Public Lectures Autumn 2014

Book Launch: Medieval Latin Christian Texts on the Jewish Calendar - Philipp Nothaft, UCL
The Binding of Isaac and the Expulsion of Ishmael as a Model for the Faith of Abraham (Raymond Westbrook Memorial Lecture)- Peretz Segal, Israeli Ministry of Justice
The Visual Moses Mendelssohn (1769-2014): the Philosopher as an Icon - Richard Cohen, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Empires, Nationalisms and the First World War - Dominic Lieven, University of Cambridge
Hunt for the Jews: The case of Occupied Poland, 1942-1945 - Jan Grabowski, University of Ottowa
The Man who never threw anything away: Moses Gaster and his World - Vanessa Freedman, UCL
Christian and Jewish Tombstones from ancient Zoara/Zoora - Ilaria Bultrighini, UCL
Royal Jews - Jewish Life in Berkshire from the Readmission Till Today - Jonathan Romain, Maidenhead Synagogue