Assessing the "Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research": Early Modern and Modern

Session Submission Type: Panel Session

Session Sponsor: American Academy for Jewish Research

Abstract

David Sorkin (david.sorkin@yale.edu)
Yale University
Vice-President, American Academy for Jewish Research

This is a proposal for two sessions that respond to the call: "… as part of our 50th year celebration, a special anniversary division called “50 and Forward” … a session that reflects on the evolution and structure of our professional organization and its place within the fields that constitute it."

As part of its Centenary celebration, the American Academy for Jewish Research is undertaking an intellectual history of the organization through an evaluation of the contributions of the Proceedings of the AAJR to various fields of Jewish Studies scholarship. One session is devoted to the ancient and medieval periods, the other to the early modern and modern periods. These sessions contribute to an assessment of the evolution of the fields served by AJS through the lens of the PAAJR.

Session Two Chair: Todd Endelman (U. of Michigan) Early Modern: Elisheva Carlebach (Columbia) Modern: John Efron (U. of California-Berkeley) Pinkasim: Gershon Hundert (McGill)

Sub Unit

• 50 and Forward: Special Anniversary Division

Cosponsors

• Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History, Literature, and Culture

• Modern Jewish History in Europe, Asia, Israel, and Other Communities

Chair

• Todd Michael Endelman, University of Michigan

Individual Presentations

• The Emergence of the Early Modern Period as seen in the pages of the PAAJR - Elisheva Carlebach, Columbia University

• The Modern Period - John Efron, University of California, Berkeley

• The AAJR, B. D. Weinryb, and the Study of Pinkassim - Gershon D. Hundert, McGill University