Postdoctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies here at the Duke Center for Jewish Studies is January 15!

The Postdoctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies at Duke University offers a competitive stipend, as well as benefits, for one full year with an option for a second-year renewal. The Fellow will be expected to be in residence, to conduct research in Duke's library and archival collections, to participa...

Dr. Reut Ben-Yaakov, postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University, discu...
12/14/2025

Dr. Reut Ben-Yaakov, postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University, discusses Israeli literary responses and protest after October 7 at the 2025 Association for Jewish Studies Annual conference.

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