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November 2023

Old Hasidic Nigunim: Aesthetics and Semiotics 
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Old Hasidic Nigunim: Aesthetics and Semiotics 
Featuring: Michael Lukin , Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Salamone Rossi and Jewish Music in Early Modern Italy
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Salamone Rossi and Jewish Music in Early Modern Italy
Featuring: Edwin Seroussi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Rebecca Cypess, Rutgers University; Meg Bragle, University of Pennsylvania; Mauro Calcagno, University of Pennsylvania
The Emergence of Hasidic Nigunim: Teachings and Melodies
Thursday, November 2, 2023
The Emergence of Hasidic Nigunim: Teachings and Melodies
Featuring: Michael Lukin , Hebrew University of Jerusalem
From Esther of Susa to Esther of Carpentras: Questions on Gender and Sound
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
From Esther of Susa to Esther of Carpentras: Questions on Gender and Sound
Featuring: Katharina Galor , Brown University

October 2023

Signing Judaism: Moses Mendelssohn’s “Living Script” and Deaf/Jewish Emancipation
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Signing Judaism: Moses Mendelssohn’s “Living Script” and Deaf/Jewish Emancipation
Featuring: Emma M. Brodeur, University of Rochester
The Naked and the Hairy: Material Memory and Jewish Record-Keeping in Early Modern Europe
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
The Naked and the Hairy: Material Memory and Jewish Record-Keeping in Early Modern Europe
Featuring: Elisheva Carlebach, Columbia University
Opera, Heroic Masculinity, and Jewishness in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain
Monday, October 23, 2023
Opera, Heroic Masculinity, and Jewishness in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain
Featuring: Uri Erman, Ben-Gurion University
Women Cantors, Media, and the Culture of Chastisement in Early 20th Century Cantorial Music
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Women Cantors, Media, and the Culture of Chastisement in Early 20th Century Cantorial Music
Featuring: Jeremiah Lockwood, Yale Institute of Sacred Music 
Marcel Proust’s Jewish Comedy
Monday, October 16, 2023
Marcel Proust’s Jewish Comedy
Featuring: Michael Steinberg, Brown University
Connecting Musical Worlds: Crossroads in Jewish and African Studies
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Connecting Musical Worlds: Crossroads in Jewish and African Studies
Featuring: Kay Kaufman Shelemay , Harvard University

September 2023

Erich Mendel/Eric Mandel and the Archivization of Jewish Music before and after the Holocaust
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Erich Mendel/Eric Mandel and the Archivization of Jewish Music before and after the Holocaust
Featuring: Edwin Seroussi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
A Prelude: An Opening Conversation about Sound and Music in Jewish Studies
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
A Prelude: An Opening Conversation about Sound and Music in Jewish Studies
Featuring: Edwin Seroussi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Mary Channen Caldwell, University of Pennsylvania; Judah Cohen, Indiana University

May 2023

Halakhah in the Modern World: How Jewish Law Was Rethought and Reworked in Modernity
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Halakhah in the Modern World: How Jewish Law Was Rethought and Reworked in Modernity
Featuring: Yonatan Y. Brafman, Tufts University

April 2023

Living Law in Jewish Studies
April 26 - 27, 2023
Living Law in Jewish Studies
Embodying Ḥesed: Religious Gestational Surrogates in Israel
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Embodying Ḥesed: Religious Gestational Surrogates in Israel
Featuring: Elly Teman, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel