Jewish Studies - Cornell University

09/23/2026

09/01/2026

Sept. 16 lecture with Magdalene Kozlowska on "Commerce as Encounter: Polish Jews and Jews from Islamic Lands in the Interwar Mediterranean" https://events.cornell.edu/event/commerce-as-encounter

Sep 16 Wednesday 05:00 PM Magdalena Kozlowska: "Commerce as Encounter: Polish Jews and Jews from Islamic Lands in the Interwar Mediterranean" Location: White Hall, 106

09/01/2026

Celebrating Mel Brooks with Cornell Cinema!
Join us September 3 for a screening of "The Producers" at 8:30PM.

07/13/2026

The School of Criticism and Theory at Cornell University, a six-week summer program that serves as a hub for interdisciplinary inquiry in the humanities and social sciences, celebrated its 50th anniversary with events June 16-17.

05/26/2026

The Jewish Studies Program mourns the loss of Dr. Bernard Schapiro ‘55 who established with his wife the Bernard and Jane Schapiro Professorship of Ancient Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. May his memory be for a blessing.

View Bernard Schapiro's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

05/26/2026

Cornell Holocaust scholar, Jan Burslaff, echoes Pope Leo’s concerns about AI and human dignity

Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (“Magnificent Humanity”), set for release Monday, May 25, will address “the protection of the human person in the age of artificial intelligence.” Breaking with tradition, the pope will launch the document at a public event that will inc...

05/19/2026

Congratulations to K.E. von Wittelsbach on the publication of her translation of "Mitzvah" by Alain Elkann.
Romance Studies at Cornell

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05/19/2026

Jan Burzlaff, post-doctoral fellow, wrote an op-ed on his approach in the classroom to helping students understand AI's failings.

Students often accept AI output without questioning it. Designing assignments where the tool fails – visibly and meaningfully – can change that, as Jan Burzlaff explains

05/07/2026

Kudos to our colleague Mayer Juni, Bruce Slovin Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, who received a year-long fellowship at the John Carter Brown Library for 2026-2027!

04/13/2026

TONIGHT: "The Story in Fiction and Film of French Collaboration in the Occupation and Complicity in the Holocaust (1940-1944)" with Daniel R. Schwarz, Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English Literature.
🕟4:30p.m.
📍Goldwin Smith Hall, G22
https://events.cornell.edu/event/daniel-schwarz-the-story-in-fiction-and-film-of-french-collaboration-in-the-occupation-and-complicity-in-the-holocaust-1940-1944
Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences