Faculty Achievements

The Center for Jewish Studies  is  delighted to announce  that Professor Elissa Bemporad and Professor Francesca Bregoli both in the History Department received tenure with a promotion to Associate Professor.

Congratulations/Mazel Tov  to both Associate Professors with continued best wishes  for  future endeavors!

The Center for Jewish HistoryProfessor Elissa Bemporad, the Jerry and William Ungar Professor of East European Jewish History at Queens College, was awarded an NEH Fellowship for Senior Scholars for the 2015 – 2016 academic year at the Center for Jewish History, NY in support of her new book project: Legacy of Blood:  Jews, Pogroms and Ritual Murder in the Lands of the Soviets.
To read the Press Release from The Center for Jewish History, Click here.