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2012 McMartin Lecture: “Blood and Belief: the Circulation of a Symbol between Jews and Christians” – David Biale
November 5, 2012 at 7:00 PM
| Location: | Senate Room Robertson Hall |
| Cost: | Free |
2012 McMartin Lecture: David Biale
“Blood and Belief: the Circulation of a Symbol Between Jews and Christians”
Monday, November 5, 2012
Lecture: 7:00pm – Senate Room (608 Robertson Hall)
Reception: 9:00pm – Alumni Room (617 Robertson Hall)
Sponsored by the Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies at Carleton University. Co-sponsored by the MA in Religion and Public Life program and the College of Humanities. This program was made possible by the Association for Jewish Studies Distinguished Lectureship Program.
David Biale was born in Los Angeles in 1949. He was educated at Harvard University, the University of California–Berkeley, the Hebrew University and UCLA, where he received his PhD in history. From 1986 to 1999, he served as Koret Professor of Jewish History and director of the Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif. During the same period he also served as adjunct professor in the Departments of Near Eastern Studies and History at UC Berkeley. In 1999, he was appointed Emanuel Ringelblum Professor of Jewish History in the Department of History of University of California–Davis.
Biale is the author of numerous articles and books including Eros and the Jews, and Blood and Belief: The Circulation of a Symbol Between Jews and Christians. He edited Cultures of the Jews: A New History, which won a 2002–2003 National Jewish Book award.