ANNOUNCEMENT Please Post THE MANFRED R. LEHMANN MEMORIAL MASTER WORKSHOP IN THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH BOOK Seventeenth Annual Manfred R. Lehmann Memorial Master Workshop for Faculty, Professionals, and Graduate Students May 7-8 (Sunday-Monday), 2017 Katz Center for Advanced Jewish Studies, 420 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA “Collecting Hebrew Books From the Medieval Period to the Modern Era” Professor Joseph R. Hacker The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Joseph R. Hacker, Professor emeritus of Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Fellow of Academia Ambrosiana in Milan, Italy. He has written numerous articles and edited 30 volumes of studies on the social and intellectual history of Iberian and Oriental Jewry and the history of the Hebrew book. Currently he is writing a book on the history of the Jews in the Ottoman Empire (1453-1600). Examining the history of book collecting in Jewish society from its inception to the 20th century, the 2017 Lehmann Workshop will consider changes in ideology, policy and development, explore divergent attitudes toward the preservation of Jewish culture, and analyze text choices, policies and manners of acquisition. Topics include the preservation of works in Hebrew characters in ancient synagogues, academies and genizot; important Hebrew and Judaica collections of medieval Jewish private and semi-public libraries as well as European royal, noble, ecclesiastical, university and public libraries of the Renaissance — based mainly on the collections of Christian Hebraists and Jewish grandees or scholars — several of which became institutions of the city and the nation. The workshop’s conclusion will examine the impact on Jewish book culture and its libraries of modern developments, such as the rise of the national state, Jewish emancipation, and the growth of new Jewish centers in Eastern Europe, America and Israel. For information and how to apply and register, https://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jwst/events/2017/lehmann-workshop Registration must be received by March 1, 2017. Presented by the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania Library and the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. This Workshop has been made possible by a generous contribution from the Manfred and Anne Lehmann Foundation along with grants from Albert and Nancy Friedberg. --
Arthur Kiron, Ph.D. Schottenstein-Jesselson Curator of Judaica Collections Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Libraries 3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206 T. (215) 573-7431 F. (215) 898-0559 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/judaica/ Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts 420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 T. (215) 238-1290 ext 202 F. (215) 238-1540 Wednesday and Friday http://www.library.upenn.edu/cajs/
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