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Investing in Heritage
The core vision of the Solomon-Tenenbaum Visiting Lectureship in Jewish Studies, which was initially established as the Tenenbaum Visiting Lectureship in 1990, is coming to fruition.
The goal of establishing a program in Jewish Studies at the University of South Carolina received a major and decisive boost from Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, early in 2006, when she commissioned the formulation of a Faculty Excellence Initiative proposal to jump-start hiring for the planned program.
This proposal amounted to a five million dollar investment on the part of Dean Fitzpatrick and the College of Arts and Sciences prior to pursuing support from alumni or the larger community. It also resulted in the hiring of four new faculty - one in Religious Studies, one in English, and two in History - and the appointment of a director of Jewish Studies, Stanley Dubinsky. We are pleased that Jewish Studies here in the College of Arts and Sciences is off to a stronger start than any would have imagined.
Goals for Jewish Studies
In the coming months and years, we hope to expand the academic profile of Jewish Studies on this campus to include:
- Additional faculty and instructor appointments in Philosophy, Political Science, and Languages, Literatures, & Cultures (both Hebrew and German/Yiddish literature)
- Academic conferences on Jewish Studies
- Visiting Scholar and Postdoctoral positions
- Study-abroad scholarships and trips to Israel and Europe
- Public lectures
- Library acquisitions
- Program enhancement support for academic research
Supporting the Jewish Studies program will help us continue to offer courses that enrich the student experience, provide scholarships for study abroad, and engage academics of the highest level to contribute to the program through teaching or lectureships.