The Mandel School encourages the University's faculty members to invite leading scholars from abroad to come as visiting scholars at the Hebrew University. Visiting professors receive an equipped office in the Mandel Building and make it their regular place of work during their stay (either a month or a semester). Visiting professors teach graduate courses, give public lectures, and, apart from engaging in their own research, more generally communicate and share with our students and colleagues, becoming a part of our scholarly community during the duration of their stay.
1st Semester, 2 Credits
This class aims to explore the reception of some major texts of Latin poetry and fiction in later European literatures and intellectual cultures from the medieval period until now, predominantly in English. Particular attention will be paid to issues of cultural tension and later transformation of classical material in different historical and intellectual environments. It should be of interest to students of English and comparative literature as well as classicists.
2nd Semester, 2 credits
The course will take place during April and May. There will be a requirement of extensive reading and debates in English. There will be three meetings during the first week, each four hours and afterwards a number of additional meetings.
Public Lecture: “From News to History: The Visual Economy of Time-Life Books" will take place on May 9th.
2nd Semester, 2 Credits
2nd Semester, 2 Credits
The course will take place on Sundays during the month of June from 16:00-20:00
Public Lecture: "Contours of the Moral Person: Buddhist Insights and Challenges for Comparative Reflection" will take place on the 15.6 at 14:30 in the Mandel School.