Liran Yadgar

Education:

B.A., M.A., Tel Aviv University, Israel
M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

Dr. Liran Yadgar earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Near Eastern languages and civilizations from the University of Chicago and B.A. and M.A. in Middle Eastern history from Tel Aviv University. He was most recently an assistant professor of Hebrew at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey, California. He served as a postdoctoral scholar at Yale, UCLA and Oklahoma State University. His area of expertise is the history of Jews in the premodern Middle Eastern lands with a focus on readings in Arabic, Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew. At Muhlenberg, he offers classes in modern Hebrew and Israeli society and culture.

Classes Taught:

HBW 203 - Intermediate Hebrew I
HBW 204 - Intermediate Hebrew II
HBW 383 - Special Topic: Hebrew Conversation & Composition
HBW 384 - Creative Writing in Hebrew
HBW 385 - Crossing Borders: Images of Jews and Arabs in Modern Hebrew Literature