The Practice of Jewish Politics, 1492-1880
The Practice of Jewish Politics, 1492-1880
The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies, The Louis L. Kaplan Chair of Jewish History, The Department of History, The College of Arts and Humanities and The Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies Present:
The Practice of Jewish Politics, 1492-1880
Sunday and Monday, October 22-23, 2017
Sunday 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.,1100 Tawes Hall
Monday 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., 4116 Susquehanna Hall
This two-day conference will challenge the common assumption that organized Jewish political activity began only in recent times. In fact, Jews entered into history and became active agents of their own collective destiny even before the birth of socialist or nationalist parties. Starting in the early modern period, from the sixteenth though nineteenth centuries, Jews organized to shape their group relations with outside collectivities. In doing so, they also built institutions of self-governance for themselves. Speakers from Europe, Israel, and the U.S. will address topics ranging from Jewish consuls and court systems to Jews engagement in American elections and the political organization of Orthodoxy.
This event is sponsored by the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, the Louis L. Kaplan Chair of Jewish History, the Department of History, College of Arts and Humanities, and the Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies.
For more information on this and other events, please visit www.jewishstudies.umd.edu or contact Debra Kirsch at dakirsch@umd.edu or (301) 405-4975.
View the conference flyer here.