About

Mika Ahuvia

Mika Ahuvia is an associate professor of Classical Judaism in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, where she is affiliated with the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies. She teaches courses in Jewish Studies, comparative religion, and global studies. Her book, On My Right Michael, On My Left Gabriel: Angels in Ancient Jewish Culture, was published by the University of California Press in 2021. She co-edited the volume Placing Ancient Texts: the Rhetorical and Ritual Use of Space (Mohr Siebeck, 2018) and has published book chapters and articles on ancient ritual-magic, gender and rabbinic literature, and late antique archaeology, among other areas of interest. She received her Ph.D. in religion from Princeton University in 2014. You can find her full C.V. here or check out her public scholarship here.