Kathryn Huether

Kathryn Huether studies German and conducts research in Berlin

Aug. 27, 2015

Kathryn Huether , MA Candidate in Religious Studies, spent her summer studying German and conducting research in Berlin. Kathryn attended a summer language course at Berlin's Freie Universität. In addition to her language course, Kathryn conducted research at the Sachsenhausen Archives and the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna, Austria. Kathryn...

Sarah Gavison

Sarah Gavison to present paper on Stalin and Zionism at Ƶ History Conference

Aug. 27, 2015

Sarah Gavison, PhD Candidate in History, successfully defended her dissertation prospectus in July entitled "Stalin's Zionism: Soviet Policy on Jewish Survivors in Poland and their Role in Soviet Support for the Creation of Israel, 1944-1949." Supported by a grant from Ƶ's Department of History, she will conduct research for her...

Gregg Drinkwater presents at the Center for Jewish Studies at UCLA

May 29, 2015

Gregg Drinkwater , PhD student in history, presented a paper titled “AIDS Was Our Earthquake: An American Jewish Community in the Age of AIDS” at a conference for graduate students and junior scholars hosted in March by the Center for Jewish Studies at UCLA. The conference, “Thinking Beyond the Canon:...

Nick Underwood

Nicholas Underwood selected to participate in International Forum of Young Scholars

May 28, 2015

Nicholas Underwood , PhD Candidate in History, was selected to participate in the Seventh Session of The International Forum of Young Scholars on East European Jewry hosted by the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University, taking place June 29 - July 2. The forum’s purpose is to...

Nick Underwood

Graduate Student Nick Underwood Receives Two Prestigious Awards

March 11, 2015

Nick Underwood , PhD Candidate in History, was recently granted two prestigious fellowships. Underwood received a dissertation fellowship from the James R., Anne M., and R. Jane Emerson (McCall) Student Support Fund in the Humanities , one of Ƶ-Boulder's most distinguished graduate fellowships. He was also awarded the Joseph Kremen...

Huether and Zibby

Graduate students present at Constructing Humanity Symposium

March 6, 2015

Jewish Studies graduate students Kathryn Huether and Meghan Zibby recently presented papers at the 5th Annual University of Nevada, Reno College of Liberal Arts Graduate Symposium: Constructing Humanity , February 26-38, 2015. Huether , MA Candidate in Religious Studies, presented a paper entitled "Defining Religious Music through the Conception and...

Nick Underwood

Graduate student Nick Underwood's article accepted for publication

Jan. 6, 2015

Nick Underwood , PhD Candidate in History, is excited to announce that his article "Dressing the Modern Jewish Communist Girl in Interwar Paris," was formally accepted for publication in the journal French Politics, Culture & Society . It will appear in 2016. Nick will be teaching Intro to Jewish Studies...

Nick Underwood

Meet Nick Underwood, PhD Candidate in History

Nov. 6, 2014

Nick Underwood , PhD Candidate in History, comes to Ƶ from South Florida, and is currently completing his dissertation in Napa, CA. Nick has been highly involved with the Program in Jewish Studies, both working in the Jewish Studies office and being a part of the graduate student programming offered...

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