Bart Wallet appointed professor of Jewish Studies

Dr Bart Wallet has been appointed professor of Jewish Studies: Early Modern and Modern Jewish History, with a special focus on Amsterdam, at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Humanities. The chair was established in collaboration with, and with support from, the Menasseh ben Israel Institute Foundation.

As professor of Jewish Studies, Wallet will focus on the history of Amsterdam’s Jewish community in an international context.