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Dr. Kevin Kalish

Dr. Kevin Kalish smiling slightly with dark brown hair, beard and mustache with a little gray. He is wearing a gray blazer over a black sweater vest, a light blue button down shirt and navy blue tie
Professor of English
Tillinghast Hall, Room 311

BA, Boston University
MA, Washington University
PhD, Princeton University

After studying English and Classics as an undergraduate at Boston University, Kevin Kalish obtained his PhD in Comparative Literature at Princeton University (2009). He regularly teaches courses on the Classical Tradition and the Bible as Literature. During his time as coordinator for the program in Global Religious Studies, he helped launch the course Intro to World Religions (GRST 200). His work has appeared in various scholarly journals. His most recent book explored the story of the Sinful Woman (Luke 7:35-50) in Byzantine homilies and hymns (see the link below). Dr. Kalish is also an ordained priest in the Orthodox Church in America.

Area of Expertise

Greek and Latin Literature; the Classical Tradition in English Literature; Bible as Literature; Religion and Literature