Leah Hochman
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Boston University
Judaism & Modernity, Religion & Literature

Office: 106 Anderson Hall
Phone: (352) 392-1625
Email: hochman@religion.ufl.edu

Leah Hochman is assistant professor in the Department of Religion and the Center for Jewish Studies. She graduated from Pitzer College (B.A) and Boston University (MA/PhD), with a specialty in religion and literature. Her currect project deals with the concepts of the Ugly and Ugliness in 18th and 19th century European thought and their relationship to social policy making in the late Enlightenment. In addition to courses on modern Judaism, modern Jewish thought, and Enlightenment thought, she teaches Introduction to Judaism and the senior seminar in Jewish studies. During summer session, she also teaches an intensive seminar on the social, political, religious and historical relations between Germans and Jews which includes a two-week trip to Germany. The course "Bridge of Understanding: Germans and Jews" runs in cooperation with Bridge of Understanding, an organization sponsored by the Federal Republic of Germany.