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Daniel Boyarin Wins Alexander von Humboldt Research Award for Stay at Freie Universität / Public Lecture on June 12, 2017. ' 061/2017 from Mar 30, 2017 The American Jewish studies scholar and professor of religion Daniel Boyarin from the University of California, Berkeley, received a research award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for his outstanding scholarly achievements in the field of Jewish studies. The award is linked with a research stay at Freie Universität's Seminar for Catholic Theology during the first half of 2017. Boyarin's host will be Rainer Kampling, a professor of Biblical theology and the New Testament at Freie Universität. On June 12, 2017, Daniel Boyarin will give a public lecture in English on "Luther's Judenthum and the Jewish Turn to Judaism ." Admission is free. Daniel Boyarin, who was born in 1946, studied Hebrew literature and Semitic languages at Goddard College, Columbia University, New York. He earned his doctorate at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America by editing a critical edition of the treatise "Nasir." He has conducted research and taught at various universities in Israel and the USA.