Conversations with Colleagues

On Becoming an American Jewish Historian

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Sixteen senior scholars of American Jewish history—among the men and women whose work and advocacy have moved their discipline into the mainstream of academia—converse on the intellectual and personal roads they have traveled in becoming leaders in their areas of expertise. Through their thoughtful and candid recollections of the challenges they faced in becoming accepted academics, they retell the story of how the study of the Jews and Judaism in the United States rose from being long dismissed as an amateurish enterprise not worthy of serious consideration in the world of ideas to its position today as a respected field in communication with all humanities scholars. They also imagine and chart the direction the writing on American Jews will take in the coming era.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-08-22
Mått159 x 238 x 15 mm
Vikt418 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieNorth American Jewish Studies
Antal sidor272
FörlagAcademic Studies Press
ISBN9781644691366

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Introduction: A Community of Scholars Who Grew a Field Jeffrey S. GurockChapter 1—Finding My Way: Uniting American Jewish Women's History and U.S. Women's History Joyce AntlerChapter 2—Reconstructing American Jewish Historical Studies Dianne AshtonChapter 3—A Meandering and Surprising Career Mark K. BaumanChapter 4—How I Became an American Jewish Historian and What That Meant For My Professional Life Hasia DinerChapter 5—A Scholar-Athlete's Discovery of American Jewish History Jeffrey S. GurockChapter 6—Object Lessons Jenna Weissman JoselitChapter 7—How I Learned to Call America "the States" and Became an American Jewish Historian Eli LederhendlerChapter 8—Sidewalk Histories or Uncovering the Venacular Jewishness of New York City Deborah Dash MooreChapter 9—Becoming an "All-of-a-Kind" Jewish Historian Pamela S. NadellChapter 10—Joining Historians as an Anthropologist at the Table of American Jewish Culture Riv–Ellen PrellChapter 11—My Life in American Jewish History Jonathan D. SarnaChapter 12—From Kremenets to New York: My Personal Journeys as a Historian Shuly Rubin SchwartzChapter 13—Finding My Place in "the Great Tradition" Gerald SorinChapter 14—Peripatetic Journeys Beth S. WengerChapter 15—The Past from the Periphery Stephen J. WhitfieldChapter 16—On Rabbis, Doctors and the American Jewish Experience Gary Phillip Zola

This well-written and engaging book includes essays by sixteen leadingJewish historians including Hasia Diner, Stephen Whitfield, and Jonathan Sarna.… the engaging essays in this excellent book demonstrate that the discipline ofJewish American History has truly arrived. Recommended for all libraries,especially those with interests in American Jewish history, American history ingeneral, and Jewish studies." —David B. Levy, Lander College for Women, AJLReviews May/June 2019