Dissertations in Progress

This registry contains information regarding doctoral research being conducted by Ph.D. candidates in Jewish Studies. Graduate students whose proposals have been approved by their institutions are encouraged to submit information about their projects.

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Author Title Headings Anticipated Completion Date
Allgaier, Recha Judah Ben Jacob: Hanhagat ha-Beri'ut (On the Regimen of Health). Critical Edition, Translation and Commentary.
  1. Medieval medicine
  2. Medieval science
2011-11-01
Arton, Joseph Woody Allen: Jewishness, Stardom and Femininities
  1. Allen Woody
2010-01-06
Collins, Sandra Weapons Upon her Body: The Heroic Feminine in the Hebrew Bible
  1. Women in the Bible
  2. Bible. O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  3. Sex in the Bible
  4. Folklore in the bible
2007-12-01
Jablon, Rachel Museums, Mass Media, and Memorials: The Shaping of Post-Holocaust Jewish American Communal Identity
  1. Heritage Tourism
  2. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Museums
  3. Yizkor Books (Holocaust)
  4. Identity Fiction
2008-05-01
Jablon, Rachel Virtual Legacies: Genealogy, the Internet, and Jewish Identity
  1. Jewish Identity
  2. Internet--Social aspects
  3. Genealogy
2012-05-18
Katz, Ethan Jews and Muslims in the Shadow of Marianne: Conflicting Identities and Republican Culture in France, 1914-1989
  1. Jews France History 20th Century
  2. Muslims France History
  3. Jews North Africa France
  4. North Africans France History 20th Century
2009-05-06
Kohn, Shira "A Gentlewoman's Agreement: Jewish Sororities in Postwar America, 1947-1968"
  1. Jews-United States-History
  2. Jewish college students--United States--Conduct of life.
  3. Women--United States--History--20th century.
  4. College integration--United States.
2009-06-06
Marvin, Tamar Tradition and Controversy in Medieval Jewish Occitania: The Making of "Minhat Qena'ot"
  1. Faith and reason -- Judaism
  2. Jewish letters
  3. Judaism -- History -- Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789
  4. Jews -- France -- Languedoc -- History
2011-05-19
Pitkowsky, Michael "Because of the Paths of Peace:" Rabbinic Consideration for Gentiles in Jewish Law.
  1. Rabbinical literature
  2. Jewish Law-Gentiles--Legal status, laws, etc.
  3. Legal history
  4. Jewish law--Decision making.
2010-06-06