Welcoming all Jewish Studies Visiting Professors for the 2025-2026 Academic Year.

The Department of Jewish Studies is pleased to introduce our newest faculty members, Harris Distinguished Visiting Professor Anna-Dorthea Ludewig, along with Professors Asaph Ben-Tov and Marc Caplan.

About Anna-Dorthea Ludewig

Anna-Dorthea Ludewig is a literary scholar and senior researcher at the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies Potsdam, a lecturer ("Privatdozentin") at the University of Potsdam, and a member of the editorial staff of the online periodical MEDAON.

Courses:

• JWST 11/HIST 94.09 (11) History and Culture of the Jews II:The Modern Period. Ludewig  (SOC/ CI)

About Asaph Ben-Tov

Dr Asaph Ben-Tov is a historian of early modern Europe based in Germany. He specializes in Christian engagement with Islam and Judaism, and the Classical tradition.

Courses:

• *JWST 34.02/HIST 94.12/GERM 44.02 (12) History of Jews in Germany. Ben-Tov (INT,CI)

About Marc Caplan

Marc Caplan is a Louisiana native and graduate of Yale University. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from New York University. His academic journey has taken him across the U.S. and Europe, with teaching and research positions in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York City, Michigan, Vienna (Austria), Wrocław (Poland), and a return to Yale.

Courses: 

• JWST 34.03/GERM 44.06  FSP (3B) German-Jewish History. Caplan and Komska (INT,CI) 
• JWST 7.xx FYS  (2) Heaven and Hell in Yiddish Lierature Caplan 
• JWST 11/HIST 94.09 (12) History and Culture of the Jews II: The Modern Period. Caplan (SOC, CI) 
• JWST 21/*ENGL 53.46 TBD. New York and the Metropolitan Imagination in Twentieth-Century American Jewish Literature. Caplan (LIT, CI)