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April 2011

Converting Canvas: Christian Art's Struggle with Judaism from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Converting Canvas: Christian Art's Struggle with Judaism from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
Featuring: David Nirenberg, University of Chicago

May 2010

April 2010

A Conversation with Moshe Idel about His New Book: Old Worlds, New Mirrors: On Jewish Mysticism and Twentieth Century Thought
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
A Conversation with Moshe Idel about His New Book: Old Worlds, New Mirrors: On Jewish Mysticism and Twentieth Century Thought
Featuring: Moshe Idel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Vivian Liska, University of Antwerp; David Myers, University of California, L.A.; Galili Shahar, University of Florida

November 2008

The Military as a Jewish Career in Modern Europe
Monday, November 17, 2008
The Military as a Jewish Career in Modern Europe
Featuring: Derek Penslar, University of Toronto

March 2008

Saint Stephen's Bones: A Chapter in the History of Jewish-Christian Relations in Late Antiquity
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Saint Stephen's Bones: A Chapter in the History of Jewish-Christian Relations in Late Antiquity
Featuring: Paula Fredriksen, Boston University; Oded Irshai, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

January 2007

Defining the Karaites: Between Self Perception and Scholarly Evaluation
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Defining the Karaites: Between Self Perception and Scholarly Evaluation
Featuring: Haggai Ben-Shammai, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

February 2006

Exile, History, and the Nationalization of Jewish Memory
Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Exile, History, and the Nationalization of Jewish Memory
Featuring: Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, Ben-Gurion University

December 2004

People of the Land, People of the Book: The Bible and Israeli Identity
Wednesday, December 8, 2004
People of the Land, People of the Book: The Bible and Israeli Identity
Featuring: Anita Shapira, Tel Aviv University

November 2003

Fences and Neighbors: Jews and Muslims at the Last Millennium
Tuesday, November 4, 2003
Fences and Neighbors: Jews and Muslims at the Last Millennium
Featuring: Joseph E. Lowry, University of Pennsylvania; Menahem Ben-Sasson, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Marina Rustow, Johns Hopkins University

October 2002

A Medieval Accusation Made Modern: Reassessing "Ritual Murder" in Jewish History
Tuesday, October 29, 2002
A Medieval Accusation Made Modern: Reassessing "Ritual Murder" in Jewish History
Featuring: Jonathan Frankel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Hillel Kieval, Washington University in St. Louis; Benjamin Nathans, University of Pennsylvania

November 2001

October 2000

Jewish Art and Jewish History: The Universalist Tradition
Tuesday, October 31, 2000
Jewish Art and Jewish History: The Universalist Tradition
Featuring: Ezra Mendelsohn, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

November 1999

Born under Saturn: Astrology, Magic, and the Construction of Jewish and Christian Identities in Early Modern Europe
Tuesday, November 9, 1999
Born under Saturn: Astrology, Magic, and the Construction of Jewish and Christian Identities in Early Modern Europe
Featuring: Moshe Idel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Anthony Grafton, Princeton University

October 1998

Did German Jews Assimilate?  Revisiting German Jewish History
Monday, October 26, 1998
Did German Jews Assimilate? Revisiting German Jewish History
Featuring: David Sorkin, University of Wisconsin

December 1997