News
Melton Center Welcomes President's Postdoctoral Fellow Manjari Mukherjee The Melton Center for Jewish Studies is pleased to welcome Dr. Manjari Mukherjee as a …
Hannah Kosstrin Publishes: Kinesthetic Peoplehood: Jewish Diasporic Dance Migrations The Melton Center for Jewish Studies congratulates Hannah…
Naomi Brenner Named 2026–27 Global Arts + Humanities Society of Fellows Awardee
Naomi Brenner, Associate Professor in the Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and…
Interview with Hannah Kosstrin in the Forward Hannah Kosstrin, Director of the Melton Center for Jewish Studies and Associate Professor of Dance, was recently interviewed by the Forward…
Congratulations to Robin Judd on Shapiro Senior Scholar Fellowship
Robin Judd, College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of History, has been awarded the 2026–2027 J.B…
Dr. Tanenbaum's research focuses on medieval Jewish intellectual history with a special emphasis on literary works from Islamic lands. She has a long-standing interest in philosophical themes in…
Publication Awards
The MLA’s Lois Roth Award goes to Paul Reitter for Karl Marx’s Capital; Alex Gil And Fiona Graham receive honorable mentions:
New York,…
Harriet Fertik, Associate Professor in the Department of Classics, discusses her research in classical reception, as well as her focus on literature and political thought in the early Roman empire…
Announcing a new forum for research and dialogue around communities in the Middle East!
The Directors of the Melton Center for Jewish Studies and the Middle East Studies Center, partnering…
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Ori Yehudai, Associate Professor of History and the Saul and Sonia Schottenstein Chair in Israel Studies at Ohio State was recently interviewed by NBC4 about the war in the Middle East.
Robin Judd, Professor of History in the Department of History at Ohio State, has been reappointed to the Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission for a term beginning October 15,…
Matt Goldish, Professor of History, just published his sixth book, Science and Spectors at Salem (Routledge Studies in the History of Witchcraft, Demonology and Magic, 2024), which turns…
We’ve got an exciting lineup of programs this fall! We’d love for you to join us for a program or two. This fall's program topics include talks on the Israeli Film industry, Yiddish plays by women…
Michael Swartz, professor in the Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures, has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for work on…
Robin Judd, Associate Professor of History, received two awards from the Jewish Book Council for her new book, Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides After the Holocaust (2023, University of North…
ARCHIVED EVENT
Ori Yehudai, Schottenstein Chair in Israel Studies and Associate Professor of History, has provided historical context and actively worked to help students in his courses…