Taube Department of Jewish Studies, University of Wrocław
Contact details
Św. Jadwigi 3/450-266 Wrocław
Poland
Tel: +48 71 375 28 11
Email: judaistyka@uwr.edu.pl
https://www.judaistyka.uni.wroc.pl
Contact person
Dr Anna Kałużna
Tel: +48 71 375 28 11
Email: anna.kaluzna@uwr.edu.pl
Head of Department/Director
Prof. dr hab. Marcin Wodziński
Tel: +48 71 375 28 11
Email: marcin.wodzinski@uwr.edu.pl
Activites
Awards degrees in Jewish Studies as a sole or major componentBA Jewish Studies: Including History of Jews in antiquity; Biblical and rabbinic literature; The practice of Judaism - history and modernity; History of Jews in the Middle Ages and the modern period; Hebrew; Biblical Hebrew; Yiddish; Yiddish literature; Jewish philosophy; Jewish theatre and film; History and culture of Sephardic Jews; the Shoah; Jews and visual arts; Jewish music; Society and politics of contemporary Israel; Anti-Semitism.
MA Jewish Studies: Including Jews in Silesia - history, culture, society; Polish-Jewish relations; Jewish diasporas; Hebrew; Yiddish; Ladino; Hebrew texts.
Offers courses in Jewish Studies
Provides supervision in Jewish studies for students working towards a research degree
Pursues academic research activities
Degrees offered
BA Jewish Studies
MA Jewish Studies
Main research activities
The Department is proud of the great variety of scholarly projects being carried out by its faculty, ranging from the social history of Hasidism, women’s studies and gender studies, Yiddish and Ladino literature, major editorial projects, the cultural history of nineteenth and twentieth century Polish Jews, post-Shoah history and memory, to modern Israeli culture. Faculty members publish not only in two scholarly series edited by the Department: “Bibliotheca Judaica” and “Makor/Źródła” (Sources), but also in the most reputable national and international publishing houses and Jewish studies journals.
There is a Jewish Studies library
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