Seth Ward
Consultant, Teacher, and Expert Witness in Denver, Colorado
Dr. Seth Ward taught Islam, Judaism and Middle East in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Wyoming from January 2003 to retirement in the summer of 2022. Previously, Ward taught at the University of Denver for ten years, where he directed the University of Denver’s Institute for Islamic-Judaic Studies. Ward also taught as a sabbatical replacement and lecturer at CU-Boulder for two years, introducing a Judaic Studies program, at Colorado College and the University of Colorado, Denver and came to Denver after six years teaching at the University of Haifa and the Technion.
Ward's degrees are from Yale University, with additional studies at Hebrew University and the Jewish Theological Seminary. His PhD studied Shari'a law relating to Synagogues and Churches. He taught courses on Islam, Middle East, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, Encounters between religions, Women in Judaism, Women and Islam, Splendor of Spain, Kabbalah and Sufism, and other topics. Ward initiated and taught the Arabic program at the University of Denver and taught both Arabic and Hebrew at UW. He was a Wyoming Humanities Council “ThinkWy” presenter for over a decade and is a Brandeis Schusterman Institute for Israel Studies Fellow.
Ward has been an Expert Witness and Consultant for cases involving Islamic, Jewish or Middle East issues, including deposition and court testimony about Muslim prisoners, religious civil rights, marital status and more.
Dr. Ward's interests include Jewish-Muslim relations, comparative religion and scripture, Crypto-Judaism, Medieval and modern Middle East studies, Hebrew, Arabic and related languages, including translation and teaching, Jewish and Israeli music and more. Dr. Ward is a Board member of the Society for Crypto-Jewish Studies and Western Judaic Studies Association, and President of the Board of Directors of the Colorado Hebrew Chorale http://coloradohebrewchorale.org. He enjoys keeping up with former students and colleagues, and conducting Alumni interviews.
Dr. Ward has led Saturday morning services at what's now known as Kehillat Kavod for over three decades.
From 2009-2019, Dr. Ward directed an annual Middle East Field Course on Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Holocaust and the State of Israel, with excursions to Egypt and Jordan, and is available to consult, lead or organize Middle East travel.
He is widely published in scholarly journals, and posts at http://drsethward.wordpress.com.
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