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MONDAY: 'Tolerance and Intolerance in Medieval Muslim Spain,' Third and Final Lichter Lecture

   Each year, the annual Lichter Lecture Series in Judaic Studies, made possible by the Jacob and Jennie L. Lichter Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, focuses on a critical theme. The topic for autumn 2009 is timely and promises to continue the tradition of excellence that this three-decade series has established for both the “town” and “gown” audiences. Its theme: “Jews and Muslims: Co-Existence.”

What: “Tolerance and Intolerance in Medieval Muslim Spain”
Who: Jane Gerber, Professor of Jewish History and Director of the Institute for Sephardic Studies at the City University of New York.
When: 7:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 16
Where: Raymond Walters College, 119 Muntz Hall (map of campus)

All the lectures are free and open to the public and include a reception, which will be observant of Kosher dietary law. To RSVP, call 513-556-2297.

About the Speaker

Prof. Jane Gerber will speak on 'Tolerance and Intolerance in Medieval Muslim Spain.'

Jane Gerber is a professor of Jewish History and director of the Institute for Sephardic Studies at the City University of New York. She has served as visiting professor at Harvard, Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Columbia University. She is past president of the Association for Jewish Studies. Author of several books including “The Jews of Spain” (winner of the National Jewish Book Award in 1993, she is currently completing a book entitled “Cities of Splendor in the Shaping of Sephardic History.” She is a recipient of numerous honors and awards, including finalist for the Award for Excellence in Teaching at Lehman College of CUNY.

She holds a BA from Wellesley College (Phi Beta Kappa), an MA in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University and a PhD in Islamic and Jewish History from Columbia University.

More information about the Lichter Lecture Series (pdf)

About the Judaic Studies Department in the McMicken College of Arts and Sciences 

Read the full release about the 2009 Lichter Lecture Series.

Jane Gerber’s lecture is sponsored by a grant from the Ohio Humanities Council.

The Jacob and Jennie L. Lichter series at the University of Cincinnati is sponsored by the Judaic Studies Department in UC’s McMicken College of Arts and Science and the Jewish Federation.