A rich undergraduate experience in Jewish Studies communicates the incredible diversity, intellectual depth, and cultural riches of Jewish history and culture to all students.
We provide them with a common set of sources and tools—texts, music, historical methodologies, interpretive techniques, language, and, now, digital skills and training.
Diarna Fellowship
Two cohorts of UCSC students have participated in the Diarna Project (Summer 2016, 2017).
Diarna, “Our Homes” in Judeo-Arabic, is the flagship initiative of Digital Heritage Mapping, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit specializing in digitally preserving historic and cultural sites worldwide. The project pioneers the use of digital mapping technologies to explore the unfolding of Jewish history in the Middle East and North Africa through the prism of physical location by digitizing individual sites (schools, cemeteries, synagogues, shrines) and memories.
Research Opportunities
Starting in Summer 2018, students will be invited to participate in on campus Jewish Studies research. A research assistant will support the Digital Minhag Archive.