Past Events

See Upcoming Events

December 2024

Bodies in [E]motion: Affect and Rabbinic Ritual Law
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Bodies in [E]motion: Affect and Rabbinic Ritual Law
Featuring: Sarah Wolf, Jewish Theological Seminary

November 2024

As a Seal upon Thy Heart: Jewish Love Magic
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
As a Seal upon Thy Heart: Jewish Love Magic
Featuring: Ortal-Paz Saar , Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Jewish Perspectives on Health in Eastern Europe (Nineteenth–Twentieth Century)
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Jewish Perspectives on Health in Eastern Europe (Nineteenth–Twentieth Century)
Featuring: Marek Tuszewicki, Jagiellonian University in Krakow
Science Brokers: Sephardic Physicians in Eighteenth-Century Societies
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Science Brokers: Sephardic Physicians in Eighteenth-Century Societies
Featuring: Carla Vieira, School of Social Sciences and the Humanities, NOVA University of Lisbon

October 2024

The Human Body in Sefer Asaf: Eurasian Inputs and Thirteenth-Century Kabbalah
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
The Human Body in Sefer Asaf: Eurasian Inputs and Thirteenth-Century Kabbalah
Featuring: Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim
“Fantastic Beasts”: Angelic Alphabets, Raven’s Brain, and the Amazing World of Jewish Miracle Workers
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
“Fantastic Beasts”: Angelic Alphabets, Raven’s Brain, and the Amazing World of Jewish Miracle Workers
Featuring: Andrea Gondos, University of Rochester
Remedies for Women’s and Children’s Ailments in an Early Modern Yiddish Health Manual
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Remedies for Women’s and Children’s Ailments in an Early Modern Yiddish Health Manual
Featuring: Robert Jütte, Institut für Geschichte der Medizin (Stuttgart)
The Jewish Magical Tradition from Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
The Jewish Magical Tradition from Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century
Featuring: Gideon Bohak, Tel Aviv University
Premodern Histories of Jews, Medicine, and Health in the Global Age
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Premodern Histories of Jews, Medicine, and Health in the Global Age
Featuring: Magdalena Janosikova, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Documenting October 7: Collecting for the Sake of History
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Documenting October 7: Collecting for the Sake of History
Featuring: Ari Y. Kelman, Stanford University; Raquel Ukeles, National Library of Israel

September 2024

Imperial Terror and Communal Trauma at Qumran
Monday, September 30, 2024
Imperial Terror and Communal Trauma at Qumran
Featuring: Xandy Frisch, George Mason University
American Jews and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
American Jews and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Featuring: Uzi Rebhun, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Behind the Podcast: The Nightingale of Iran | Concert and Conversation
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Behind the Podcast: The Nightingale of Iran | Concert and Conversation
Featuring: Galeet Dardashti, New York University; Danielle Dardashti
Quarantine in the Prague Ghetto: Jews, Christians, and the Plague in Early Modern Europe
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Quarantine in the Prague Ghetto: Jews, Christians, and the Plague in Early Modern Europe
Featuring: Joshua Teplitsky, University of Pennsylvania