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Please check the School of Historical Studies event calendar for information on events, seminars, conferences, and public lectures.


Recent Events

Seminar and public meeting

Jewish Solidarity and Big Business:
Or how the Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews revitalised the economy of nineteenth-century France

The CHERHub (Culural History of Economies Research Hub) second meeting for 2008.
Seminar paper presented by Helen Davies

Monday 11th August 2008
5:00pm
The Jessie Webb Library
School of Historical Studies
University of Melbourne

Further information


2008 Pratt Oration

The People and the Book: The Invention of Printing and the Transformation of Jewish Culture

Prof David Ruderman
University of Pennsylvania

Thursday 14th August 2008
7:00pm
Prince Philip Theatre
Architecture Building
University of Melbourne

Further information


Free public seminar

Orientalism and the German Jews in the Age of Empire

Dr John Efron
University of California at Berkeley

Tuesday 5th August 2008

1:00pm
Theatre B, Old Arts Building
University of Melbourne

Further information


Free public lecture

Germany and the Rise of the Modern Jewish Doctor

Dr John Efron
University of California at Berkeley

Sunday 3rd August 2008

7:30pm
Beth Weizman Community Centre
Caufield

Further information


Free mini-conference

School of Historical Studies Research Day

Nine academics present their research.
Includes the Centre for Jewish History and Culture's Dvir Abramovich

Friday 25th July 2008

9:30am
Jessie Webb Library
John Medley Building
University of Melbourne

Further information


Free public lecture

Israel's Foreign Policy Throughout the Years

Mr Nimrod Barkan
Israeli Foreign Ministry Centre for Policy Research

Friday 27th June 2008

10:30am
Jessie Webb Library
Level 3, John Medley Building
University of Melbourne

Further information


Free public lecture

On the immorality of Bernard Schlink’s The Reader

Professor Haim Marantz
Ben Gurion University of the Negev

Wednesday 9th April 2008

1:00 - 2:00pm
Lecture Theatre C
Old Arts Building
University of Melbourne

Further information


Free public lecture

Muhammad and the Jews

Michael Lecker, Professor of Arabic Language and Literature
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Tuesday 1st April 2008

1:00 - 2:00pm
Lecture Theatre C
Old Arts Building
University of Melbourne

Further information

Free public lecture

The New Middle East: Visions, Reality, Prospects

Amotz Asa-El
Senior Commentator
Former Executive Editor of the Jerusalem Post

Friday 14th March 2008
10:00 - 11:00am
Lecture Theatre E
Old Arts Building
University of Melbourne

Further information

The Richard Pratt Oration 2007

Professor Michael B Oren
The Shalem Centre, Jerusalem, Israel

“Jews, Statehood and Power - Israel and the Challenge to Jewish Morality."

 

Please visit the School of Historical Studies event calendar for information on public lectures, forums, seminars, conferences and other news and events.

The University of Melbourne's Events listing is updated regularly, listing events from across all sections of the University.

 

  • The Richard Pratt Oration 2006

Professor Robert Alter
University of California, Berkeley

The Challenge of Translating the Bible
from Ancient Hebrew to Living Literary English

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  • Free Public Lecture 2005

Dr Ely Karmon
International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, The Interdisciplinary Centre (IDC) Herzliya, Israel

Israel Fighting on All Fronts: Terrorism, Antisemitism and Regional Challenges

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  • Free Public Lecture 2005

Professor Efraim Inbar
Director, Begin-Sadat Centre for Strategic Studies (BESA)

The National and International Implications of Israel's Disengagement from Gaza

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  • The Richard Pratt Oration 2005

Dr Fania Oz-Salzberger
University of Haifa, Israel

Biblical Judaism and Modern Ideas of Law and Justice

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  • Free Public Lecture 2005

Hirsh Goodman
Jaffee Centre for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University

Change for Peace: The Disengagement from Gaza

Download flyer here [PDF]

The Australian Association of Jewish Studies (AAJS) Conference

This annual conference is co-hosted by the Australian Association of Jewish Studies. The Centre for Jewish History and Culture hosted the most recent conference in 2006, titled 'Women in Judaism', please visit the 2006 conference web site for details. Details of the next conference, and previous conference listings can be found at the AAJS web site.

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