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Shai Ginsburg

Shai Ginsburg

Associate Professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
shai.ginsburg@duke.edu
Box 90414, Durham, NC 27708-0414
John Hope Franklin Center, 2204 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27708-0414
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Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies · 2015 - Present Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Chair of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Department · 2020 - Present Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News

Published December 8, 2020
The Joy of Mastering the Challenging Languages in Asian and Middle East Studies
Published January 15, 2020
How Board and Video Games Are at a New Frontier of Humanities Research
Published February 25, 2019
Let the Games Begin: Trinity Opens Lab to Study Game Development & Culture

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Recent Publications

Towards a Materialist History of Hebrew Literature in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

Journal Article Shofar · January 1, 2024 Scholars of Hebrew literature commonly perceive the early years of the twentieth century as a time of crisis for Hebrew literature. While Yiddish literature was gaining an ever-greater readership, Hebrew literature saw its readership rapidly dissipating. D ... Full text Cite

IMAGE, WORD, LAND

Book Review Hebrew Studies · January 1, 2023 Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor · 2001 Ph.D.
Hebrew University (Israel) · 1995 M.A.
Hebrew University (Israel) · 1992 B.A.

External Links

Shai Ginsburg's Web Page