PUBLIC Lecture Series AUTUMN 2016
Thursday October 20th (in conjunction with the Jewish Historical Society of England)
Daniel Langton (The University of Manchester): ‘Wandering Jews in England’s Green and Pleasant Land’
Reception 6.30pm, Gavin de Beer room. Lecture 7pm, J.Z. Young lecture theatre.
UCL Anatomy Building, Gower Street WC1E 6BT
Wednesday November 9th (raymond westbrook memorial lecture)
David Satran (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): ‘Persuasion or Compulsion: approaches to the law in early Jewish and Christian traditio
Lecture 7.00pm, Roberts 106 followed by reception in the Roberts Building foyer
UCL, Torrington Pace, WC1E 7JE
Thursday November 17th (in conjunction with the Jewish Historical Society of England)
Nicholas de Lange (University of Oxford): ‘A New Approach to Mapping Jewish History’
Reception 6.30pm, Gavin de Beer room. Lecture 7pm, J.Z. Young lecture theatre.
UCL Anatomy Building, Gower Street WC1E 6BT
Wednesday November 30th
Ilana Tahan (The British Library): ‘Digitalizing Hebrew Manuscripts’
Lecture 7.00pm, UCL venue t.b.a
Monday December 5th (in conjunction with Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society)
Ted Kaizer (Durham University): ‘“An Even More Unexpected Find” – the Synagogue of Dura-Europos and its Place in Local Society’
Lecture 6.00pm, Harrie Massey Lecture Theatre (E8), 25 Gordon Street, London WCIH OAY
Followed by refreshments, Leventis Gallery, Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PY
Thursday December 15th (in conjunction with the Jewish Historical Society of England)
Stephen Massil (Jewish Historical Society of England): ‘Naphtali Franks FRS (1715-1796) – Musician, Synagogue Warden and Communal Eminence’
Reception 6.30pm, Gavin de Beer room. Lecture 7pm, J.Z. Young lecture theatre.
UCL Anatomy Building, Gower Street WC1E 6BT
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