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March 2020

Lighting the Way: Doorways into the Late-Antique Jewish Home
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Lighting the Way: Doorways into the Late-Antique Jewish Home
Featuring: Gregg E. Gardner, University of British Columbia

February 2020

From a Shtetl House to an Urban Apartment: Jewish Home Transformed, Reimagined, Negotiated
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
From a Shtetl House to an Urban Apartment: Jewish Home Transformed, Reimagined, Negotiated
Featuring: Anna Kushkova, University of North Carolina
Homeless in their Home/land: Mizrahis, Gender, and Public Housing in Israel
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Homeless in their Home/land: Mizrahis, Gender, and Public Housing in Israel
Featuring: Claris Harbon, McGill University
“If Only Women Were Building the Houses”: Home Planning as a Gender Issue in Eretz Yisrael
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
“If Only Women Were Building the Houses”: Home Planning as a Gender Issue in Eretz Yisrael
Featuring: Sigal Davidi, Tel Aviv University
Dwelling with the Dead in Ancient Israel and Beyond
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Dwelling with the Dead in Ancient Israel and Beyond
Featuring: Melissa S. Cradic, Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology, Pacific School of Religion

January 2020

A Jewish Home-in-the-Making: Practice, Discourse, and Memory of German-Jewish Homemaking in Emigration
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
A Jewish Home-in-the-Making: Practice, Discourse, and Memory of German-Jewish Homemaking in Emigration
Featuring: Viola Alianov-Rautenberg, Institute for the History of German Jewry
Daedalus Quartet
Saturday, January 25, 2020
Daedalus Quartet
Early Career Scholar Workshop #3
Friday, January 24, 2020
Early Career Scholar Workshop #3
“Show Me How You Build and I’ll Tell You Who You Are”: Jewish House Inscriptions in German-Speaking Countries
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
“Show Me How You Build and I’ll Tell You Who You Are”: Jewish House Inscriptions in German-Speaking Countries
Featuring: Nathanael Riemer, University of Potsdam
Multireligious Households in Venetian Jewish Homes during the Early Modern Era
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Multireligious Households in Venetian Jewish Homes during the Early Modern Era
Featuring: Federica Francesconi, University at Albany, SUNY

December 2019

AJS Conference Reception
Monday, December 16, 2019
AJS Conference Reception
Sites of Passage: Domestic Materials in Jewish Contexts
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Sites of Passage: Domestic Materials in Jewish Contexts
Lecture: A Nation on the Couch—The Politics of Trauma in Contemporary Israel
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Lecture: A Nation on the Couch—The Politics of Trauma in Contemporary Israel
Featuring: Keren Friedman-Peleg, The College of Management-Academic Studies
Early Career Scholar Workshop #2
Friday, December 6, 2019
Early Career Scholar Workshop #2
Lecture: Transformations of the Ketubah
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Lecture: Transformations of the Ketubah
Featuring: Jeffrey Shandler, Rutgers University