Prof. Dr. Jonathan Schorsch

Bio

I received my PhD in History from the University of California – Berkeley in 2000.  Since then I have taught at Emory University (Atlanta), Columbia University (New York) and Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY).  I was invited to teach at Universität Potsdam beginning in 2015.

Research Interests

Early modern Sephardic history and culture

Slavery, “race” and religion

Judaism and ecology

Angelology

Visual art