By Christine Buckley – November 6, 2013

Jeffrey Shoulson, who is director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, Professor of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, and Professor of English, was invested as the Doris and Simon Konover Chair of Judaic Studies. The Konover Chair takes its name from the two founding supporters of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Life at UConn, Doris and Simon Konover, and supports teaching and research by a leading scholar of Jewish life, history, and religion. Shoulson’s scholarship focuses on Jewish-Christian relations in the medieval and early modern periods, especially the ways in which Jews and Judaism are represented within Christian writings and Christianity influences Jewish writings.

 

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