Adam L. Rovner

Adam Rovner is Professor of English and Jewish Literature and serves as Director of the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver, where he has taught since 2008. He received his MA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1998) and a PhD from Indiana University-Bloomington (2003). Professor Rovner was selected as a Lady Davis Fellow in the Department of English at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2015-2016). He has published academic work on literature and history in leading journals and scholarly volumes. His general interest articles have appeared in numerous outlets, including History Today (UK), American History, World Literature Today, and Words Without Borders. Rovner is the author of two books, the acclaimed In the Shadow of Zion (NYU, 2014) and the Kirkus-starred The Jew Who Would Be King (UC Press, 2025).