America’s Jewish Women: A History From Colonial Times to Today
Pamela S. Nadell,
Professor and Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s & Gender History, American University
Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
7:30 PM
Knight Library Browsing Room
The Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies is delighted to announce that Dr. Pamela S. Nadell, Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s and Gender History in the Department of History at American University will be speaking at the University of Oregon on Tuesday evening, April 16, at 7:30 PM, in the Knight Library Browsing Room. The talk is free and open to the public.
Professor Nadell will be addressing her major new book, AMERICA’S JEWISH WOMEN: A History from Colonial Times to Today. The book was reviewed in the New York Times Sunday Book Review on March 29, 2019 New York Times.
Professor Nadell, who served as president of the Association for Jewish Studies between 2015-17, also chairs American University’s Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies Collaborative and is Director of the Jewish Studies Program. Her 1998 study, Women Who Would Be Rabbis: A History of Women’s Ordination, 1889-1985, was a National Jewish Book Award Finalist.
