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Louisiana State University

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5.08/20/2025

Always fair, encouraging, and motivating.

5.04/30/2025

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About Mari

Maria Rethelyi is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Louisiana State University, where she also serves as Director of the Jewish Studies Program and Section Head of Religious Studies. She holds a Ph.D. in Jewish Studies from the University of Chicago (2009) and an M.A. in Religion from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago (2000). Prior to her appointment at LSU, Rethelyi taught at Loyola University New Orleans and Queen's University. Her research interests encompass modern Hungarian Jewish history and literature, Jewish mysticism, Jewish race theories, gender studies, the history of nationalism, and Orientalism. She has taught courses on Jewish cultural history, gender and religion, and the history and theory of religions. Rethelyi's scholarship has contributed to the understanding of Jewish identity in the modern era, particularly through examinations of race, gender, and identity in modern Jewish thought and culture.