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Hester Gelber
Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies, Emerita
Professor of Religious Studies, Emerita
1974: Ph.D., Medieval History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1967: M.A., Medieval History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1965: B.A., History (medieval focus), Cornell University
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Hester Gelber specializes in late medieval religious thought. She has taught courses on philosophy of religion as well as medieval Christianity. She has written extensively on medieval Dominicans, including: Exploring the Boundaries of Reason: Three Questions on the Nature of God by Robert Holcot OP and most recently It Could Have Been Otherwise: Contingency and Necessity in Dominican Theology at Oxford 1300-1350. She has now retired.
Professor Gelber received her Ph.D. in History from the University of Wisconsin in 1974 and has taught at èצӰÏñ since 1978, beginning as a part-time lecturer in Philosophy before moving to Religious Studies in 1982.