Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by:

David Barak-Gorodetsky (Visiting Fellow, Divinity School, University of Chicago)

Please join us for a meeting of the Jewish Studies Workshop, with a presentation by:

Matthew Johnson (PhD Candidate, Germanic Studies, University of Chicago)

“Glikl’s Circulation: Philology, Translation, and Value”

Monday February 1, 2021 at 2:00 PM Central (via Zoom)

Matthew’s paper, to be read in advance of the session, is available for download below. The password to the document will be emailed to the Jewish Studies Workshop email listserv. If you would like to be added to this listserv, please click the “Subscribe” tab above.

To join the Zoom meeting, click here

(Meeting ID: 943 9606 6467 / Password: Glikl )

Pre-circulated Paper: Johnson_Glikl_JSW

Please join us for a meeting of the Jewish Studies Workshop, with a presentation by:

Adriana Jacobs (Associate Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature, University of Oxford)

“Translation and Catastrophe: Hezy Leskly’s ‘Zombie Memories’ ”

Tuesday, January 19, 2020 at 5:30 PM Central (via Zoom)

To join the Zoom meeting, click here

(Meeting ID: 977 3910 9099 / Password: zombies)

Chapter from Professor Jacob’s book, to be read in advance (Password: cocktail): yeshurun_SC_jacobs

Please join us for a joint meeting of the Jewish Studies Workshop and the Islamic Studies Workshop, with a presentation by:

Adi Shiran (PhD Candidate, Divinity School, University of Chicago)

“Not All Minds Are Meant To Be Free: The Textual History of Maimonides’ Interpretation to the Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart”

Monday, November 30, 2020 at 5:30 PM Central (via Zoom)

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(Meeting ID:  920 1814 3708 / Password: hardheart)

*no paper to be read in advance of the workshop*

Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by:

Mendel Kranz (PhD Candidate, Divinity School, University of Chicago)

“Jacques Hassoun and the Politics of the Arab-Jew in Postcolonial France”

Monday, November 16, 2020 at 5:30 PM Central (via Zoom)

Mendel’s paper, to be read in advance of the session, is available for download below. The password to the document will be emailed to the Jewish Studies Workshop email listserv. If you would like to be added to this listserv, please click the “Subscribe” tab above..

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(Meeting ID: 998 5631 3068  / Password: hassoun)

Pre-circulated Paper: kranz_JS_workshop

Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for our first event of the 2020-21 academic year, a presentation by:

Yiftach Ofek (PhD Candidate, Divinity School, University of Chicago)

“Gershom Scholem: The Jew as Anti-Bourgeois”

With a response by:

Matthew Johnson (PhD Candidate, Germanic Studies, University of Chicago)

Monday, October 19, 2020 at 5:30 PM Central (via Zoom)

Yiftach’s in-progress dissertation chapter, to be read in advance of the workshop, is available below. The password to the document will be emailed to the Jewish Studies Workshop email listserv. If you would like to be added to this listserv, please click the “Subscribe” tab above.

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(Meeting ID: 915 0389 6725  / Password: Scholem)

Pre-circulated Paper: Ofek_Yiftach_Scholem

Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for our final event of the 2019-20 academic year, a presentation by

Anna Band (PhD Candidate, Department of History, University of Chicago)

“At Home in Berlin? The Representation of the Pension in Modern Jewish Literature”

Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 5:00 PM Central (via Zoom)

Anna’s in-progress dissertation chapter, to be read in advance of the workshop, is available on this website. The password to the document will be emailed to the Jewish Studies Workshop email listserv. If you would like to be added to this listserv, please click the “Subscribe” tab above.

To join the Zoom meeting, click here.

(Meeting ID: 991 2256 5918  / Password: 672776)

Please prepare the readings in advance of the workshop to ensure a lively and informed discussion.

Emmanuel Lévinas, “Jeunesse d’Israël” (French)

Emmanuel Lévinas, “The Youth of Israel” (English)

Emmanuel Lévinas, “Les Villes-refuges” (French)

Emmanuel Lévinas, “Cities of Refuge” (English)

Philip Levine, “What Work Is”