Of interest:
Religion in Europe and the Mediterranean World, 500–1650 CE Consultation
Monday - 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
Martha Newman, University of Texas, Presiding
Theme: Monasteries, Madrasahs, and Metivtas: Centers of Religious Learning in Medieval Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
Heather Empey, McGill University
North African “Schools” in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries: Some Pre-Madrasah Institutions of Learning in the Western Mediterranean
Robert Moore, Emory University
Professionalizing the Professorate: Exclusionary Practices in Madrasahs of Mamluk Cairo (1250–1517)
Hartley Lachter, Muhlenberg College
Brotherhoods of Secrecy: Jewish Mystical Fraternities and Esoteric Discourse in Medieval Spain
Rabia Gregory, University of Missouri
Slipping Off the Wedding Ring: Mystical Authority and Women Teachers in Late Medieval Convents
Lehman Marjorie S., Jewish Theological Seminary of America
The Salonikan Jewish Community: Making Curricular Inroads Following the Spanish Expulsion
for more details: http://www.aarweb.org/Meetings/Annual_Meeting/Current_Meeting/
Monday, November 2, 2009
American Historical Association
The on-line program for the January AHA conference is now on-line:
Papers/Sessions of Potential Interest:
Alejandro Dujovne , Instituto de Desarrollo Economico y Social, Buenos Aires,
"The Translation and Publishing of Books in the Construction of Transnational Jewish Geography: The Case of the Jewish Argentinean Publishing House “Israel,” 1938–69"
http://aha.confex.com/aha/2010/webprogram/Paper3950.html
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James W. Cortada, IBM
Anthony Grafton, Princeton University
Brian E. C. Schottlaender, University of California, San Diego
Abby S. Rumsey, independent consultant
Panel: What Becomes of Print in the Digital Age?
http://aha.confex.com/aha/2010/webprogram/Session3800.html
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Papers/Sessions of Potential Interest:
Alejandro Dujovne , Instituto de Desarrollo Economico y Social, Buenos Aires,
"The Translation and Publishing of Books in the Construction of Transnational Jewish Geography: The Case of the Jewish Argentinean Publishing House “Israel,” 1938–69"
http://aha.confex.com/aha/2010/webprogram/Paper3950.html
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James W. Cortada, IBM
Anthony Grafton, Princeton University
Brian E. C. Schottlaender, University of California, San Diego
Abby S. Rumsey, independent consultant
Panel: What Becomes of Print in the Digital Age?
http://aha.confex.com/aha/2010/webprogram/Session3800.html
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2010 Lehmann Workshop Announced
THE MANFRED R. LEHMANN MEMORIAL MASTER WORKSHOP IN THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH BOOK
The Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania Library and the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, are pleased to announce the tenth annual Manfred R. Lehmann Memorial Master Workshop to be held on May 23-24, (Sunday-Monday), 2010, at the Katz Center.
This year's workshop will be led by Dr. Emile Schrijver, Curator of the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana at the University of Amsterdam. The workshop will treat "The Jewish Book In and Around Amsterdam," and will focus on three main topics: (1) the heyday of Hebrew printing in Amsterdam in the 17th century and its coming into existence; (2) the printed and manuscript book tradition of the Amsterdam Sephardim; and (3) the influence of the Amsterdam Hebrew book on surrounding Jewish communities. The last session will focus on future research agendas for the various fields of research dealt with in the earlier sessions. The sessions will include detailed readings of title pages, colophons, and relevant archival and other primary and secondary sources.
The workshop is open to professors and independent scholars, professional librarians in the field of Jewish and related studies, and graduate students in Jewish Studies. Attendance at previous workshops is not a prerequisite for admission.
Because much of the Workshop will be devoted to the reading of Hebrew texts like colophons, it is necessary that all participants be able to read non-vocalized Hebrew texts.
For faculty and professionals, tuition is $250. In addition to attendance and all materials for the workshop, the tuition includes two or three nights in a hotel (double-occupancy) for the nights of May 22 and 23 (with the option of May 21), and all meals and refreshments (all kosher) during the course of the workshop.
