We learned of the Law and History
Workshop Fall 2020 at Tel Aviv University. All sessions will take place on
Zoom, and there is a limited number of slots available (registration via rachelf3@tauex.tau.ac.il) for
visitors. Here the program:
Tel Aviv University Law and
History Workshop
Fall 2020
Thursdays, 14:15 – 15:45
Organized by: Rachel Friedman,
Ron Harris & Assaf Likhovski
Nov. 5, 2020, Jedidiah Kroncke,
University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, The Harvard Model as Domestic
and International Export: A Translocal Movement of Elite Legal Integration
Nov. 12, 2020, Yair Lorberbaum,
Bar Ilan University Faculty of Law, The Rise of Halakhic Religiosity of
Mystery and Transcendence [paper and discussion in Hebrew]
Nov. 19, 2020, Aviram Shahal,
Michigan Law School, From Konstitutzya to Huka:
The Adoption of a Hebrew Term for a Constitution [discussion in Hebrew]
Nov. 26, 2020, Vanessa Ogle,
University of California, Berkeley, Department of History, “Funk Money:” The
End of Empires, the Expansion of Tax Havens, and Decolonization as an Economic
and Financial Event
Dec. 3, 2020, Rowan Dorin,
Stanford University, Department of History, The Bishop as Lawmaker in
Late Medieval Europe
Dec. 10, 2020, Geraldine Gudefin,
American University Department of History & Tel Aviv University, Berg
Institute, “An Innocent Candor that Left No Doubt as to her Sincerity”:
East European Jewish Women and Jewish Law in Early 20th-Century American
Courts”
Dec. 17, 2020, Emily Kadens,
Northwestern Law School, “The Dark Side of Commerce: Trust, Reputation,
and Cheating in Early Modern England.”
Dec. 24, 2020, Idit Ben Or, Tel
Aviv University Safra Center, Non-Governmental Currencies in Early
Modern England: A Legal Analysis [discussion in Hebrew]
Dec. 31, 2020, Julie Cooper, Tel
Aviv University, Department of Political Science, The Zionist Critique
of Spinoza’s Politics [discussion in Hebrew]
Jan. 7, 2020, Adam Lebovitz,
Cambridge University Faculty of History, Freedom of the Press between
the American and French Revolutions
*** All sessions of the workshop
will take place on Zoom. We have a limited number of slots available in
each session for visitors. Anyone who is interested in participating in a
particular session must register in advance by sending an email to
rachelf3@tauex.tau.ac.il. ***
