Judaic Studies Workshop (JSW)
The Judaic Studies Workshop promotes the research of interested faculty at Rice, who are few in number yet broad in range of expertise and competency. Housed mainly in the History and Religious Studies Departments, the coverage of our faculty members includes all periods of history from Biblical to modern, regions of culture from the Middle East to the Americas, and kinds of life from social to philosophical. Some specific research areas of our members: Pseudepigrapha, ethnicity in the ancient world, the medieval Jewish city, Jews in Islamic lands, Judeo-Arabic, Spinoza's importance to Jewish philosophy, and philosemitism in the Human Rights Movement. The Workshop hosts regular lectures and conferences as well as an informal discussion group. Graduate students are welcome to participate in every activity. Our lectures and conferences are free and open to the public.
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