A forum for all things Judaica, from Moses to Leo Strauss. A University of Chicago Workshop. Funded by: CAS, CCJS and the HIJD Area Club.
Oct 25th, 2011 by Erik Dreff
JST_HB Workshoppers,
Join us this coming Halloween, Oct. 31, when we will be hosting Dr. Mira Balberg, Assistant Professor of Religion in the Department of Religious Studies at Northwestern University, in our workshop forum. She will be presenting on Pricing Persons: Consecration, Compensation and Individuality in the Mishnah. This event will take place at noon in Swift Hall, rm 200.
There is no paper to be read in advance.
See you all there!
Oct 20th, 2011 by Erik Dreff
JST_HB Workshoppers,
The paper for the upcoming workshop of Sara Hirschhorn, PhD Candidate in the department of History at the University of Chicago, is now <no longer> available for download HERE <at the request of the author>. Just a reminder / warning, that this is a shortened version of a larger dissertation chapter, and is not meant for citation or dissemination.
The workshop will take place on Monday, Oct. 24th, at 12pm in Swift Hall, rm. 200.
See you all there!
Sep 26th, 2011 by Erik Dreff
JST_HB Workshoppers,
Welcome back to a new and exciting year! Below, please find the schedule for the Fall quarter ’11. This year we’ll be meeting on Mondays, bi-monthly, at, our new time, noon, unless otherwise stated, in room 200 of Swift Hall.
Oct. 3rd: Dr. Michael Brenner, Professor of Jewish History and Culture at the University of Munich, also the International Vice-President of the Leo Baeck Institute and a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, will be speaking on Estranged Home: The Return of Jewish Emigrants to Postwar Germany. This event will take place in the Classics building, rm 110, @4:30-6:30.
Oct. 10th: Dr. Allan Nadler, Professor and Director of Jewish Studies at Drew University, will be speaking on Heresy in Classical Judaism. This event will take place at noon in Swift Hall, rm 200.
Oct. 24: Sara Hirschhorn, PhD Candidate in the department of History at the University of Chicago, will be presenting a chapter of her dissertation, titled Raishit Geula: Rabbi Shlomo Riskin’s Jewish American Garin and the Making of Efrat, 1973-1987. This event will take place at noon in Swift Hall, rm 200.
Oct. 31: Dr. Mira Balberg, Assistant Professor of Religion in the Department of Religious Studies at Northwestern University, will be presenting on Pricing Persons: Consecration, Compensation and Individuality in the Mishnah. This event will take place at noon in Swift Hall, rm 200.
Nov. 14: Rick Moreno, PhD Student in the History of Judaism at the University of Chicago Divinity School, will be presenting on TBD. This event will take place in Swift Hall, rm 200.
Nov. 28: Sam Brody, PhD Candidate in the History of Judaism at the University of Chicago Divinity School, will be presenting a chapter of his dissertation entitled From Political Theology to Theo-Politics: Martin Buber’s Anarchistic Inversion of Carl Schmitt. This event will take place in Swift Hall, rm 200.
Interested in presenting? We still have slots open for the Winter and Spring Quarters.
See you all there!
May 24th, 2011 by Erik Dreff
JST_HB Workshoppers,
The paper / chapters for the workshop of Prof. David Novak, University of Toronto, are <no longer> available for download here <at the request of the author>.
The workshop will take place on Tuesday, May 31st @5pm, in Swift Hall, rm 200.
See you all there!
May 17th, 2011 by Erik Dreff
JST_HB Workshoppers,
The paper for the workshop of Prof. Michael Fishbane, Nathan Cumming Professor of Jewish Studies in the Divinity School, on “Piyyut and Midrash: Between Poetic Invention and Rabbinic Convention” has been removed at the request of the author.
The workshop will take place on TUESDAY, MAY 24th, @ 5pm in Swift 200.
NOTE THE TIME AND DATE AND LOCATION!!!
See you all there!
May 9th, 2011 by Erik Dreff
JST_HB Workshoppers,
The paper for the workshop of Igor DeSouza, University of Chicago PhD Candidate, entitled “‘The First Purpose of this Treatise’: The Equivocal Terms of the Guide for the Perplexed in Some of its Commentaries,” has been removed at the request of the author.
As always, we meet in Swift Hall, rm. 403, @6pm, this time on Monday, May 16th.
See you all there!
May 5th, 2011 by Erik Dreff
JST_HB Workshoppers,
Below is the schedule of events for the rest of the Spring ’11 quarter. Stay tuned for papers and other updates.
May 16th: Igor de Souza, University of Chicago PhD Candidate, on “‘The First Purpose of this Treatise’: The Equivocal Terms of the Guide for the Perplexed in Some of its Commentaries.”
May 24 – A TUESDAY!: Prof. Michael Fishbane, Nathan Cumming Professor of Jewish Studies in the Divinity School, on “Piyyut and Midrash: Between Poetic Invention and Rabbinic Convention.”
May 30th: Sam Boyd, University of Chicago PhD Candidate in NELC, on “Contact Linguistics and Textual Reuse in the Hebrew Bible: A Socio-Linguistic Examination.”
All events are in Swift Hall, rm. 403, @ 6pm. ONLY Prof. Fishbane’s event is on a Tuesday, all others are a Monday.
Special Event:
Brought to you jointly by the Lumen Christi Institute, The Religious Ethics Club and the History of Judaism Club of the Divinity School and the JST_HB Workshop:
May 31st and June 1st: Prof. David Novak, J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair of Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto. More information to come shortly.
See you all there!
May 2nd, 2011 by Erik Dreff
JST_HB Workshoppers,
The paper for the workshop of David Gottlieb, PhD student in the History of Judaism at the University of Chicago Divinity school, on “Rupture, Repentance, and Cultural Memory: David Weiss Halivni and the Uses of Teshuvah ” is now available for download HERE.
As always we meet in Swift hall, rm. 403, @6pm, this time on Monday, May 9th.
See you all there!
Apr 25th, 2011 by Erik Dreff
JST_HB Workshoppers,
The paper for the workshop of Larisa Reznick, University of Chicago Divinity School PhD candidate in Theology, on “Rosenzweig and His Critics: The Politics of (A)political Theology” has been removed at the request of the author.
The workshop will take place at our usual time and place on Monday, May 2nd, in Swift Hall rm 403 @6pm.
See you all there!
Apr 11th, 2011 by Erik Dreff
JST_HB Workshoppers,
The paper for the workshop of Joseph Ballan, University of Chicago Divinity School PhD Candidate, on “Is the Deux Sources Theory of Religion a Supersessionist Theology? Vladimir Jankélévitch, Eliane Amado Lévy-Valensi and the Problem of ‘Bergson and Judaism.’” is <no longer> available for download here <at the request of the author>.
The workshop will take place at our usual time and place on Monday, April 18th, in Swift Hall rm 403 @6pm.
See you all there!
