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Sixteen Princeton University faculty members were transferred to emeritus status earlier this year by the Board of Trustees.

When Judah Goldin was named Duke’s first chair of Jewish Studies in 1943, the program was housed in the Graduate School. Twenty-nine years later, the Center for Jewish Studies was established—thanks to two visionaries, two universities and a host of generous donors. Today, as the Center for Jewish Studies celebrates its golden anniversary, it has become a world-renowned interdisciplinary program offering an undergraduate certificate in Jewish Studies and supporting master’s and doctoral candidates across Duke.

Princeton professors Martha Himmelfarb and Simon Morrison have received the University’s Howard T. Behrman Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities.

April 12, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this Christine Hayes Christine Hayes, a scholar of classical rabbinic Judaism specializing in Talmudic-midrashic studies and Jewish law in late antiquity, has been appointed the Sterling Professor of Religious Studies, effective Feb 20. The Sterling Professorship is awarded to a tenured faculty member considered one of the best in his or her field and is one of the university’s highest faculty honors. Hayes is a member of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Religi...

Four Princeton faculty members awarded NEH grants Jamie Saxon, Office of Communications Dec. 21, 2020 9:24 a.m. Four Princeton faculty members have received research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Alison Isenberg, professor of history, received a $30,000 grant for research and writing “Uprisings: The Impact of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination and the Case of Trenton, New Jersey," a book on unrest in Trenton, New Jersey, in the aftermath of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Beth Lew-Williams, associate professor of history, receiv...