Prof. Moshe Rosman [Emeritus]

Curriculum Vitae

Personal Data

Born: July 4, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Married to Lynne Reed and father of six children

Settled in Israel: August 1979

Email: mrosman49@gmail.com

 

Academic Degrees

       Ph.D -  Jewish History, Jewish Theological Seminary of America     

                 (JTS), New York, 1982

                  (Dissertation:  Jews in the Sieniawski-Czartoryski Territories)

       M.A. -  Jewish Studies, JTS, 1973

       B.H.L.- Jewish Studies, JTS, 1972

       B.A. -  Psychology, Columbia University, New York, 1971

 

 

Academic Positions

       Full Professor, Koschitzky Department of Jewish History, Bar-Ilan

               University, Ramat Gan, Israel, 2000-

                 Associate Professor, 1995-2000

                 Senior Lecturer, 1987-1995

                 Lecturer, 1982-87

                 Instructor, 1979-82

       Research Associate, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University, 2007-

       Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Jewish History, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1984-85

       Researcher, Center for the Study of Polish Jewry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1984 - 1990

       Researcher, Institute for the Study of Diaspora Jewry, Tel-Aviv University, 1980-82

       Researcher, History Department, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, 1979

       Instructor, University of Judaism, Summer Program, Los Angeles, 1977

       Instructor, Department of Jewish History, JTS, 1976-1977

 

 

Visiting Positions

           Visiting Professor of Jewish Studies, Wroclaw University, 2016

       Horace Goldsmith Visiting Professor of Jewish Studies, Yale University, New Haven, 2016

        (declined)

       Visiting Professor of Jewish Studies, National University of Kyiv—Mohyla Academy, Kyiv,                 2015

       Scholar-in-Residence, Vilnius University, 2014

       Visiting Scholar, University of North Carolina, 2013

       Scholar-in-Residence, Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, University of Texas, 2013

       Faculty, Europäische Sommeruniversität für Jüdische Studien, Hohenems, Austria  2012

       Scholar-in-Residence, Ecoles des hautes etudes en science sociale, Paris, 2011

       Scholar-in-Residence, Leipzig University, 2010

       Visiting Professor of Jewish Studies, Wroclaw University, 2010

       Horace Goldsmith Visiting Professor of Jewish Studies, Yale University, New Haven, 2010

       Scholar-in-Residence, Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, University of Texas, 2009       

       Master Scholar, Manfred Lehman Master Workshop in the History of the Jewish Book,

                     University of Pennsylvania, 2009

       Scholar-in-Residence, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University, Waltham, 2007

       Shier Visiting Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, 2005 (declined)

       Padnos Visiting Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1997

       Visiting Professor of Jewish Studies, Solomon University, Kiev, 1995

       Visiting Professor of History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1989

 

 

Fellowships and Awards

        Israel Institute for Advanced Studies (Research Group on Jewish Women's Cultural Capital),

      Hebrew University, 2016-17, Fellow and Group Organizer

      U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities, Hasidic History Project, 2011-2014, Senior Author

      Simon Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture, Leipzig University, Hasidic History          

      Project, 2011-2014, Fellow

      Jordan Schnitzer Award of the Association for Jewish Studies (co-winner with Francesca   

      Trivellato), 2010

      National Jewish Book Award (Collections), 2009

      Institute for Advanced Studies (Research Group on Hasidism), Hebrew University, 2007-08,     

      Fellow

      Ruth Meltzer Distinguished Fellow, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of    

      Pennsylvania, 2006

       Halpern Center for the Study of Jewish Self-Perception, Bar-Ilan University, Fellow, 2004-06

       Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Center for the Study of Women in Judaism, Bar-Ilan University,  Research    

       Grant, Bar Ilan University, 2004

       Herbert and Ellie Katz Distinguished Fellow, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of   

