Jews, Text and Ethnography

The Tam Institute for Jewish Studies at Emory University is pleased to announce a
two day international workshop (March 18-19, 2015) convened by Prof. Don
Seeman and Dr. Shlomo Guzmen: "Jews, Text and Ethnography." This workshop
will address critical theoretical and methodological issues in the anthropology of
Judaism as well as comparative issues raised by the anthropology of textuality in
Christianity and Islam. Participants include Jonathan Boyarin (Cornell University)
Philip Wexler (the Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Ayala Fader (Fordham), Marcy
Brink Danan (The Hebrew University), Don Seeman (Emory) Alan Brill (Seton Hall),
Simon Dein (University College, London), James Bielo (Miami University) and Sam
Cooper (Bar-Ilan).
More Details to Follow.