Daniel M. Herskowitz, Smart Family Professor in Judaic Studies, Honored With Langford Lectureship Award

Herskowitz is one of four Duke professors to have received the 2025-26 Thomas Langford Lectureship Award.

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Daniel M. Herskowitz, Smart Family Professor in Judaic Studies and Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, is one of four Duke professors from three schools to have received the 2025-26 Thomas Langford Lectureship Award.

Provost Alec Gallimore, in consultation with the Committee on Appointments, Promotion and Tenure, selected the recipients of this annual award from among all recently promoted or hired faculty members.

This distinguished lecture series honors Tommy Langford, who served Duke for 41 years as Divinity School professor, dean and provost. He embodied the highest university values of scholarship, teaching, collegiality and the promotion of faculty excellence and community.

The awardees were chosen based on the appeal of their research to an interdisciplinary faculty audience, as well as their embodiment of Langford’s dedication to teaching, research and service. Each scholar will present a lunchtime lecture that is open to Duke faculty members who register for the event.

“These exemplary faculty members are making an impact through their research and scholarship and shaping the next generation of leaders,” Gallimore said. “I’m proud to be their colleague and I look forward to hearing their lectures.”

Professor Herskowitz is an intellectual historian and scholar of religion. He teaches and researches philosophy, Jewish thought, Jewish-Christian relations, nationalism and secularism. Before moving to Duke, he was a research fellow and lecturer at the University of Oxford and Columbia University. He is the author of two books, “Heidegger and His Jewish Reception” (2021), winner of the Salo W. and Jeannette M. Baron Young Scholars Award, and “The Judeo‑Christian Thought of Franz Rosenzweig” (2025). He is the editor of “Hans Jonas: The Early Years” (2025) and “Studies on the Jewish Experience” (2022). He is currently writing a book on the Second Vatican Council and the Jews.   In Fall 2025 he will be teaching a new graduate seminar on Modern Jewish Thought.

For the full article in Duke Today: https://today.duke.edu/2025/08/four-duke-scholars-honored-langford-lectureship-award