An excellent job in a thriving department in a university that hasn't abandoned the humanities in a great city. h-net.org/jobs/job_displ…

Starts in an hour. 5 pm Tues Nov 14: William Pitt Union Room 548, University of Piittsburgh: Sacha Senderovich, "How the Soviet Jew Was Made"

After Thanksgiving break, come to our annual Wilmer Endowed Lecture. Kristy Nabhan-Warren (U. of Iowa) on "Meat, Religion & Migration: What Do We Learn When We Study Them Together?" Wednesday November 29, 5:30 pm, 501 Cathedral of Learning

yeah, yeah, make a quip about Thanksgiving as a holiday of meat and religion and experiences of migration and immigration....

Have you wanted an intense summer introduction to modern Hebrew? University of Pittsburgh's renowned Summer Language Institute is adding Hebrew (for beginners, 6 weeks; equivalent to a full academic year) this summer: sli.pitt.edu/programs/hebre…

This week!

@Dietrich students--still looking for classes for the spring 2024 term? Religious Studies has you covered-- 2 new courses: "Religion, the Book, and Beyond" and "Health and Illness in Israeli Society." Spaces still left in a few courses.

I'm teaching a new class in the spring with lots of hands-on fun with rare books, quill pens, reed pens, typefaces, and a printing press. Spread the word to Pittsburgh students.

CFP Thursday: CFP Thursday: "Overcoming Deep Differences" workshop at the University of Pittsburgh February 18-20; abstract submission December 15.

Two lectures by Laurie Zoloth at Pitt today and tomorrow-- one in person, one virtual.

My colleague Cuilan Liu has organized an international conference on "Asian Religions in Law and Litigation" University of Pittsburgh and online next week. Details here: cuilanliu.com/conference/

Did you see the The New York Times article on the complexities of Asian American identity, focusing on the Bhutanese community in Pittsburgh? nytimes.com/2024/06/01/us/… University of Pittsburgh @PittDietrich Pitt Religious Studies Department is offering a new course on "Asian-American Religions" (RELGST 1600) this fall.

A great project and will pave the way for some great research projects in the future. pitt.edu/pittwire/accol…

Sporadic summer updating of this list of Jewish Studies jobs and who filled them. If you have official/public news, please send me a note and I will update. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

A nice tribute to my late colleague. utimes.pitt.edu/passings#Edwar…

Andy Rooney landed on the beach of Normandy days after D-Day, 80 years ago today. In 2004, he shared a firsthand account of “a day unlike any other.” “It’s hard for anyone who has been in a war to describe the terror of it to anyone who hasn’t,” he said. cbsn.ws/3yTkNzC.

The Orioles social media team is having fun.