Past Events

Events



Yellow Star, Red Star: Holocaust Remembrance after Communism with Jelena Subotic

Mar 18, 2022 at -

Book talk by Dr. Jelena Subotic, speaking on her new book, Yellow Star, Red Star: Holocaust Remembrance after Communism.

The event will also be live streamed on REES Department's:…



Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Religious Roots of Progressive Politics with Julian E. Zelizer

Feb 22, 2022 at -

Join Professor Julian Zelizer for his book talk on Abraham Joshua Heschel.



How to Read a Cookbook: Cuisine and the Nation in Ottolenghi’s London with Harry Eli Kashdan

Jan 31, 2022 at

Join us by Zoom on January 31, 2022, at 3pm EST, for a talk and discussion with Harry Eli Kashdan on the theme of “How to Read a Cookbook: Cuisine and the Nation in Ottolenghi's London.”  This event forms part of…



What I Learned After Writing ’Learning From the Germans’ with Susan Neiman

Nov 10, 2021 at -

     In Learning from the Germans, published in Fall 2019, Susan Neiman argued that Germany was far ahead of the United States in what Germans call Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung and…



Israel After Netanyahu: How Much Will Change? A Panel Discussion

Oct 5, 2021 at

Israel After Netanyahu: How Much Will Change?: A Panel Discussion

Shira Efron, Dana El Kurd, Ian Lustick, Yofi Tirosh, and moderator Nathaniel Shils



Spinoza After Marx

May 27, 2021 - May 29, 2021 at -

We are pleased to invite you to a three-day online event, "Spinoza after Marx" (May 27-29). You may register here and join the…



Alon Tam on "Virtual Coffeehouse in 20th Century Cairo"

May 9, 2021 at

Click to Register: https://fb.me/e/1BZEngHWT

 



Dr. Benjamin Balthaser, "Jewish Anti-Zionism in the 20th Century"

Apr 15, 2021 at -

This event is organized by Penn undergraduate student, Benjamin Moss-Horwitz, a 2021 Meltzer Intern in Jewish Studies: 

Registration required: 



Carlo Ginzburg & Roger Chartier, “Morphology and History: A Conversation”

Apr 12, 2021 at

Carlo Ginzburg - Scuola Normale Superiore/Pisa

Roger Chartier - University of Pennsylvania…