Hirschfeld Presidential Fellowship in Comparative Studies - Brown University Announces a New Appointee

 

The Hirschfeld Presidential Fellowship in Comparative Studies is to be held by new appointee Katharina Galor, according to a recent announcement by Brown University.

The Hirschfeld senior lecturer in Judaic Studies, Katharina Galor is an art historian and archaeologist specializing in the visual and material culture of Israel-Palestine. She completed her studies in art history and archaeology at the Diplôme d’Études Approfondi from the Université d’Aix-Marseille in France and received her PhD in old world art and archaeology from Brown University. She has taught at the Hebrew University and Ecole Biblique et Archéologique Française in Jerusalem; at Humboldt University in Berlin; and at Tufts University and the Rhode Island School of Design.

Katharina Galor’s publications include “The Archaeology of Jerusalem: From the Origins to the Ottomans” (co-authored with Hanswulf Bloedhorn, Yale University Press, 2013), “Finding Jerusalem: Archaeology Between Science and Ideology” (University of California Press, 2017), and “The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians” (co-authored with Sa’ed Atshan, Duke University Press, 2020), which was translated into German.

Brown University expressed their gratitude to Elie Hirschfeld for making it possible to enhance the students’ education and broaden Brown’s impact on the world. “Brown University is fortunate to attract esteemed faculty members — they produce groundbreaking research while teaching, mentoring, and engaging the next generation of scholars. The faculty are the backbone of our University. We remain tremendously grateful to the alumni.”

Pictured: Brown University, from the J.B. Hawley Postcard Collection