Jews on the Move - Translocations, Transmissions & Transformations in Jewish Culture
Directors:
Elisheva Baumgarten, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Steven P. Weitzman, University of Pennsylvania
Throughout recorded Jewish history, from antiquity to the present, Jews have relocated as immigrants, refugees, and travelers, and various kinds of movement ־ exile, migration, pilgrimage ־ as well as the movement of ideas and practice, have shaped Jewish history and culture. “Jews on the Move” is an intensive, week-long graduate level program. It offers the opportunity to work with internationally recognized scholars, in archives and libraries, and will include day trips in Jerusalem.
The program is geared toward graduate students from the various subfields of Jewish studies in the humanities and the social sciences, including students who are interested in various aspects of the Jewish past as well as those focused on present-day realities.
Faculty:
Ra’anan Boustan, UCLA
Tobias Brinkmann, Penn State University
Jackie Feldman, Ben-Gurion University
Galit Hasan-Rokem, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Boaz Huss, Ben-Gurion University
Debra Kaplan, Bar-Ilan University
Michael P. Kramer, Bar-Ilan University
Vivian Liska, University of Antwerp
Ilana Pardes, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Andrea Schatz, King’s College London
