Each year, the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania offers a lineup of public programs to share the fruits of scholarly research with wider audiences. These lectures feature current fellows along with colleagues from across the field talking about new and critical issues in Jewish studies.
Visit our website for more details about this semester's excellent lineup!
Our lectures are free and open to all on Zoom.
The Revolutionary Conservatism of the Mishneh Torah
Featuring Eve Krakowski, Princeton University
Thursday, January 20 at 12pm ET | Free on Zoom
Resetting the Set Table (“Shulhan Arukh”)
Featuring Alyssa M. Gray, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Thursday, January 27 at 12pm ET | Free on Zoom
Designing the Daf: The Creation of the Talmud Page as We Know It
Featuring Edward Fram, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Thursday, March 3 at 12pm ET | Free on Zoom
Copyists, Collectors, and Curators: Stocking the Rabbinic Bookshelf
Featuring Joshua Teplitsky, Stony Brook University
Thursday, March 10 at 12pm ET | Free on Zoom
The Israeli Declaration of Independence: Between Prophetic Message and Constitutional Platform
Featuring Menahem Ben-Sasson, Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Roberta and Stanley Bogen Visiting Scholar
Tuesday, March 29 at 12pm ET | Free on Zoom
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