Solomon Schechter’s Life and Legacy: A Jewish Scholar in Victorian England (1882 - 1901)
| Created: | 2015-11-30 09:10 |
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| Institution: | Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities |
| Description: | Convenor
Theodor Dunkelgrün, University of Cambridge Summary 2015 marks the centenary of the death of Solomon Schechter (b. 1847), one of the most transformative figures in late 19th- and early 20th- century Jewish scholarship and cultural life in Britain and the United States. To explore Schechter’s life and work, and to reflect upon his intellectual and cultural legacy on both sides of the Atlantic, CRASSH and the Herbert D. Katz Center of the University of Pennsylvania have joined forces to convene a pair of conferences, one in Philadelphia, the other in Cambridge. The centenary of Schechter’s passing takes place at a moment of maturity of the historiography of the worlds in which Schechter played a pioneering role: the historical study of Judaism, Geniza-studies, 19th-century Anglo-Jewry and early 20th-century American Jewish history. As such, it presents a particularly opportune moment to think critically about Schechter’s work and its afterlife in the numerous domains of Jewish learning to which he devoted himself. With the additional support of organizations and foundations in England and the US, both occasions will bring together leading scholars from Israel, Europe and the US, including several from the institutions in which Schechter worked and thrived. Together the two conferences aim to bring into sharper focus our understanding of a pioneer of Jewish erudition and education. |
| Website: | http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/26067 |
Media items
This collection contains 9 media items.
Media items
Ben Outhwaite - Schechter's Eye for the Extraordinary
Ben Outhwaite (University of Cambridge)
Collection: Solomon Schechter’s Life and Legacy: A Jewish Scholar in Victorian England (1882 - 1901)
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 30 Nov 2015
Bernard Maier - Schechter and William Robertson Smith
Bernard Maier (University of Tübingen)
Collection: Solomon Schechter’s Life and Legacy: A Jewish Scholar in Victorian England (1882 - 1901)
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 30 Nov 2015
David Starr - Schechter as Theologian
David Starr (Brandeis University)
Collection: Solomon Schechter’s Life and Legacy: A Jewish Scholar in Victorian England (1882 - 1901)
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 30 Nov 2015
Elchanan Reiner - Schechter and Safed
Elchanan Reiner (Tel Aviv University)
Collection: Solomon Schechter’s Life and Legacy: A Jewish Scholar in Victorian England (1882 - 1901)
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 30 Nov 2015
Ephraim Kanarfogel - Schechter and Non-Geniza Rabbinic Literature from Medieval Europe
Ephraim Kanarfogel (Yeshiva University)
Collection: Solomon Schechter’s Life and Legacy: A Jewish Scholar in Victorian England (1882 - 1901)
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 30 Nov 2015
Ismar Schorsch - Leopold Zunz's influence on Solomon Schechter
Ismar Schorsch (The Jewish Theological Seminary of America)
Collection: Solomon Schechter’s Life and Legacy: A Jewish Scholar in Victorian England (1882 - 1901)
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 30 Nov 2015
Janet Soskice - Schechter and Cambridge Presbyterians
Janet Soskice (University of Cambridge)
Collection: Solomon Schechter’s Life and Legacy: A Jewish Scholar in Victorian England (1882 - 1901)
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 30 Nov 2015
Nicholas de Lange - Schechter and Cambridge
Nicholas de Lange (University of Cambridge)
Collection: Solomon Schechter’s Life and Legacy: A Jewish Scholar in Victorian England (1882 - 1901)
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 30 Nov 2015
Stefan Reif - Schechter and Liturgy
Stefan Reif (University of Cambridge)
Collection: Solomon Schechter’s Life and Legacy: A Jewish Scholar in Victorian England (1882 - 1901)
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Mon 30 Nov 2015