Jewish Studies

Professor Agata Bielik-Robson has recently been appointed as Chair of Jewish Studies. This endowment, aided by individual philanthropy, is part of the University of Nottingham's continued commitment to the development of this field.

Our aim is to make Jewish Studies open to all people  interested in Jewish religious and intellectual history. We  understand Judaism not as an isolated phenomenon but as a complex formation which has always been in dialogue with surrounding cultures and traditions.

Professor Agata Bielik-Robson, Chair of Jewish Studies

Research

The profile of Jewish Studies at Nottingham is the religious and intellectual history of Jewish people, taught in the historical, philosophical and speculative perspective of the "history of ideas," attractive to students of theology, philosophy, art, and literature.

Professor Agata Bielik-Robson, Chair of Jewish Studies

Agata's field of research is Jewish modernity, with special emphasis on the development of modern Jewish philosophy, from kabbalah to Derrida, which evolved in constant interplay with modern Christian and secular thought.

See Agata's recent publications | See 'Why Study...Judaism?'

Dr Holger Zellentin, Lecturer in Jewish Studies

Holger is an expert in ancient Judaism in all its facets ranging from the Hellenistic to the Rabbinic world, with special emphasis on the rabbis’ complex relation to Greek and Christian thought.

See Holger's recent publications