Prof. Dr. Karl P. Donfried

Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922 Professor Emeritus of Religion, Smith College
Director of Studies - Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies (CCDS)

Biography

Dr. Karl Donfried was educated at Columbia College, Harvard Divinity School, and the Union Theological Seminary in New York, before obtaining his PhD in Theology from the University of Heidelberg. He was first appointed to the faculty of Smith College in 1968 and served as the Elizabeth A. Woodson Professor of Religion and Biblical Literature until 2005. He has also served as a Visiting Professor at Freie Universität and Humboldt Universität in Berlin, Germany; Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel; and Yale University Divinity School in Connecticut, USA.