#  Anna Elena Torres 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Jewish Studies

WSRP Research Associate 2026–27

 

 

 



   ![Anna Elena Torres headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum5526/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-08/ATorres_wsrpra.jpeg?h=005d03d2&itok=5OmpNUVA) 

 



 

 email <atorres@hds.harvard.edu> 

 



 

## Education

- BA, Swarthmore College
- MTS, Harvard Divinity School
- PhD, University of California, Berkeley

## Profile

Anna Elena Torres is a scholar of comparative literature specializing in Jewish studies. Her current work examines how Yiddish literature was informed by mass migration and movements for human rights beyond the frames of statism and nationalism. For more information, visit her [profile page](https://wsrp.hds.harvard.edu/people/anna-torres) on the Harvard Divinity School Women's Studies in Religion Program website.

## Courses

[All Harvard courses](https://my.harvard.edu)



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Affiliation
    
     [Faculty](/affiliation/faculty)
- ## Alpha Grouping
    
     [P-T](/alpha-grouping/p-t)
- ## Faculty Type
    
     [Visiting Faculty](/faculty-type/visiting-faculty)