Judaic Studies

Professor Adam Teller recognized for work in Jewish-Polish history

Teller
Medal: Zasluziny dla Kultyry Polskej
This Order of Merit is bestowed to recognize a contribution to Polish Culture.

Excerpt from Brown Daily Herald article (Feb. 24, 2015)

Adam Teller, associate professor of history and Judaic studies, was awarded the “Zasluziny dla Kultury Polskiej” — an Order of Merit for a Contribution to Polish Culture — last week. Given by the Polish Minister of Culture, the medal recognizes Teller’s central role in creating the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland. Teller contributed to the museum, which exhibits a narrative of Jewish life in Poland, by recreating the stories of Polish Jews who lived during the early modern period, between 1500 and 1800, he said.  

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