Calendar
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January 28, 2021 12:30pm | No location | The Role of Religion in Healing the Liberal-Conservative Divide: Lessons from Israel 'The Role of Religion in Healing the Liberal-Conservative Divide: Lessons from Israel' will be a panel discussion featuring: Tehila Friedman, a member of the Israeli Knesset (Blue and White Party) and... |
February 01, 2021 2:00pm | No location | Matthew Johnson - 'Glikl's Circulation: Philology, Gender, and Translation' Matthew Johnson, PhD Candidate, Germanic Studies, University of Chicago, will present a paper for the Jewish Studies Workshop. The link for the zoom session and an advance copy of the paper will be av... |
February 08, 2021 4:30pm | No location | Steed Davidson - 'Empire Language | Nation Language: How Bible Translations Engage Race and Empire' Steed Davidson, Professor of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, McCormick Theological Seminary, will present a paper for the Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Reception Workshop. Registration is required for t... |
February 15, 2021 4:30pm | No location | Erin Galgay Walsh - “Beware her Path: Eve in Greek and Syriac Poetry from Late Antiquity” Erin Galgay Walsh, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, University of Chicago Divinity School, will present a paper for a joint meeting of the Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Rec... |
February 15, 2021 5:30pm | No location | David Barak-Gorodetsky - 'Judah Magnes: The Prophetic Politics of a Religious Binationalist' David Barak-Gorodetsky, Visiting Israel Institute Fellow at the Divinity School, University of Chicago, will present a paper for the Jewish Studies Workshop. The link for the zoom session and an advan... |
February 16, 2021 1:00pm | No location | 'The Native Yiddish New Yorkers - Frieda Vizel on the Hasidic Community' Frieda Vizel grew up in the Satmar Hasidic community. Since leaving she has been a tour guide in Jewish Brooklyn. She blogs about the culture at friedavizel.com. In this virtual event we will go on a ... |
February 19, 2021 1:00pm | No location | A Yiddish Conversation with Frieda Vizel Frieda Vizel grew up in the Satmar Hasidic community. Since leaving she has been a tour guide in Jewish Brooklyn. She blogs about the culture at friedavizel.com. This conversation (in Yiddish) will be... |
February 22, 2021 4:00pm | No location | Jessie DeGrado - “Habitus of Empire: The Tribute Scene in Assyrian Art” Jessie DeGrado, Assistant Professor of Ancient Middle East Studies, University of Michigan, will present a paper for the Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Reception Workshop. Registration is required for ... |
March 01, 2021 5:30pm | No location | Samuel Catlin - 'The Rest is Literature: Midrash and the Institution of 'Theory' ' Samuel Catlin, PhD Candidate in the Divinity School and the Department of Comparative Literature, University of Chicago, will present a paper for the Jewish Studies Workshop. The link for the zoom ses... |
March 09, 2021 5:00pm | No location | Adele Berlin - “Song of Songs and Its Literary Context” Adele Berlin, Robert H. Smith Professor of Biblical Studies (Emerita), University of Maryland, will present a paper for the Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Reception Workshop. Registration is required f... |
March 15, 2021 5:30pm | No location | Kirsten Collins - 'Examining the Witness: Race and Judaism in the French Philosophical Imaginary' Kirsten Collins, PhD Student, Divinity School, University of Chicago, will present a paper for the Jewish Studies Workshop. The link for the zoom session and an advance copy of the paper will be avail... |