Cultural Archaeology of Jews and Slavs: Medieval and Early Modern Judeo-Slavic Interaction and Cross-Fertilization

Former IIAS Fellow Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern Unveils War-themed Exhibition in Chicago

21 March, 2024

Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, Ukrainian-American historian, artist, former fellow at the IIAS and part of the "Cultural Archaeology of Jews and Slavs: Medieval and Early Modern Judeo-Slavic Interaction and Cross-Fertilization" and " Cosmopolitan Spaces in an Urban Context: A Case Study of Odessa, 1880-1925" research groups, has launched his "Confronting Catastrophes" exhibition in Chicago.

Judith Kalik

FELLOW

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Judith is a professor at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research interests are East European Jewish History (Jewish relations with Church, nobility peasants, burghers, economic and administrative history, legal status of the Jews).

Moshe Taube

FELLOW

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Moshe is a professor in the Department of German, Russian and East European Studies and the Department of Linguistics at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Dan Shapira

FELLOW

Bar-Ilan University

Dan is a professor in the Department of Near Eastern History at Bar-Ilan University.

Alexander Pereswetoff-Morath

FELLOW

Royal Swedish Academy of Letters

Alexander is a professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.

Andrei Orlov

FELLOW

Marquette University

Andrei is a professor in the Department of Theology at Marquette University. His research interests are Jewish pseudepigrapha in Slavonic, Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature, and early Jewish mysticism.

Alexander Kulik

FELLOW

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Alexander is a professor in the Department of German, Russian and East European Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Anatoly A. Alexeev

FELLOW

St. Petersburg State University

Anatoly is a professor at St. Petersburg State University. His research interests are textual criticism, history of Bible translations, and intercultural and interreligious contacts in the Middle Ages.