Melanie Landau - School of Historical Studies Staff
Position
Lecturer, Jewish StudiesPhone
61-3-9902 9940Address
School of Historical StudiesAustralian Centre for Jewish Civilisation
Building 11
Monash University Victoria 3800
Australia
Location
Building H, 8th Floor, Caulfield Campus
Personal History
Melanie Landau has studied and taught Jewish texts in Australia, Israel and the US. She completed a Masters in Psychoanalytic Studies as well as a combined law degree.
Her research interests are in gender and the development of Jewish Law. She teaches Jewish Law and Reading Gender in Judaism at the Australian Centre for the Study of Jewish Civilisation. From 2000-2002 she was a Jerusalem Fellow at the Mandel School for Educational and Social Leadership in Jerusalem. Melanie is the co-founder and facilitator of Darsheini, the community learning program of the Centre. She is also a mother of two children who is interested in the transformational capacity of individuals and groups as well as creating community across differences.
Current Research
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Major Publications
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Areas of Research & Supervision
Jewish Law, Jewish Feminist theory and practice, rabbinic literature.
Teaching
JWC2/3020 - Jewish Law
JWC2/3270 - Reading gender in Judaism
JWM4/5050 - Rethinking Jewish community in Australia