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September 2018

The Meaning of Modernity in Modern Jewish-Islamic Contexts: An Opening Conversation
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
The Meaning of Modernity in Modern Jewish-Islamic Contexts: An Opening Conversation
Featuring: Benjamin Nathans, University of Pennsylvania; Heather J. Sharkey, University of Pennsylvania; Orit Bashkin, University of Chicago

June 2018

Science and Religion in Jefferson's America
Friday, June 8, 2018
Science and Religion in Jefferson's America
Featuring: Arthur Kiron, University of Pennsylvania

April 2018

Genizah Scribes at Work
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Genizah Scribes at Work
The Generation of the Flood: Rabbinic Stories of Cleverness, Catastrophe, and Climate Change
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
The Generation of the Flood: Rabbinic Stories of Cleverness, Catastrophe, and Climate Change
Featuring: Julia Watts Belser, Georgetown University
Science and Transformation in Jewish Culture
April 22 - 23, 2018
Science and Transformation in Jewish Culture
Kabbalah as a Science
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Kabbalah as a Science
Featuring: J. H. (Yossi) Chajes, University of Haifa
Judaism and the Phenomenon of Life: Religious, Philosophical, and Ethical Dimensions of Hans Jonas's Thought on Nature and Technology
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Judaism and the Phenomenon of Life: Religious, Philosophical, and Ethical Dimensions of Hans Jonas's Thought on Nature and Technology
Featuring: Christian Wiese, Frankfurt au Main
From Vienna to New York: Memory of a Life in Two Worlds
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
From Vienna to New York: Memory of a Life in Two Worlds
Featuring: Eric Kandel
Naturalistic Tendencies in the Priestly Source of the Torah
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Naturalistic Tendencies in the Priestly Source of the Torah
Featuring: Yitzhaq Feder, University of Haifa

March 2018

Between Discourse and Discipline: Jews and Racial Pathology
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Between Discourse and Discipline: Jews and Racial Pathology
The Rabbis as Jesters: Humor in the Face of Epistemic Absolutes
Monday, March 26, 2018
The Rabbis as Jesters: Humor in the Face of Epistemic Absolutes
The Origin of the Jews
Thursday, March 22, 2018
The Origin of the Jews
Featuring: Steven Weitzman, University of Pennsylvania
Scientific Perspectives on Jewish Mating
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Scientific Perspectives on Jewish Mating
Jewish Physicians on Jewish Diseases: The Role of Science, Culture, and Religion in Pathography
Monday, March 19, 2018
Jewish Physicians on Jewish Diseases: The Role of Science, Culture, and Religion in Pathography
Featuring: Robert Jütte, Institut für Geschichte der Medizin (Stuttgart)
Some Little-Known Sixteenth-Century Astronomical Manuscripts and the Problem of the Study of Science in Ashkenaz
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Some Little-Known Sixteenth-Century Astronomical Manuscripts and the Problem of the Study of Science in Ashkenaz
Featuring: Pavel Sládek, Charles University