Workshop: Jewish Studies in the Aftermath of October 7

Duke and UNC will host a workshop that aims to examine how scholars of Jewish Studies think and rethink their disciplines in the aftermath of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 and the war in Gaza. Participants will reflect on their disciplines as well as their own practices as scholars and intellectuals. Has Jewish Studies experienced a crisis in the past year? If so, can we describe its contours? Can we continue to use old paradigms and notions, or should we seek new ones? And if so, where should we look for these?

The Duke Center for Jewish Studies is grateful to the following cosponsors: Duke Department of Asian and Middle East Studies, Duke University Middle East Studies Center, Duke Department of Religious Studies, the Provost's Initiative on the Middle East at Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Religious Studies, the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies and the Franklin Humanities Institute.