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Public Lectures Autumn 2018

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Thursday October 11th

How did Rabbis of the Talmud learn about medicine?

Mark Geller

Reception from 6.30pm, foyer, Roberts Building.

Lecture at 7.00pm David Davies lecture theatre G08, Roberts Building.

Entrance to both via UCL Roberts Building, Malet Place WC1E 7JE.

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Monday October 15th

Dr Gumpertz Levisohn: physician and  maskil - the London years (1770-1780)

Kenneth Collins

Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Reception from 6.30pm Anatomy Building foyer, Lecture 7.00 Gavin de Beer lecture theatre.

UCL Medical Sciences and Anatomy Building, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT.

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Thursday October 18th

IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND

Zionism and Jewish Identity

Jack Omer-Jackaman

Kings College London

Reception from 6.30pm, foyer, Roberts Building

Lecture 7.00pm David Davies lecture theatre G08, Roberts Building

Entrance to both via UCL Roberts Building, Malet Place WC1E 7JE.

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Wednesday October 22nd

Bilingual Rabbis: Mapping the Use of Languages in the Talmud Yerushalmi

Willem Smelik, UCL

Reception from 6.30pm, foyer, Lecture 7.00pm David Davies lecture theatre G08, Roberts Building. Entrance to both via UCL Roberts Building, Malet Place WC1E 7JE.

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Wednesday October 31st

The Jewish calendar 921/2: when Palestinians and Babylonians celebrated the festivals on different dates

Sacha Stern, UCL

PLEASE NOTE REVISED TIMING AND VENUE FOR THIS EVENT
Lecture 6.30pm, Followed by drinks. Cruciform lecture theatre 2, Cruciform Building, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, entrance opposite UCL main gate.

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Monday November 12th

IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ANGLO-ISRAEL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Food and Alcohol in Iron Age Israel and Judah: Archaeological Perspectives

Rebekah Welton, University of Essex

Lecture 6.00pm, theatre G6, Institute of Archaeology 31-34 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PY.


Thursday November 15th

JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND 125th ANNIVERSARY EVENT

Back to the Future

David Latchman

CHANGE OF VENUE

It will now take place in the Jeremy Bentham Room, Wilkins Octagon (centre of the main Wilkins building, next to the Main Library entrance, between the North and South Cloisters). Reception is in the Garden Room as advertised.


Thursday November 29th (CHANGE OF DATE & LOCATION)

DAVID EISENBERG MEMORIAL LECTURE

The House and the Book: sanctuary and scripture in late antique Judaism and Christianity, and early Islam

Gerald Hawting, SOAS

The Institute of Archaeology lecture theatre G6, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY. Drinks from 6pm, lecture 6.30pm

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