Wednesday, Nov. 12: Eugene Sheppard: German and German Jewish Understandings of Persecution, Providence, and Messianic Vengeance: 1933-1938.

Join the Jewish Studies Workshop on Wednesday, November 12th 4:30-6:00 PM in Swift 106 as we welcome Eugene Sheppard, Brandeis University Professor of Modern Jewish History and Thought to discuss his paper entitled “German and German Jewish Understandings of Persecution, Providence, and Messianic Vengeance: 1933-1938.”

Eugene Sheppard is the author of Leo Strauss and the Politics of Exile: The Making of a Political Philosopher (2007).

Snacks and coffee will be provided!  Dinner for participants will follow.

For more information, please contact David Frankel (dhfrankel@uchicago.edu)

Upcoming Jewish Studies Workshop Events:

11/4: Professor Ryan Szpiech (Department of Romance Languages and Literature, University of Michigan) will give a talk entitled “Rethinking ‘Abrahamic’ Communities: Polemical Writing and Comparative Religious Studies”.  A reception will follow. 12:00-1:30 PM – Pick 218

11/19: Erik Dreff: Spinoza, Teleology, and the Generation of Value. Snacks and coffee will be provided!  4:30-6:00 PM – Rosenwald 405

12/2: Maimonides 101 with Yoni Shemesh.  Snacks and libations will be provided!  7:00 PM – Disciples Divinity House

12/3: Jeff Fowler: Retelling Old Stories: Christian Supersessionism in Post-Emancipation Judaism.  Coffee and snacks will be provided!  4:30-6:00 PM – Rosenwald 405