Sent on behalf of Jeremy Teitelbaum, Professor of Mathematics and Interim Provost:
I am delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Jeffrey Shoulson, holder of the Doris and Simon Konover Chair of Judaic Studies and Director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, as (interim) Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Initiatives. In this role, Professor Shoulson will work to foster interdisciplinary work across the university, take on other challenges involving promoting entrepreneurship and professional health education, and participate in the many other activities in the Provost’s office including PTR. His term will begin August 23, 2017.
Professor Shoulson earned his A. B. at Princeton University, his M. Phil. from the University of Cambridge, and his Ph. D. from Yale University. Before coming to the University of Connecticut, he was on the faculty of the University of Miami for seventeen years. A scholar of early modern literature and culture, his research has focused on intellectual, cultural, and literary encounters between Jews and Christians in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His books include Milton and the Rabbis: Hellenism, Hebraism, and Christianity (Columbia UP, 2001); Hebraica Veritas? Christian Hebraists and the Study of Judaism in Early Modern Europe (U Penn P, 2004); and Fictions of Conversion: Jews, Christians, and Cultures of Change in Early Modern England (U Penn P, 2013).
I look forward to working with Professor Shoulson as part of the Provost’s office team. Please join me in congratulating him on this appointment.
For more information, contact: Office of the Provost at provost@uconn.edu