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December 2023

How to Talk Jewish: Listening to Jewish Voices around the World
Monday, December 4, 2023
How to Talk Jewish: Listening to Jewish Voices around the World

November 2023

The Missing Chapter in Ottoman-Jewish Musical and Cultural History: Songs, Soundscapes, and the Early Modern Society
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
The Missing Chapter in Ottoman-Jewish Musical and Cultural History: Songs, Soundscapes, and the Early Modern Society
Featuring: Hadar Feldman Samet, Tel Aviv University
Hasidic Song in a Strange Land: Ben Zion Shenker and the Nigun in America
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Hasidic Song in a Strange Land: Ben Zion Shenker and the Nigun in America
Featuring: Gordon Dale, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion
Piyyut Rising National Premiere
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Piyyut Rising National Premiere
“Why Are You Silent to Our Enemies, Dear God?”: Music Facing the Holocaust
Thursday, November 16, 2023
“Why Are You Silent to Our Enemies, Dear God?”: Music Facing the Holocaust
Featuring: Anna Shternshis, University of Toronto
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