What’s New, What’s Next? Innovative Methods, New Sources, and Paradigm Shifts in Jewish Studies
We invite scholars working in Jewish studies to propose panels for the international interdisciplinary conference “What’s New, What’s Next? Innovative Methods, New Sources, and Paradigm Shifts in Jewish Studies.” The aim of the conference is to explore new directions in the study of East and Central European Jews.
12-15 October 2020
At the heart of POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews is a multimedia narrative exhibition that draws upon the best recent scholarship in a broad range of disciplines. Scholars in Poland, Israel, and North America collaborated on the creation of an open historical narrative that begins in the 10th century and comes forward to the present.
The exhibition raises many of the methodological and theoretical issues central to Jewish studies today and serves as the inspiration for “What’s New, What’s Next? Innovative Methods, New Sources, and Paradigm Shifts in Jewish Studies”.
What constitutes Jewish studies today and in which direction should we be heading? Which paradigms are guiding the field today? How are theoretical and methodological developments in the humanities and social sciences shaping Jewish studies? How are scholars working in … READ MORE