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Watch the 2026 Tenenbaum Lecture Featuring Dr. Rowan Dorin on "The Road to 1492: Jews, Christians, and the Spread of Mass Expulsion in Medieval Europe"
Although the experience of expulsion looms large in Jewish history and memory, scholars have paid little attention to the wider history of forced migration in premodern Europe. In this talk, Prof. Dorin explored how this phenomenon became a pervasive feature of European law and politics—with consequences that continue to reverberate down to the present.
Watch the full recording of this powerful lecture HERE!
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The Early-Career Faculty of the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies Represent its Bright Future (Part 1)
As Jewish Studies at Emory crosses the half-century mark, Director Miriam Udel wants to honor the rich past of Jewish studies at Emory and highlight its future by “shining a light on the strengths that the institute’s early-career faculty bring as researchers and teachers.”
This two-part series spotlights TIJS' four early-career faculty. Part one features profiles on Professors Geoffrey Levin and Tamar Menashe.
The Early-Career Faculty of the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies Represent its Bright Future (Part 2)
This article, which represents the second and final part of the series spotlighting Emory’s Tam Institute for Jewish Studies’ junior faculty, profiles Professors Craig Perry and Kate Rosenblatt.