Adjunct Assistant Professor of History and the Klatt Family Director for Public Programs at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies

Phone: 215-238-1290, ext. 507
Office: 420 Walnut St, Philaldelphia, Pa 19106
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Yechiel Y. Schur (Ph.D., New York University, 2008) is Adjunct Assistant Professor of History and the Klatt Family Director for Public Programs at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. His research interests include the history of death and the history of religious practices in medieval Europe. Before coming to Penn he taught courses on medieval Hebrew texts, Modern Hebrew, and Israeli culture at Yale University.

Courses

HIST 101: Dreams in Jewish Cultures and Traditions
HIST 001: Europe in a Wider World
HIST 201: Death in Medieval Judaism and Christianity
HIST 304: Everyday Jewish Life in Medieval Europe