       Pennsylvania, 2003

       Littauer Foundation Research Grant, ‏2001

       Shazar Prize, Israel Historical Society, 2000

       Milewski Foundation Prize (Poland), 2000

       Klein Chair Publication Grant, Bar-Ilan University, 1997

       Littauer Foundation Publication Grant, 1997

       National Jewish Book Award (History), 1996

       Yoran-Schnitzer Prize, Tel Aviv University, 1996

       Bar-Ilan University's Candidate for Feher Prize for Outstanding Israelis, 1993

       National Endowment for the Humanities Matching Grant, 1987-88

       Allon Prize, Israel Council for Higher Education, 1983-85

       Jefroykin Prize, Hebrew University and the Jewish National Fund, 1984

      Spiegel Foundation, Tel Aviv University, 1980-1982

      Revson Foundation, JTS, 1979-1981

      International Research and Exchange Board (IREX), 1978-79

      Fulbright Program, U. S. Government, 1978-79

      National Foundation for Jewish Culture, 1977-1979

      Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, 1977-81, 1985-86, 2000-2001, 2010-2011

     Keynote Lectures and Named Lectureships

      Arffa Lectures, Yale University, 2016

      Glassman Lecture, University of Toronto, 2014

      Keynote, "Imaginations and Configurations of Polish Society" Conference at Halle University,  

      2014

      Constitution Day Commemorative Lecture, Constitutional Tribunal of Poland, 2014

      Keynote, 21st Annual International SEFER Conference in Jewish Studies, Moscow, 2014

      Kaplan-Brauer Lecture, University of North Carolina, 2013

      Keynote, 24^th International Nahum Goldmann Fellowship, Memorial Foundation for Jewish

      Culture, Warsaw, 2012

      Harris Lecture, Northwestern University, 2010

      Mytelka Lecture, Princeton University, 2006

      Frankel Lecture, Wesleyan University, 2006

      Rudolph Lecture, Syracuse University, 2006

      Klein Lecture, University of Chicago, 1997

     

     Bar-Ilan University Administrative Positions

      Incumbent, Lau Chair in Leadership, 1996-2000

       Administration, Schneiderman Chair for the Study of Hasidism, 1994-

       Administration, Feldman Chair for the History of the Jews in Eastern Europe, 1994-

       Administration, Holocaust Research Institute, 1994-

       University Press Publications Committee, 2012-      

 Editorial Positions

Co-editor, Zion, 2015-

Editorial Board, Studia Judaica (Poland), 2012-

Guest Editor, Jewish History, 2009-2013

Editorial Board, Jewish Studies: An Internet Journal, 2001-

 Editorial Advisory Board, Zion, the Journal of the Israel Historical Society, 1993-2014

 Section Editor, Jewish History Lexicon, Mercaz Shazar, 1996-1997

 Publications Committee, Mercaz Shazar, 1989-1993

 Editorial Board, POLIN -- Journal of Polish-Jewish History, 1993-

 

Prize, Fellowship and Grant Committees

       International Fellowship Committee, POLIN Museum, 2015-

       Israel Science Foundation, History Grants Committee, 2014

       Harvard University, Radcliffe Institute, Fellowship Evaluator, 2008-2011

       Brandeis University, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Academic Advisory Committee, 2007-

       Katz-Wald Prize Committee, Mercaz Shazar, 2005

       Rothschild Fellowship Committee, Yad Hanadiv, 2004-5, 2007-15

       Urbach Prize Committee, Memorial Foundation, 1999, 2000

       Bar-Ilan Faculty Committee on Grants and Fellowships, 1993-1994

       Shazar Prize Committee, 1992, 1993

Other Professional Activity

       Steering Committee, Israel Inter-University Academic Partnership for Russian and East                                       European Studies, 2011-2014

       Consultant, POLIN Museum for the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, 2010-2014

       Academic Advisory Board, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University, 2007-

       Executive Committee, Israel Historical Society, 2000-2004

       Executive Committee, World Union for Jewish Studies, 1997-2003

       Executive Board, Central Archive for the History of the Jewish People, 1997-

       Advisory Committee on History Curriculum for Religious Schools, Israel Education Ministry,                                  1993-1998