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January 2022

Round Table on Miguel Vatter's Living Law: Jewish Political Theology from Hermann Cohen to Hannah Arendt
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Round Table on Miguel Vatter's Living Law: Jewish Political Theology from Hermann Cohen to Hannah Arendt
Featuring: Miriam Jerade, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez; David Flatto, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Martin Kavka, Florida State University; Nitzan Lebovic, Lehigh University; Paula Schwebel, Ryerson University; Miguel Vatter, Deakin University

December 2021

Ancient Laws Ancient Contexts: Situating Israelites and Jews in Normative Discourses
December 15 - 16, 2021
Ancient Laws Ancient Contexts: Situating Israelites and Jews in Normative Discourses
Jewish Litigation and Legal Performance at Germany’s Imperial Supreme Court (1511–1690)
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Jewish Litigation and Legal Performance at Germany’s Imperial Supreme Court (1511–1690)
Featuring: Tamar Menashe, Columbia University
Who Counts and How? Reckoning with Continuity and Community
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Who Counts and How? Reckoning with Continuity and Community
Featuring: Gilah Kletenik, Boston University; Shaul Magid, Dartmouth College; Samira Mehta, University of Colorado Boulder; Benjamin Schreier, Pennsylvania State University
State Courts in the Governance of Jewish and Converso Atlantic Trade
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
State Courts in the Governance of Jewish and Converso Atlantic Trade
Featuring: Daniel Strum, University of São Paulo

November 2021

Muhammad's Marriages with Arabian Jewish War Captives in the Early Muslim Sources
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Muhammad's Marriages with Arabian Jewish War Captives in the Early Muslim Sources
Featuring: Hamza M. Zafer, University of Washington
Jews in the U.S. Racial Landscape
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Jews in the U.S. Racial Landscape
Featuring: Sarah Imhoff, Indiana University Bloomington
Dogs and Chickens in Jerusalem: From Qumran to Rabbinic Halakhah
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Dogs and Chickens in Jerusalem: From Qumran to Rabbinic Halakhah
Featuring: Vered Noam, Tel Aviv University
Critical Race Theory and the Atlantic Jewish World: Pathways and Roadblocks
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Critical Race Theory and the Atlantic Jewish World: Pathways and Roadblocks
Featuring: Aviva Ben-Ur, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Leges Sacrae and Pig Consumption as an Identity Marker: The Textual Evidence
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Leges Sacrae and Pig Consumption as an Identity Marker: The Textual Evidence
Featuring: Guy Darshan, Tel Aviv University
Intersectionality in the Medieval Archive
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Intersectionality in the Medieval Archive
Featuring: Dorothy Kim, Brandeis University

October 2021

The Talmud in the Sea of Babylon
Thursday, October 28, 2021
The Talmud in the Sea of Babylon
Featuring: Shai Secunda, Bard College
Law, Rabbinization, and Social Networks: Some Experiments
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Law, Rabbinization, and Social Networks: Some Experiments
Featuring: Hayim Lapin, University of Maryland
The Rise of the Rabbis
Thursday, October 21, 2021
The Rise of the Rabbis
Featuring: Simcha Gross, University of Pennsylvania
The Medieval Myth of Ancient Customary Law
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
The Medieval Myth of Ancient Customary Law
Featuring: Ada Kuskowski, University of Pennsylvania