Noam Pianko
Professor, Chair, Comparative Religion Program
Contact
- npianko@uw.edu
- (206) 543-4854
- Thomson Hall 417
- http://www.noampianko.net/
About
Prof. Pianko is not accepting new MA or PhD students for the 2025-2026 academic year
Noam Pianko is the Samuel N. Stroum Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies. He received his Ph.D. in Religious Studies/Judaic Studies from Yale University in 2004 and joined the Jackson School faculty as an Assistant Professor in the fall of that year.
Education
- Yale University, Ph.D. Religious Studies/Judaic Studies, 2004
Selected Courses
- JEW ST 210 Funny Jews: Jewish Humor and American Identity
- JEW ST 358 Jewish Thought
- JSIS 495 Task Force: Defining Anti-Semitism in a Global Context
- JSIS 498 Israel Today in Historical Context
- JSIS 498 Readings in International Studies: Israel After Gaza: Recent Events in Historical Perspective
- JSIS C 145 Introduction to Judaism
