Call for Papers: 13th Annual ucLADINO Judeo-Spanish Conference (Vitual) | Ladino In & Beyond the Home Keynote Speaker: Margaret E. Boyle (Bowdoin College) Conference Date: April 2, 2025 Location: University of California, Los Angeles (VIRTUAL) Application Deadline: Friday, March 1, 2025 In its thirteenth consecutive year, the ucLADINO conference supports and celebrates the growing preservation…
Forwarded | Elliot Wolfson Book Talks
Please see the message below, forwarded on behalf of the Center for the Study of World Religions at the Harvard Divinity School: Panel Discussion With Elliot Wolfson,Bettina Bergo, and Shaul Magid January 30, 2025, 3-5pm, Conference Room, CSWRRegistration is required. Please REGISTER to attend. This book panel will focus on Elliot R. Wolfson’s book Nocturnal…
NEW: View all of the CJS Newsletters online!
The CJS is happy to share that all of our newsletters–from our founding in 1976 till today– are now viewable online. Go to our more current issues or earlier ones (1976-1916) to scroll through accessible pdf files right her on our website….
Call for Papers: Third Session of an International Online Seminar for Graduate and Ph.D. Students in the Field of East European Jewish studies
INVITATION to participate in the Seminars on East European Jewish History and Culture for Graduate and PhD Students | Third Session Application Deadline for spring semester: February 21, 2025…
Hybrid Research Workshop: Socialisms in the Face of the Holocaust in Central and Eastern Europe: 80 Years to 1945
Socialisms in the Face of the Holocaust in Central and Eastern Europe: 80 Years to 1945 – Hybrid Research Workshop7-8 April 2025, University of Haifa This invitation is for scholars working at all levels, including graduate students, early career researchers, and established scholars:…
Recording Available: David Freidnreich | “Jewish Muslims: How Christians Imagined Islam as the Enemy”
The CJS is happy to present a recording of the second lecture in the Series on Jewish-Muslim Interrelations:David Freidnreich | “Jewish Muslims: How Christians Imagined Islam as the Enemy.” The event was sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies and Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program, and co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of World Religions…
“Antisemitism on Campuses” | Press Coverage
“Antisemitism on Campuses:Reflections From Jewish Studies Faculty at Major American Universities” Jewish Studies faculty from around the country were convened by Derek Penslar, Frost professor of Jewish history, Head of Harvard’s Task Force on Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Israeli Bias, and CJS Director for an afternoon of somber discussion about the state and role of higher…
CJS 2023-2024 Annual Review newsletter is available online
To read our latest Annual Review, as well as earlier newsletters, visit our Publications page. This issue includes information about all the academic work and activities in the Center over the past year: READ THE CURRENT ISSUE If you’d like to receive hard copies of our newsletters, please join our mailing list….
The CJS wishes you a happy Thanksgiving
Our office will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 28-29, 2024.We will return to work on Monday, Dec. 2, at 9:00 a.m….
NEW HLS Courses Spring 2025
Spring 2025 courses by Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson, Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Visiting Professor in Talmudic Civil Law Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson holds a PhD in Jewish Thought from Hebrew University, a J.D. from Yale, and non-denominational rabbinic ordination.He is a field scholar at the Emory Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality and…