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About Maya Soifer Irish

Dr. Maya Soifer Irish an Associate Professor of History at Rice University, whose research focuses on religious violence and toleration, and explores the legal, social, and economic situation of religious minorities in Iberian Christian societies. She is the author of many articles, including “Beyond convivencia: Critical Reflections on the Historiography of Interfaith Relations in Christian Spain.” Her first book, Jews and Christians in Medieval Castile: Tradition, Coexistence, and Change, explores the changes in Jewish-Christian relations in the kingdom of Castile between the 11th and 14th centuries. She is currently working on a new book, The Politics of Persecution in Medieval Spain: Toward the Anti-Jewish Riots of 1391. Between 2018 and 2021 she served as President of the American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain (AARHMS).

Job: Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, Binghamton University

Deadline: Review of applications will begin November 14, 2025.

The Judaic Studies Department and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Binghamton University invite applications for a tenure-track appointment in Talmud and Rabbinics at the rank of assistant professor. Candidates should demonstrate expertise in the classical Jewish canon from late antiquity through the early Middle Ages, with a preference for the cultural context of the Near East or the eastern Mediterranean. Command of Hebrew and Aramaic is expected, and competence in at least one other relevant language, such as Ancient Greek, Arabic, or Latin, is desirable. A range of methodological approaches is welcome, including Religious Studies, Literary Studies, History, and Philosophy, as well as interdisciplinary approaches. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute courses on the Bible in its historical context, rabbinic texts, and early Jewish history. The position will be housed in the Judaic Studies Department, though the successful candidate will be expected to participate actively in the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies as well.