Graduate students may apply for a scholarship to the workshop, that covers tuition, hotel accommodations, and meals. N.B. To apply for the scholarship, a graduate student should write us giving the details of his or her academic program and a brief statement explaining how the workshop will further his or her academic studies. S/he should also ask a faculty advisor to write us a letter of recommendation on the student's behalf.
Attendance is limited. If you are interested in attending the workshop, please notify us immediately. Full payment must be received by March 1, 2010. Make checks payable to “Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.”
A registration form is available at: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jwst/registrationLW2010.pdf
Please address all correspondence to:
Lehmann Workshop
c/o Jewish Studies Program
711 Williams Hall
255 S. 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
jsp-info@sas.upenn.edu
215-898-6654
The Manfred R. Lehmann Memorial Master Workshop in the History of the Jewish Book has been made possible by a generous contribution from the Manfred and Anne Lehmann Foundation along with grants from Mr. Albert Friedberg, the Lucius N. Littauer Foundation, Andrew H. Cohn, Esq. C'66, and the University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation.
The Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania Library and the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, are pleased to announce the tenth annual Manfred R. Lehmann Memorial Master Workshop to be held on May 23-24, (Sunday-Monday), 2010, at the Katz Center.
This year's workshop will be led by Dr. Emile Schrijver, Curator of the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana at the University of Amsterdam. The workshop will treat "The Jewish Book In and Around Amsterdam," and will focus on three main topics: (1) the heyday of Hebrew printing in Amsterdam in the 17th century and its coming into existence; (2) the printed and manuscript book tradition of the Amsterdam Sephardim; and (3) the influence of the Amsterdam Hebrew book on surrounding Jewish communities. The last session will focus on future research agendas for the various fields of research dealt with in the earlier sessions. The sessions will include detailed readings of title pages, colophons, and relevant archival and other primary and secondary sources.
The workshop is open to professors and independent scholars, professional librarians in the field of Jewish and related studies, and graduate students in Jewish Studies. Attendance at previous workshops is not a prerequisite for admission.
Because much of the Workshop will be devoted to the reading of Hebrew texts like colophons, it is necessary that all participants be able to read non-vocalized Hebrew texts.
For faculty and professionals, tuition is $250. In addition to attendance and all materials for the workshop, the tuition includes two or three nights in a hotel (double-occupancy) for the nights of May 22 and 23 (with the option of May 21), and all meals and refreshments (all kosher) during the course of the workshop.
Graduate students may apply for a scholarship to the workshop, that covers tuition, hotel accommodations, and meals. N.B. To apply for the scholarship, a graduate student should write us giving the details of his or her academic program and a brief statement explaining how the workshop will further his or her academic studies. S/he should also ask a faculty advisor to write us a letter of recommendation on the student's behalf.
Attendance is limited. If you are interested in attending the workshop, please notify us immediately. Full payment must be received by March 1, 2010. Make checks payable to “Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.”
A registration form is available at: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jwst/registrationLW2010.pdf
Please address all correspondence to:
Lehmann Workshop
c/o Jewish Studies Program
711 Williams Hall
255 S. 36th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
jsp-info@sas.upenn.edu
215-898-6654
The Manfred R. Lehmann Memorial Master Workshop in the History of the Jewish Book has been made possible by a generous contribution from the Manfred and Anne Lehmann Foundation along with grants from Mr. Albert Friedberg, the Lucius N. Littauer Foundation, Andrew H. Cohn, Esq. C'66, and the University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation.
YIVO Programs of Interest
Upcoming YIVO Programs
NOTE: The lecture "Remembering (in) the Mother Tongue" by Hannah Pressman originally scheduled for Thursday, November 12 has been postponed until Thursday, May 13, 2010.
ESTABLISHING BEYS YA'AKOV: LEGITIMIZING GIRL'S RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
THURSDAY 3 DECEMBER | 3PM
DORA AND MAYER TENDLER FELLOWSHIP LECTURE · MAX WEINREICH CENTER
Agnieszka Oleszak
University College London
This presentation aims to reconstruct the history of establishing Beys Ya'akov in 1917 in Krakow as well as to explain the process of its institutionalization. This early stage in the history of Beys Ya'akov seems to be neglected in the existing research, most likely due to the lack of historical sources. In her presentationOleszak will attempt to shed new light on the early years of the school in order to illustrate the process of legitimizing the idea of institutionalized religious education for Jewish girls.
