Department for Jewish Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Contact details
11 Mokhovaya St.Moscow
101999
Russia
Tel: +7 (095) 203 6663 / 6476
Email: cjs@iaas.msu.ru
https://http://judaica.iaas.msu.ru/
Activites
Awards degrees in Jewish Studies as a sole or major componentJewish Literature and Languages
Jewish History and Society
Politics and Economics of Israel
Offers courses in Jewish Studies
Provides supervision in Jewish studies for students working towards a research degree
Pursues academic research activities
Degrees offered
BA
MA
PhD
Main research activities
The Department includes four professors: Arkady Kovelman, Andrey Fedorchenko, Marc Levin, Irina Zviagelskaya. Arkady Kovelman teaches Jewish History and Rabbinics, Irina Zviagelskaya teaches Israeli Politics and History, Andrey Fedorchenko and Marc Levin teach Israeli Economics. There are also four instructors, all of them the graduates of the Department. Maxim Hammal teaches Jewish History, Polina Skorodumova teaches Hebrew Linguistics, Alexandra Polian teaches Yiddish Language and Yiddish Literature, Michael Wogman teaches Rabbinic and Hellenistic Jewish Literature. The Department also has an Administrative Secretary, Vera Olefirenko. In addition, we have 25 part time teachers and 3 administrative persons who are all working on a contract. There are also visiting teachers from Israel (mainly from Hebrew University). In the academic year 2011/12 we have 6 visiting teachers.
The curriculum consists of two parts. The students take courses offered by the School (the Institute of Asian and African Studies), as well as courses offered by the Jewish Studies Department. The courses vary in accordance with the student’s major.
Students enrolled in the DJS can major in Jewish Literature and Languages, Jewish History and Society, Politics and Economics of Israel. The Department can grant BA, MA or Ph.D. degrees of MSU.
There is a Jewish Studies library
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