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Josh Lambert is the Sophia Moses Robison Professor of Jewish Studies and English at Wellesley College. His research and teaching focus on the intersection of Jewish Studies and American literary and cultural studies, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to analyzing Jewishness in U.S. cultural history.
His work explores how Jews and Jewishness shaped modern and contemporary U.S. culture, with specific projects addressing obscenity/sexual representation (Unclean Lips, NYU 2014) and the Jewish role in book publishing (The Literary Mafia, Yale 2022). Current research centers on a revisionist history of U.S. Jewish culture prioritizing marginalized perspectives.
He teaches diverse materials – fiction, drama, film, legal texts, and video games – emphasizing Jewish/non-Jewish diversity and female/nonbinary voices. Courses include Introduction to Jewish Studies (cross-listed with Religion) and Representation and Appropriation in U.S. Video Game Narratives, examining gender, ethnicity, and cultural appropriation in games.
Professor Lambert contributes to academic governance as a board member of the Association for Jewish Studies and the Executive Committee of the American Jewish Historical Society. He serves on editorial boards and writes for general audiences in publications like the New York Times Book Review and Lilith.