Admission: Free
RSVP: 917.606.8290 | nkahn@yivo.cjh.org
For more information, click here.
DI ROYTE YIDLEKH: FROM HEROIC MUSCLE JEWS TO LITTLE REDHEADS
THURSDAY 17 DECEMBER | 12PM
DINA ABRAMOWICZ EMERGING SCHOLAR FELLOWSHIP LECTURE · MAX WEINREICH CENTER
Dr. Rebekka Voss
The lecture traces the Yiddish term and legend of the Red Jews, the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, to its origins in Medieval German lore. It explores what different meanings the Jewish notion of the Red Jews has acquired over the centuries, how the term has been filled and refilled with new content in order to express larger ideas, central to the Jewish experience from the early modern times through modernity.
Admission: Free
RSVP: 917.606.8290 | nkahn@yivo.cjh.org
All events take place at the
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research | 15 West 16th Street
New York | NY | 10011
www.yivo.org
NOTE: The lecture "Remembering (in) the Mother Tongue" by Hannah Pressman originally scheduled for Thursday, November 12 has been postponed until Thursday, May 13, 2010.
ESTABLISHING BEYS YA'AKOV: LEGITIMIZING GIRL'S RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
THURSDAY 3 DECEMBER | 3PM
DORA AND MAYER TENDLER FELLOWSHIP LECTURE · MAX WEINREICH CENTER
Agnieszka Oleszak
University College London
This presentation aims to reconstruct the history of establishing Beys Ya'akov in 1917 in Krakow as well as to explain the process of its institutionalization. This early stage in the history of Beys Ya'akov seems to be neglected in the existing research, most likely due to the lack of historical sources. In her presentationOleszak will attempt to shed new light on the early years of the school in order to illustrate the process of legitimizing the idea of institutionalized religious education for Jewish girls.
Admission: Free
RSVP: 917.606.8290 | nkahn@yivo.cjh.org
For more information, click here.
DI ROYTE YIDLEKH: FROM HEROIC MUSCLE JEWS TO LITTLE REDHEADS
THURSDAY 17 DECEMBER | 12PM
DINA ABRAMOWICZ EMERGING SCHOLAR FELLOWSHIP LECTURE · MAX WEINREICH CENTER
Dr. Rebekka Voss
The lecture traces the Yiddish term and legend of the Red Jews, the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, to its origins in Medieval German lore. It explores what different meanings the Jewish notion of the Red Jews has acquired over the centuries, how the term has been filled and refilled with new content in order to express larger ideas, central to the Jewish experience from the early modern times through modernity.
Admission: Free
RSVP: 917.606.8290 | nkahn@yivo.cjh.org
All events take place at the
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research | 15 West 16th Street
New York | NY | 10011
www.yivo.org
November 6 in Los Angeles: GlobalPrint Conference
In LA on Friday, I will speak at a USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute Conference on "Printing Globalized":
details at: http://college.usc.edu/emsi/conferences/print_conference.html
details at: http://college.usc.edu/emsi/conferences/print_conference.html
Reminder: David Stern at the Newberry Library Thursday
In Chicago on Thursday--David Stern will speak at the Newberry Library:
The Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies
History of the Book Lectures
with co-sponsorship by the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
David Stern , University of Pennsylvania
"Through the Pages of the Past: The Jewish Book in Historical Contexts"
5:30 pm, Thursday, November 5, 2009
Advance registration required: e-mail renaissance@newberry.org or call 312-255-3514
The Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies
History of the Book Lectures
with co-sponsorship by the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
David Stern , University of Pennsylvania
"Through the Pages of the Past: The Jewish Book in Historical Contexts"
5:30 pm, Thursday, November 5, 2009
Advance registration required: e-mail renaissance@newberry.org or call 312-255-3514
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Hebrew Printing in Ukraine
The exhibit "Hebrew Printing in Ukraine" from the Kiev collection at George Washington University is now online.
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