When feasible, students are encouraged to spend time studying at an international university. Students in the program often study at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem; there are also opportunities to study at universities in other countries that align with students’ areas of research expertise through GSAS’s International Exchange Programs.
Graduate students in Jewish Studies are encouraged to play an active role in the program’s events, including the Yale Jewish Studies Seminar and the Yale Jewish Studies Graduate Colloquium, both of which are organized by and for graduate students.
Yale’s library, manuscript, and archival collections in Jewish Studies are vast, and graduate students are encouraged to make use of these resources - including at Sterling Memorial Library, the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, the Divinity School Special Collections - in their research and teaching. The Yale Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art also have relevant collections.
Yale’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences provides generous fellowships to support graduate work at the university as well as conference travel, event planning, summer funding, family support, and an emergency fund. When possible, the Program in Jewish Studies offers grants for students to attend the Association for Jewish Studies Annual Meeting or other conferences related to Jewish Studies. The program also offers resources to support summer language study for students to pursue languages not offered at the university over the course of the academic year.
Yale’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences offers a wide range of opportunities for community building, professional development, health and wellness, parenting and family life, international students, and pedagogy and writing support. Students are encouraged to make full use of all that the university offers.