Collection Development Statement
Last updated July 2020
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Last updated July 2020
The collection supports the research of faculty and students in the Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies at Johns Hopkins University. An inherently interdisciplinary program, Jewish Studies brings together faculty and students from numerous humanities and social sciences departments across the university (see “Collaborations” below).
An undergraduate minor is offered in Jewish Studies. The Program does not award graduate degrees, though PhD students with interests in Jewish Studies may be admitted to a collaborating program (see below).
Formats acquired generally
Formats collected selectively or by request:
Materials in Hebrew (from Biblical to Modern), Yiddish, German, French, and English are collected regularly. Materials in other languages that pertain to Jewish culture and civilization are collected selectively.
Collection development in Jewish Studies is not confined to a single chronological or geographical focus, though the collection is particularly strong in the areas of Northwest Semitic philology, Rabbinics, Holocaust Studies, and Yiddish language materials (including children’s literature and various periodicals).
Mackenzie S. Zalin, PhD, MSLS
Librarian for Modern Languages and Literatures & Comparative Thought and Literature
(410) 516-0215
mzalin1@jhu.edu