Jewish Life: Visualizing the Jewish Experience
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Since its beginnings, Leiden University has been home to scholars with a broad and diverse expertise in the histories, languages, literatures and material cultures relevant to the study of Jews and Judaism from antiquity to modern times.
In this class, four of these scholars will take you on a visual journey through various expressions of what Jewish daily life “looked” like across thousands of years and at many different locations. How can we visualize the vast experiences of people living a Jewish way of life? On our journey, we draw on archeology, history, visual studies, and exciting documents to better understand Jewish life, ritual and thought.
The visual emphasis of this course creates an accessible entry point for participants from all backgrounds. Through compelling imagery and first-person accounts, complex historical narratives and cultural traditions come alive in meaningful ways. The course requires no prior specialized knowledge—only curiosity and openness to exploring the diversity of Jewish experience. Classes meet in an interactive format that encourages dialogue and reflection. Enroll today to participate in this thought-provoking exploration of resilience, tradition, and cultural innovation through the Jewish lens.
This series was organized in cooperation with the co-director of the Leiden Jewish Studies Association.
- Jürgen Zangenberg: At Home! What Archaeology and Texts can Tell Us about Jewish Life in 1st Century Galilee
- Sarah Cramsey: Babies, Breasts and Bottles: Visualizing early childcare in the Jewish Home
- Kate Brackney: Holocaust Memory and Video Testimony
- Rebekka Grossmann: Still Lives: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany
Lecturers
Prof. dr. Jürgen Zangenberg is professor for the History and Culture of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity. Together with Sarah Cramsey, Jürgen Zangenberg is co-director of the Leiden Jewish Studies Association. In that capacity he coordinated this HOVO-series.
Prof. dr. Sarah Cramsey is the Special Chair for Central European Studies, Assistant Professor of Judaism & Diaspora Studies and Director of the Austria Centre Leiden. She is a historian of eastern Europe, the global Jewish experience throughout historical time and the significant Jewish diasporas unleased from the lands between Berlin and Moscow as a result of the Holocaust, World War II and postwar events. Together with Jürgen Zangenberg, Sarah Cramsey is co-director of the Leiden Jewish Studies Association.
Dr. Kate Brackney is Assistant Professor of History at Leiden University. Her current research explores how aesthetic norms have developed for remembering the Holocaust and other crimes against humanity. She teaches courses in modern European intellectual and cultural history.
Dr. Rebekka Grossmann is an Assistant Professor of Migration History. Her research and teaching center on the history of minority cultures. This fall she will publish her book Still Lives: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany.
Information
4 Thursdays
October 30
November 6, 13
15:15-17:00 h
November 20
16:00-18:00 h
Lectures with opportunity to ask questions.
It is possible to pose questions in Dutch.
The lecture on November 20 will be part of a book presentation, and is open to the public. This lecture is free of charge.
The lectures are in English. The readings for each class too.
It is possible to pose questions in Dutch.
The lecturers can provide a worksheet with important vocabulary terms in English with a Dutch translation.
Two hours reading at home before each session is sufficient.
A few texts for each class.
Powerpoints after each gathering.
Lectures and reading material € 129,- (tea/coffie included)