Fall Colloquium: December 15–16, 2021
Ancient Laws Ancient Contexts: Situating Israelites and Jews in Normative Discourses
In this two day online colloquium, the Katz Center brings together distinguished international scholars to consider the use of comparison in the study of premodern Jewish law.
Due February 1, 2022
New Opportunity for Penn Faculty
Penn faculty who want to become involved in the Center's annual fellowship program may now apply for a course release from the Katz Center, made possible with support from the Office of the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences.
Meet the fellows!
2021–22 Fellowship Theme: Rethinking Premodern Jewish Legal Cultures
It is with tremendous excitement that we introduce the fellows for the 2021–2022 academic year, focusing on the theme of Rethinking Premodern Jewish Legal Cultures.
About Us
Jewish History, Texts, Cultures, Ideas, and Experiences
Katz Center research spans all periods of Jewish history, from distant antiquity through to the present day; it reaches into every part of the globe where Jews have lived, and it is grounded in a wide range of disciplines and approaches.
JQR 111.3 now available.
New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review
The oldest English-language journal in the field of Jewish studies has a new issue, available online and in print. See the Table of Contents on our blog.
In partnership with Penn’s Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies
New Virtual Course
"In the Margins of a Medieval Jewish Prayer Book: What Can Physical Manuscripts Tell Us about History?" is taught by Elisabeth Hollender, Professor of Jewish History at Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
