Dr. Elisheva Carlebach

Biography

Elisheva Carlebach is the Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History at Columbia University. She specializes in the cultural, intellectual, and religious history of Jews in Early Modern Europe. Carlebach's research interests focus on the intersection of Jewish and Christian cultures, exploring the effects of tolerance, religious dissent, conversion, messianism, and communal governance. Her notable publications include "Pursuit of Heresy," which won the National Jewish Book Award, and "Divided Souls: Converts to Judaism in Early Modern Germany." She has also authored "Palaces of Time: Jewish Calendar and Culture in Early Modern Europe," which received the Schnitzer Prize from the Association for Jewish Studies. Carlebach has been awarded prestigious fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and is a Fellow at the New York Public Library's Center for Scholars and Writers. She has served as the Editor of the Association for Jewish Studies Review and chaired the Academic Advisory Council at the Center for Jewish History. She was President of the American Academy for Jewish Research and currently directs the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University. In 2017, she received the Lenfest Distinguished Columbia Faculty Award.

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