Academic Lectures

How did twentieth century Argentine Jewish organizations view sexual morality? And how did these views impact the broader Jewish community? Hear guest lecturer Mir Yarfitz discuss this and more.

Historian Leon Saltiel will discuss how a series of letters from mothers in Thessaloniki to their sons helps to shed light on the history of the Holocaust in Greece.

Guest lecturer Naomi Seidman will take us inside  "the Freud craze" to explore the impact Freud's work had on Eastern European Jews. 

Scholars will discuss 50 years of Stroum Center history in a morning of panels.

Media and political attention are focused on college campuses, and Jews figure prominently in these debates. Jewish Studies programs, often the campus address for studying Jews, Judaism, and Israel, now find themselves at ground zero of public debates around academic freedom, antisemitism, and the role of higher education.  Join philosopher Dr. Gilah Kletenik and historian Dr. Devin E. Naar in a conversation moderated by former Cole Fellow, Dr. Daniel Heller to reflect on key questions provoked by our current moment. 

Join us as we welcome leading scholar on ancient Judaism and Christianity, Berndadette Brooten to campus for two evening lectures.

A public symposium on AI and the future of Holocaust research & memory will be held on campus all day on May 20, 2025.

Faculty member and Hazel D. Cole Fellow Gilah Kletenik will discuss her new book, "Sovereignty Disrupted: Spinoza and the Disparity of Reality," which looks to Spinoza's "Ethics" to consider the nature of reality, the promise of reason, and the status of humans.

Join us for a talk with Mark Letteney on his new book: Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration.

Join us for a talk on Miriam Udel's new book: Modern Jewish Worldmaking through Yiddish Children's Literature.

Join us for a talk on Paris Papamichos Chronakis' book: The Business of Transition – Jewish and Greek Merchants of Salonica from Ottoman to Greek Rule.