The Baron: Maurice de Hirsch and the Jewish Nineteenth Century (Stanford University Press) is an award-winning book by Matthias B. Lehmann. Prof. Lehmann will discuss his book in a Zoom webinar.
Empire, Law, Violence and the Jews: A Late Antique and Early Medieval Workshop
Co-conveners: Professor Christine Hayes and Professor Simcha Gross
Mar 17, 2025
(All Day)
Since the 6th c. BCE, Judeans and later Jews have been organized as a distinct community living within – or in the shadow of -- a succession of empires. Jewish communal structures, models of leadership,…
This talk examines the celebration of Purim in early modern Italy and the emergence of local Purims, unique commemorations established by Jewish communities to mark moments of deliverance from persecution and…
KATHRYN HELLERSTEIN is Professor of Yiddish and past Director of the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Her books of translations are: …
Contemporary Israeli theater is a vibrant world of intense creative activity. Using readings from selected scenes and screening clips from outstanding theatrical performances, this talk aims to expose the audience to…
SIMS-Katz lecture with Sacha Stern, University College London
Sacha Stern
Feb 18, 2025
at
-
As part of our Distinguished Fellowship in Jewish Manuscript Studies program, the University of Pennsylvania’s Schoenberg Institute and Herbert D. Katz Center, in partnership with the Jewish Studies Program,…
3rd Annual Howard Jay Reiter Memorial Lecture with Vered Vinitzky-Seroussi
Vered Vinitzky-Seroussi
Feb 6, 2025
at
-
Beginning with the focal point of October 7, 2023, this lecture will address the challenges associated with the memory of difficult past events, especially when the aftermath is ongoing. Examining efforts to…
The Dreyfus Affair transformed French society at the end of the nineteenth century. It also transformed the nature of Jewish identity, changing how Jews saw their place in the world and their relation to other Jews.…
Tea Arciszewska’s play Miryeml was heralded as a powerful memorial to the million children murdered in the Holocaust. In this talk, Sonia Gollance will discuss her translation of this nearly-forgotten…
How the New Sciences of Plague Are Changing Our Understanding of Responses to the Black Death
Nov 14, 2024
at
-
Even before COVID-19, major rethinking was already underway about the causes, timing, and geographic spread of what is still considered the world’s worst pandemic, the Black Death of the late medieval period. Since…
