Klingenstein Lecture

This annual Judaic Studies Lecture is sponsored by the Klingenstein Chair of Judaic Studies and the Jay Rudolph Endowment. The lecture is named for Selma Klingenstein who, along with her husband Paul, helped establish the Klingenstein Chair in Judaic Studies at New College in 2001.

The lecture is held every January and is free and open to the public. For more information, call 941-487-4888.

Previous Speakers

2013: Cynthia M. Baker, "The Essentially Ambiguous Jewess: Exploring Images of Jewish Women through the Centuries"

2012: Jordan D. Rosenblum, "Jewish Foodways: Ancient and Modern"

2011: Maxine Grossman, "What's the Use of 'Men' in Jewish Feminist Scholarship?"

2010: David Frankfurter, "Exorcism and Demons in Early Judaism"

2009: Nora Rubel, “Gefilte Fish in the Gilded Age: Jewish Women’s Activism and the Settlement Cookbook.”

2008: Jodi Magness, "The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls."

2007: David Stern, "Through the Pages of the Past: The Jewish Book in its Historical Context."

2005: Ross Kraemer, “Searching for (Jewish?) Women in Greco-Roman Narratives: Or When is a Text about a Woman a Text about a Woman.”

2004: John Marshall, "Reading Judaism while Reading Revelation: New Perspectives on the Diaspora."

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