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December 2024

Closing Seminar
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Closing Seminar
Spirit Possession in Judaism: A Brief History
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Spirit Possession in Judaism: A Brief History
Featuring: J. H. (Yossi) Chajes, University of Haifa
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
Plague and the Persecution of Minorities: How the New Sciences of Plague Are Changing Our Understanding of Responses to the Black Death
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Plague and the Persecution of Minorities: How the New Sciences of Plague Are Changing Our Understanding of Responses to the Black Death
Featuring: Monica H. Green
Mental Health, Illness, and Disability in Late Antique Judaism
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Mental Health, Illness, and Disability in Late Antique Judaism
Featuring: Lennart Lehmhaus, University of Tübingen
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