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Position: Professor Emeritus, Hebrew and Jewish Studies (formerly Cowley Lecturer in Post-Biblical Hebrew; Fellow of St Cross College)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford
Faculty of Oriental Studies
Clarendon Institute Building
Walton Street
Oxford OX1 2HG
Teaches (T) and/or researches (R) in:
2. History of the Jewish People: R
14: Modern: R
21: Biographical Studies: R
6. Literature (other than Biblical and Rabbinic): R
44: Early modern (including scientific, poetry): R
45: Recent: R
48: Israeli: R
49: Literary criticism: R
7. Languages: R
51: Hebrew: R
8. Art, Architecture and Performing Arts: R
63: Theatre and Film: R
9. Contemporary Studies: R
64: State of Israel: R
68: Jewish identity and assimilation: R
Other subjects:
Jewish Experience in the First World War: Research
Description
Glenda Abramson is Editor of the Journal of Modern Jewish Studies (Routledge) established to serve as a forum for interdisciplinary Jewish Studies.
Her general interest is in Hebrew poetry and drama from the late 19th century to the 1970s in Israel. Her current research interests are in Hebrew writing – diaries, memoirs, letters and belles letters – dealing with the Jewish military and civilian experience in Central and Eastern Europe and Palestine during the First World War.
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