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Nehama Aschkenasy
Professor of Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies
 Education
B.A. in English and Judaic Studies, Hebrew
University, Jerusalem, Israel;
M.A.: English Literature, Bar Ilan University, Israel;
Ph.D. Comparative Literature and English, New York University, 1977
Areas of Expertise
Hebraic literature, Bible as Literature, Women in Hebraic and Western literature, Comparative literary theory, Literature and Religion, Literature and Politics.
Contact Information
Office/Hours: Stamford Campus, Room 365
Phone: 860-486-3314
E-mail: nehama.aschkenasy@uconn.edu
Website
Bio:
Nehama Aschkenasy earned a PhD in Comparative Literature from New York University in 1977. She also holds degrees in Judaic Studies and English literature from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. As Professor of Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Connecticut she teaches a variety of courses in Israeli and Middle Eastern literature, Bible, Women’s Studies, and English Literature at the Stamford campus and graduate courses in literature and politics and literature and religion at the Storrs campus.
Dr. Aschkenasy has published three books, Eve’s Journey: Feminine Images in Hebraic Literary Tradition, a Choice selection and winner of the Present Tense / American Jewish Committee Literary Award, Woman at the Window: Biblical Tales of Oppression and Escape and Biblical Patterns in Modern Literature. She also guest-edited a dedicated volume of the AJS Review (28:1, 2004), titled The Bible's Presence in Contemporary Hebrew Literature and Culture, with invited articles from senior scholars in the field, to which she also contributed a methodological Introduction and an article.
Aschkenasy has contributed chapters to scholarly books ranging from biblical topics to the study of James Joyce, and published numerous essays in Judaic Studies, Women's Studies, and Comparative Literature in publications such as Modern Language Studies (where she served on the Advisory Board), SYMPOSIUM, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies (where she currently serves on the Editorial Board), Prooftexts, Journal of Biblical Literature, the AJS Review (the scholarly publication of the national and international Association for Jewish Studies, where she served as Associate Editor for sixteen years), Midstream, Lilith, Tradition, and Hadassah Magazine. She has also served as guest scholar, distinguished lecturer, and panelist in many academic institutions and community study retreat in the US, Canada, and Europe. She has also frequently given commentary on Middle Eastern politics and culture in the Stamford, CT area television station and published Op-Ed pieces in and local papers.
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