The Center is pleased to co-sponsor this event hosted by the Dept. of Romance Studies: The Department of Romance Studies is holding a lecture to celebrate the career of newly-retired faculty member Rosa Perelmuter. Professor Perelmuter was an active … Read more
Lunch Seminar for graduate students and faculty members featuring lightening talks by five faculty members affiliated with the Center: Jodi Magness: Jerusalem through the Ages: From Its Beginnings to the Crusades and Ancient Synagogues in Palestine Gabrielle Berlinger & … Read more
Lunch Seminar for graduate students and faculty members with with Derek Penslar, Harvard University Topic: Antisemitism on Campuses Title: TBA Lunch will be served. RSVP required. Note: Community lecture with Derek Penslar is scheduled for Oct 28, 5:30pm. … Read more
Save the Date: October 28, 5:30pm Eli N. Evans Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies Decentering the 1948 Palestine War: From the Local to the Global with Derek Penslar, Harvard University This talk links the Palestine Question with the … Read more
The Center is pleased to co-sponsor this event hosted by Hillel: An Evening with Abe: A Story of Resilience and Survival Steve Goldberg will share the story of his friend Abe Piask, a Holocaust survivor. Tentative: November 11, … Read more
Lunch Seminar for graduate students and faculty members with Carol A. Newsom, Emory University, Charles Howard Candler Professor Emerita Topic: Dead Sea Scrolls Title TBA A reading will be sent to all registered attendees prior to the seminar. … Read more
RESCHEDULING: We will announce a new date soon. Lunch Seminar for graduate students and faculty members with Rabbi Solomon Hoffman RSVP will be required.
Class Visit / open to the public; remote talk on Zoom. Elizabeth Graver (Boston College) will join us on Zoom to discuss her new novel Kantika: A dazzling Sephardic multi-generational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana & New … Read more
Emerging Scholars Talk Each year, the Center hosts online talks given by current grad students and recent alumni affiliated with the Center to showcase their work. Monday, February 3, 2025, 5:30pm, Zoom. Registration will be required. Alison Curry poses … Read more
Save the Date: February 13, 2025, 5:30p Annual Sylvia and Irving Margolis Lecture on the Jewish Experience A Pogrom in Chicago: Antisemitism and Free Speech in Modern America with James Loeffler, Johns Hopkins University Can we stop antisemitic hate speech … Read more
