Join us for a day of scholarship and conversation celebrating the work of Professor Michael D. Swartz, in the fields of Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, Classics, and more.
Guest Scholars include:
Ra'anan Boustan (Yale University)
Krista Dalton (Kenyon College)
Laura Lieber via Zoom (University of Regensburg)
Stuart Miller (University of Connecticut)
Annette Yoshiko Reed (Harvard University)
Laurence H. Schiffman (New York University)
Sarah Iles Johnston (The Ohio State University)
As well as other Ohio State University faculty.
For more information or questions, please contact nesa@osu.edu
Co-sponsors: Departments of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures; Classics; Comparative Studies; Melton Center for Jewish Studies; Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Center for the Study of Religion; Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization: Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean (GISRAM)
Symposium Schedule:
9:15 am - Welcome
9:30 - 10:45 am Session 1
Professor Krista Dalton (Kenyon College) “Scholastic Communities and Interplays of Piety” Professor Lawrence H. Schiffman (New York University) “From Bible to Piyyut: The Poetry of the Dead Sea Scrolls as the Sacred Bridge”
11 am - 12:15 pm Session 2
Professor Ra’anan Boustan (Yale University) “Monumental Magic: Synagogues and the Magical Arts in Late Antiquity” Professor Laura Lieber (University of Regensburg) “Practical Magic: The Unexpected Afterlives of Ancient Ritual Texts” (Zoom)
12:15 - 1:30 pm Lunch - all are welcome
1:30 - 3 pm Session 3
Professor Annette Yoshiko Reed (Harvard University) “Chains and Archipelagos of Priestly Tradition” Professor Stuart Miller (University of Connecticut) “Beyond the Rabbis: Reimagining Jewish Society in Late Antique Talmudic Erets Israel/Roman Palestine” Professor Matt Goldish (The Ohio State University) "Magic in the Rabbinic Responsa"
3:15 - 4:45 pm Session 4
Professor Michael Swartz in conversation with Professor Sarah Iles Johnston
