This seminar series is held under the joint auspices of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies, the Faculty of Theology & Religion and the Centre for the Study of the Bible. It is designed to create a forum for considering recent developments in modern Jewish thought. In particular, these seminars are intended to provide a forum for discussing recently published books in the field.
Trinity Term 2023
Wednesdays at 5pm UK Time (unless otherwise stated)
Online via Zoom (unless otherwise stated)
Conveners: Miri Freud-Kandel and Daniel M. Herskowitz
Week 1, Monday 24 April at 4pm, hybrid session (Catherine Lewis Lecture Room, Clarendon Institute, and online)
Professor Miguel Vatter (Deakin University) will discuss his book, Living Law: Jewish Political Theology from Hermann Cohen to Hannah Arendt
This lecture will be a hybrid session which will be accessible both online (see below) and in person in the Catherine Lewis Lecture Room, Clarendon Institute, Oxford OX1 2HG.
No need to register if attending in person.
In order to participate in this lecture online, please register at this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctc-2pqz0rG9c6M5pg2xx76QIDO9sqhmK2
Please see the poster here.
Week 2, 3 May
Professor Daniel Lasker (Ben Gurion University) will discuss his book, Karaism: An Introduction to the Oldest Surviving Alternative Judaism
In order to participate in this lecture, please register at this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvfuusqzMvH9Ojuk42UapJLp387Iq5qlZQ
Please see the poster here.
Week 4, 17 May
Professor Michal Raucher (Rutgers University) will discuss her book, Conceiving Agency: Reproductive Authority among Haredi Women
In order to participate in this lecture, please register at this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrd-mqrT0jGtLLpW_TzIP4NjP0XKrNBVia
Please see the poster here.
Week 6, 31 May
Professor Nancy Sinkoff (Rutgers University) will discuss her book, From Left to Right: Lucy S. Dawidowicz, the New York Intellectuals, and the Politics of Jewish History
In order to participate in this lecture, please register at this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvde-pqTsoGdAP0GqqevOraSAYxf5RmVvi
Please see the poster here.
Week 8, 14 June
Professor Dana Hollander (McMaster University) will discuss her book, Ethics Out of Law: Hermann Cohen and the “Neighbor”
In order to participate in this lecture, please register at this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtd-6pqjIpHNFCATer6omWaaNlolD8wmhV
Please see the poster here.
All lectures are open to the general public.