Conference: New Directions in Jewish Intellectual History. Knowledge Production and Modernity, University of Chicago
The Joyce Z. and Jacob Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies and the University of Chicago Divinity School host a conference in memory of Paul Mendes-Flohr, Dorothy Grant Maclear Professor Emeritus of Modern Jewish History and Thought, on November 8 and 9, 2026 in Swift Hall and on Zoom. Fifteen former students and colleagues present work reflecting his interdisciplinary scholarship. The panels cover European Jewish thought and cultural production, Jewish intellectual production and gender, Zionism and the Middle East, and American Jewish thought, closing with a conversation on the Jewish Enlightenment from Arab perspectives. Contributors include Sarah Hammerschlag, Leora Auslander and Orit Bashkin. Separate registration is required for attendance in person and via Zoom.
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