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Roni Masel is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, holding the Norma and Sam Dabby Professorship in Jewish Studies. They specialize in Hebrew and Yiddish literatures, modern Jewish history, and cultural theory, with affiliations to the Center for Jewish Studies where they advise students in Jewish Studies. Prior roles include a Fulbright Postdoctoral position at Ben-Gurion University and a fellowship at the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan.
Education includes a Ph.D. from New York University and a B.A. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Their research focuses on textual practices in Eastern European Jewish contexts, exploring misreading, translation debates, and global Yiddish cultural visions. Current projects include Bad Readers: Misreading and Jewish Textuality and Yiddish Empires: Race and Globalization.
Key research interests involve redefining 'bad reading' as a liberatory act, analyzing Yiddish cultural globalization, and interrogating intersections of queer theory with Jewish literary traditions. Their articles critically examine Gothic elements in Hebrew literature, Yiddish-Hebrew translation conflicts, and gendered national narratives. Media engagements include podcasts on modern Jewish reading practices and analyses of contemporary cultural phenomena like Unorthodox.
- Awards: Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar
Teaching and advising focus on Jewish Studies interdisciplinary work. Ongoing projects blend philological analysis with postcolonial frameworks to challenge Eurocentric narratives in Jewish cultural history.
