Autumn Quarter 2017 Schedule

October 2 – Opening Dinner (at the Home of Professor Paul Mendes-Flohr) – 6:00PM **Please RSVP for the address**

 

October 23 – Tzvi Schoenberg (PhD Student, Divinity School), “Names and Pronouns: The Reception of Maimonides’ account of Divine Names in Yosef Gikatilla’s Early Work;” respondent: David Cohen (PhD Student, Divinity School), Harper 150

 

November 6 – Mili Leitner (PhD Candidate, Ethnomusicology), “Separate But Equal? The Palestine Broadcasting Service and the Racialization of Zionism in Mandatory Palestine;” Respondent: Chelsie May (PhD Candidate, NELC), Harper 150 **Begins at 5:15PM**

 

November 13 – Joel Swanson (MA, Divinity School),“Words Became Strangers: Edmond Jabès and the Hermeneutics of Exile;” Kirsten Collins (PhD Student, Divinity School), Harper 150 **Begins at 5:15PM**

 

November 27 – Ezra Blaustein (PhD Candidate, Divinity School), “The Impact of Islamic Notions of Abrogation on Maimonides’ Treatment of Temporary Commandments;” Jawad Qureshi (PhD Candidate, Divinity School, Islamic Studies), Harper 150 **Co-Sponsored with the Divinity School Islamic Studies Club**

 

December 6 – Michal Peles Almagor (PhD Candidate, Comparative Literature), “One City, Two Viennas: (re-)Writing Jewish-Hebrew Diaspora;” respondent: Matthew Johnson (PhD Student, Germanic Studies), Location TBA

 

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