Eli Zuzovsky’s debut novel, Mazeltov, based on his Harvard thesis (which received a special citation at the CJS’s 2021 Weinstein Prize), is coming out in two weeks from Macmillan/Henry Holt. The Harvard Book Store selected the book for their New Voices in Fiction Club and invited Eli to do an event with Claire Messud (Zuzovsky’s thesis advisor). The event…
Attention Graduate and Undergraduate Harvard students! The CJS is pleased to announce that the application process for the following funding opportunities will open TOMORROW, 2.4.2025: Fund Type Summer 2025 Fellowships for Study and Research in Jewish Studies for Undergraduate Students The 2025 Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies for Undergraduate Students Summer 2025…
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Spring 2025 Events at the Julis-Rabinowitz program on Jewish and Israeli Law, Harvard Law School. Tuesday February 4 @ 12:15 pm Hauser Hall 101 “The Judicial Overhaul in Israel: A Political Perspective on Executive Aggrandizement” Oded Haklai, Professor, Department of Political Studies; Director, Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity, Queen’s University; Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead…
The CJS is sponsoring and co-sponsoring the following events during the month of February. Please check each individual event page for more detailed information. We look forward to seeing you! February 3, 20256:00 pm “Empire and Epistemicide” | Annette Yoshiko Reed February 10, 20254:00 pm Black & Jewish, a Talk Series | “400 Miles to…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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:…
