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Naomi Seidman is the Jackman Humanities Professor at the University of Toronto's Department for the Study of Religion and Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies. Her research focuses on literature and secularization, translation studies, psychoanalysis, and Eastern European Jewish culture. She holds a PhD and has been awarded a National Jewish Book Award (2019) and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2021). Her work explores intersections of gender, language, and religious identity, including studies on Freud's translations, ultra-Orthodox departures, and Jewish women's education movements.
Recent projects include analyzing Freud's Hebrew-Yiddish translations and hosting the podcast Heretic in the House, examining those leaving ultra-Orthodoxy. Her publications span topics from the Bais Yaakov movement to queer Jewish narratives, demonstrating interdisciplinary engagement with Jewish cultural history.
Key contributions include reinterpreting Jewish textual traditions through translation theory and gender analysis. Her research bridges secular and religious studies, offering critical perspectives on modern Jewish identity formation across linguistic and cultural boundaries.
