Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences 0 courses
The Hebrew and Yiddish subdivision offers a PhD program in Jewish Languages and Literatures. The program offers a philological, historical, and critical approach to Yiddish and Hebrew literatures. More information about the program, requirements, and exams can be found in the Hebrew and Yiddish Subdivision section of the Graduate Student Handbook, which is located on the MLL Resources for Faculty and Graduate Students page, or on the Modern Languages and Literatures (MLL) website. Course Requirements The PhD program in Jewish Languages and Literatures requires of all students to take at least four graduate seminars (or their equivalent) within the section of Hebrew and Yiddish at MLL. In addition, students are required to take at least four Jewish Studies courses offered outside of MLL. By the end of their second year, students will have completed 12 seminars for credit. If needed, students will continue to enroll in advanced language courses. Qualifying Examination The purpose of the Qualifying Examination is to develop and demonstrate an informed, panoramic and critical perspective on primary and scholarly sources in the field of Jewish Languages and Literatures. At the beginning of their fourth semester, students will identify two areas (guidelines below) and write an abstract (around 1 page) of each. After the abstract has been discussed with program faculty and finalized, the student and the faculty examiner will both write one question or prompt for each abstract. Abstracts will be submitted in the middle of the fourth semester to the faculty examiner. Students then will (at their own pace) write four separate essays (12-15 pages long) responding to and elucidating each one of the four questions/prompts. All essays must be submitted at the beginning of the studentβs sixth semester. The PhD program in Jewish Languages and Literatures requires all students to take at least four graduate seminars (or their equivalent) within the section of Hebrew and Yiddish courses offered by the Modern Languages and Literatures (MLL). In addition, students are required to take at least four Jewish Studies courses offered outside of MLL. By the end of their second year, students will have completed 12 seminars for credit. If needed, students will continue to enroll in advanced language courses. More information about the program, requirements, and exams can be found in the Hebrew and Yiddish Subdivision Handbook or on the MLL website. By the end of their first year, students will have developed - together with Professors Stahl and Spinner - a reading list to prepare for their Comprehensive Reading Exam, which will take place at the end of their third year. All students must submit one qualifying paper and a brief dissertation prospectus. The qualifying paper should be article-length (no more than 8,000 words) and suitable for publication in a leading journal in the relevant field. The dissertation prospectus should be 10 pages long, offer a statement of the problem to be addressed and a rationale for its importance, situate the dissertation within existing scholarship, and provide a brief sketch of the chapters as well as a first bibliography. The fourth and fifth years of the program are devoted entirely to the dissertation. Students who have successfully fulfilled all degree requirements are relieved of all teaching responsibilities in the fourth year and are encouraged to go abroad to conduct dissertation research. Further information on degree requirements can be found in the Graduate Student Handbook. Professional training is an essential part of our graduate program. A supervised teaching apprenticeship is required of degree candidates. In some years, this may involve apprenticing alongside a professor in class. Training may also include serving as a research or editorial assistant.
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