Joshua Shanes

Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and the Director of Norman and Gerry Sue Arnold Center for Israel Studies

Education
Ph.D., History, University of Wisconsin, 2002
M.A., History, University of Wisconsin, 1998
B.A., History, University of Illinois, 1993

Research Interest
Joshua Shanes studies modern Jewish history, religion, culture, and politics as well as contemporary Israel antisemitism.

Courses Taught

• JWST 210/215 - Surveys of Jewish History and Judaism
• JWST 225 – The Jewish Tradition
• JWST 300/MKTG 360/INTB 360 - Doing Business in Israel – Spring Break Study Abroad
• Topical courses on modern Jewish politics, Hasidism and Jewish mysticism, nationalism, Zionism and the history of Israel.

• Jewish Studies Professor Explains Jewish Denominations
• Israeli Mob Attack Puts a Century-Old Word in the Spotlight