BA, Phd
Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Chair of Jewish Studies

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• 1975 - B.A. - University of Toronto - Philosophy
• 1978 - LL.B. - Osgoode Hall Law School
• 1979 - LL.M. - New York University School of Law - International Legal Studies
• 1980-81 - Lady Davis Fellow - Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel - Institute for Research in Jewish Law
• 1982-2000 - Lawyer and member of Bar in Province of Ontario
• 1992 - M.A. - University of Toronto - Religious Studies
• 1999 - Ph.D. - University of Toronto - Religious Studies - Medieval Jewish Thought
• 2000 - Present - - - Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Chair of Jewish Studies - University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

• 1978 - First Place - Bora Laskin Essay Competition on Jewish Law
• 1980-81 - - Lady Davis Fellowship
• 2003 - Canadian Jewish Book Award - Jewish Thought for Maimonides and the Hermeneutics of Concealment

PUBLICATIONS

• Professor Diamond has published numerous articles, book reviews  and papers and is the author of Maimonides and the Hermeneutics of Concealment: Deciphering Scripture and Midrash in the Guide of the Perplexed , SUNY Press, Albany, N.Y. –Jewish Philosophy Series

COMMITTEES

• Curriculum Committee- Religious Studies
• Ph.D. Committee- Religious Studies
• Jewish Studies Committee
• Jewish Studies Distinguished Guest Lecture Series- Coordination, Planning, Speaker Introductions
• Member- Interdisciplinary Studies Programmes Board

DIRECTOR - Friedberg Genizah Project

• Direction and coordination of 13 teams worldwide (Princeton, Cambridge, Jewish Theological Seminary, Hebrew University, Yeshivah University) cataloguing, transcribing, translating, digitizing medieval documents discovered in the Cairo Geniza. Project now associated chiefly with University of Waterloo.