Arnold Band
Arnold J. Band | |
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| Born | 1929 Dorchester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | 2024 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature |
| Employer(s) | University of California, Los Angeles |
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| Alma mater | Harvard University (BA in Classics; PhD in Comparative Literature) |
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| Discipline | Jewish studies; Comparative literature |
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Arnold J. Band (1929–2024) was professor of Hebrew and comparative literature at UCLA for over 50 years and considered a major figure in the field of Jewish studies. Band was born in Dorchester, MA and earned his BA in Classics and his PhD in Comparative Literature at Harvard.[1][2][3] Band helped create UCLA's Department of Near Eastern Literature, Judaic Studies Program, and Comparative Literature Program, and had an impact on the overall discipline of Jewish studies at the university level. He is known for his study of Nahman of Bratslav.[4] He was a member of the board of the Jewish Quarterly Review and had a particular interest in Shmuel Yosef Agnon.[5]
In a 1966 article published in the American Jewish Year Book, the Band was among the first to call attention to the "spread of Jewish studies as an accepted academic discipline in the American liberal arts colleges and universities since the Second World War".[6][7] In his article Band offered a definition of Jewish (Judaic) studies as "the discipline which deals with the historical experiences, in the intellectual, religious, and social spheres, of the Jewish people in all centuries and countries".[8]
Band was awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award by UCLA in 1981. He received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He was Director of UCLA's Jewish Studies Center from 1994 to 1996. He also played a role in establishing the Association for Jewish Studies.[2][5][3]
Publications
[edit]- Arnold J. Band (1968-01-01). Nostalgia and Nightmare: A study in the fiction of S. Y. Agnon. Internet Archive. University of California Press.
- Band, Arthur (1978). Nahman of Bratslav: The Tales. Paulist Press. ISBN 978-0-8091-2103-8.
References
[edit]- ^ Myers, David N. (2024-07-08). "Remembering Arnold Band, a towering figure in Jewish studies". The Forward. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ a b "Arnold Band". Near Eastern Languages & Cultures - UCLA. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ a b "Dr. Arnold Band - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ Cutter, William (2020), Cutter, William; Jacobson, David C. (eds.), "Reflections on Arnold Band, Scholar, Teacher, Mentor", History and Literature, New Readings of Jewish Texts in Honor of Arnold J. Band, Brown Judaic Studies, pp. XXI–XXXII, doi:10.2307/j.ctvzpv540.6, ISBN 978-1-946527-61-5, JSTOR j.ctvzpv540.6, retrieved 2025-05-07
- ^ a b Katz Center UPenn. "JQR Mourns the Passing of Arnie Band". Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
- ^ Band, Arnold (1966). "Jewish Studies in American Liberal-Arts Colleges and Universities," American Jewish Year Book 67 (1966), 1–30; here: p. 3. Retrieved 2016-07-01 from the website of the American Jewish Committee Archives. Also reprinted, with a postscript by Band, in: Band, Studies in Modern Jewish Literature. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 2003. p. 390–408. ISBN 9780827609723.
- ^ Loveland, Kristen (2008). "The Association for Jewish Studies: A Brief History". Association for Jewish Studies 40th Annual Conference, December 21–23, 2008. 16 p.; here: p. 1. "The first to address the postwar rise of Jewish studies, Band's article quickly set off a reaction amongst the new generation of Jewish studies professors." Available as a PDF file Archived 2016-07-26 at the Wayback Machine on the website of the Association for Jewish Studies, "About Us" page. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
- ^ Band (1966), p. 5. In the 2002 reprint, Studies in Modern Jewish Literature, p. 391.
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