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Elisheva Carlebach
Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture and Society
Columbia University
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Biography
Education
Ph.D. – Columbia University, 1986
M.A. – Columbia University 1978
B.A. – Brooklyn College, CUNY, 1976
Current Departmental Service
Europe Area Chair; Director, European Area
Worskhop
Interests and Research
Elisheva Carlebach,
Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture, and Society,
specializes in the cultural, intellectual, and religious history of the Jews in
Early Modern Europe. Areas of particular interest include the intersection of
Jewish and Christian culture and its effect on notions of tolerance, religious
dissent, conversion, messianism, and communal governance. Her books include The
Pursuit of Heresy (1990), awarded the National Jewish Book Award, Divided
Souls: Converts from Judaism in Early Modern Germany (2000) and Palaces
of Time: Jewish Calendar and Culture in Early Modern Europe (2011). She
has twice held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities. In
2003 She was a Fellow at the New York Public Library Center for Scholars and
Writers, and in 2010-2011, Tikvah Fellow at NYU Law School. She is Editor of
the Association for Jewish Studies Review and chaired the Academic
Advisory Council of the Center for Jewish History. She is Vice-President of the
American Academy for Jewish Research.
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