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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Jewish Studies,Other Areas of History |
| Keywords | Jüdische Geschichte Frühe Neuzeit, Jüdische Geistes- und Kulturgeschichte, Wissenschafts- und Religionsgeschichte, Europäische Kulturgeschichte Frühe Neuzeit |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Philadelphia |
| Institution | University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) |
| Institute | Department of History |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Christian Wiese | Fachbereich 06 - Evangelische Theologie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/05/2016 |
Programme(s)
| 2015 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Ruderman is one of the leading historians of Jewish intellectual and cultural history in the Early Modern Period and has written pioneering works on Jewish thought during the Renaissance period, the relationship between religion, philosophy and the sciences and the interpretation of the Jewish Enlightenment in Europe. During his stay in Germany, Professor Ruderman will devote himself to a project on conversion and the response of Jewish scholars to the Protestant mission to the Jews in 19th-century Europe. |