Naomi Seidman
Scholar in Residence, The Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies, GTU
Chancellor Jackman Professor in the Arts, University of Toronto
Chancellor Jackman Professor in the Arts, University of Toronto
Other Faculty
Degrees and Certifications
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1995
M.A., University of California, Davis, 1984
B.A., Brooklyn College, 1981
Research and Teaching Interests
- Translation Studies; Translating the Bible
- The Sexual Transformation of Ashkenaz; Haskalah Literature
- Psychoanalysis and Translation
- Gender and Orthodox Judaism
Selected Publications
- Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement: A Revolution in the Name of Tradition, Littman Library, 2019
- A Revolution in the Name of Tradition: The Emergence of Orthodox Girls’ Education in Interwar Poland, Littman Library, 2018
- The Marriage Plot, Or, How Jews Fell in Love with Love, and with Literature, Stanford University Press, 2016
- Faithful Renderings: Jewish-Christian Difference and the Politics of Translation, University of Chicago, 2006
- A Marriage Made in Heaven: The Sexual Politics of Hebrew and Yiddish, University of California, 1997