Yechiel Y. Schur, Ph.D.

Adjunct Instructor of Modern and Contemporary Hebrew Literature

215.576.0800

Yechiel Y. Schur, Ph.D., currently teaches at the University of Pennsylvania and is the Klatt Family Director for Public Programs at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Schur's research interests include the history of death and the history of religious practices in medieval Europe. Before coming to Penn, Schur taught courses on medieval Hebrew texts, modern Hebrew and Israeli culture at Yale University. A graduate of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Schur received his master's in Jewish history from the Jewish Theological Seminary and his doctorate in medieval Jewish history from New York University.