Schwartz-Reisman Graduate Student Conference In Jewish Studies, "Nomos and Narrative"

Featuring presentations by advanced Ph.D. students in the Granovsky-Gluskin Collaborative Graduate Program in Jewish Studies. 

This conference is free and open to the public. No registration is required. To attend click here at 12:45pm ET on Monday, April 25th, 2022.

For information please see the conference program or booklet: 

Schwartz-Reisman Graduate Student Conference in Jewish Studies Public Program.pdf

Schwartz-Reisman Graduate Student Conference Public Program Booklet .pdf

Public Talk

"Between the Sacred and Sacrilege"

Description: David Zvi Kalman's work as a writer, publisher, and artist crosses the boundaries between Jewish history, contemporary material culture, and the technological future.

Featuring: 

David Zvi Kalman 
Scholar in Residence and Director of New Media, Shalom Hartman Institute of North America 

Adam Cohen
Associate Professor, University of Toronto Department of Art History and Undergraduate Director, Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies 

Dr. David Zvi Kalman is Scholar in Residence and Director of New Media at Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, where he was also a member of the inaugural cohort of North American David Hartman Center Fellows. David Zvi leads the Kogod Research Center ’ s research seminar on Judaism and the Natural World. David Zvi holds a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from the University of Toronto. His research touches on Jewish law, the history of technology, technology and ethics, material culture, and Islamic jurisprudence. He is the owner of Print-O-Craft Press and the KLMNOPS art house. His work can be found at www.davidzvi.com.

Dr. Adam S. Cohen is Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Toronto and Undergraduate Coordinator for the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies. He received his Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University and is a specialist in the history of European illuminated manuscripts from the Middle Ages. He has written and edited numerous books and articles on both Christian and Hebrew subjects. For the general public, he has written Signs and Wonders: 100 Haggadah Masterpieces (Jerusalem: Toby Press, 2018), a history of the illustrated haggadah from the Middle Ages to the present.

Place: Zoom Webinar 

To attend, CLICK HERE at 4:00pm ET on Monday, April 25th, 2022