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Mapping the Spirit: Geography of Hasidism

March 28, 2019 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

The Center for Jewish Civilization invites you to a lecture by Marcin Wodziński.

Professor Wodziński’s lecture will examine the rise of Hasidism among East European Jewry in the eighteenth century and the borders which limited the movement. Additionally, he will consider the resurrection and strength of Hasidism from the post-Holocaust era to today. These and other topics will inform the lecture about the geography of this socio-religious movement in modern Judaism.

Marcin Wodziński is Professor of Jewish history and literature, and head of the Department of Jewish Studies at the University of Wrocław. The scope of his academic interests ranges from the social history of Jews in the 19th century to the history of Jews in Silesia and Jewish material culture, especially the history of Hasidism and Haskalah. His publications include more than 100 articles in Polish, English, Hebrew, French, and Czech, nine books authored and one co-authored, and six volumes co-edited.

His publications include: Hebrew Inscriptions in Silesia from the 13th to 18th Centuries (1996); Bibliography on the History of Silesian Jewry II (2004); Haskalah and Hasidism in the Kingdom of Poland (2005); The Polish Kingdom Authority Against Hasidism (2008); Hasidism and Politics (2013). Wodziński is the editor of the Makor Academic Series / Sources of Austeria Publishing, Bibliotheca Judaica Series at the University of Wrocław Press, editor-in-chief of “Studia Judaica.”

Light refreshments will be served prior to the event. RSVP is encouraged.

Any person with an accommodation request is welcome to email us at cjcinfo@georgetown.edu. We will try to meet these accommodation requests to the best of our ability.

RSVP at mwodzinski2019.eventbrite.com

Details

Date:
March 28, 2019
Time:
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Venue

McGhee Library

Organizer

CJC Events
Phone:
(202)687-4245
Email:
georgetown.edu_i98uouke0gu1e5njlftteie0gk@group.calendar.google.com
Website:
cjc.georgetown.edu