Jonathan Boyarin
| Jonathan Aaron Boyarin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 16, 1956 Neptune City, New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Anthropologist |
| Title | Thomas and Diann Mann Professor of Modern Jewish Studies, Cornell University |
| Spouse(s) | Elissa Sampson |
| Children | Jonah (born 1986), Yeshaya (born 1992) |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research (2016) W. S. Kenan Research Fellowship, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Spring 2012) National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend, (Summer 2005) Lucius N. Littauer Foundation Fellowship, (Summer 1998) Harry Frank Guggenheim Fellowship, (1994–1995) Research Fellowship, Center for Jewish Studies, CUNY Graduate Center, (Spring 1993) Social Science Research Council-MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in International Peace and Security, (1989–1992) Post-Doctoral Fellow, Max Weinreich Center for Advanced Jewish Studies, (1986–1988) Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Doctoral Fellowship, (1984–1985) Social Science Research Council International Doctoral Research Fellowship, (September 1982–February 1984) |
| Website | anthropology |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.A. (1977), M.A. (1980), Ph.D. (1984), J.D. (1998) |
| Alma mater |
Reed College (B.A.) New School for Social Research (M.A.)/(Ph.D.) Yale Law School (J.D.) |
| Thesis | 'Landslayt: Polish Jews in Paris' (1985) |
| Doctoral advisor | Stanley Diamond |
| Influences | Walter Benjamin |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Anthropology, Jewish Studies |
| Sub discipline | Jewish ethnography, Yiddish culture, critical theory |
| Institutions |
Cornell University Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill University of Kansas Dartmouth College The New School |
| Notable works |
The Ethnography of Reading (1993) The Unconverted Self: Jews, Indians and the Identity of Christian Europe (2009) Jewish Families (2013) |
| Notable ideas | "ethnography of reading" |
Jonathan Aaron Boyarin (Yiddish: יונתן אהרן בוירין; born September 16, 1956) is an American anthropologist whose work centers on Jewish communities and on the dynamics of Jewish culture, memory and identity. Born in Neptune, New Jersey, he is married and has two sons. In 2013, he was appointed Thomas and Diann Mann Professor of Modern Jewish Studies, Departments of Anthropology and Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University. His brother, Daniel Boyarin, is also a well-known scholar, and the two have written together.
Boyarin was educated at Reed College, the New School for Social Research, and the Uriel Weinreich Program in Yiddish Language, before earning his doctoral degree in anthropology at the New School for Social Research. In 1998, fourteen years after receiving his Ph.D., Boyarin received his J.D. at Yale Law School. He has taught at Cornell University, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Kansas, Dartmouth College, and The New School. He is the founding co-editor of the journal, Critical Research on Religion. In 2016, Boyarin was elected a Fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research (AAJR).
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