Announcing the 2012-2013 Annual Theme
For the Academic Year 2012-2013 the Annual Theme of The Tikvah Center focuses on the construction of the private and public spheres, as well as the complex interaction and distinction between them.
Welcome to The Tikvah Center for Law & Jewish Civilization.
In September 2009, thanks to a generous donation from The Tikvah Fund, New York University School of Law inaugurated The Tikvah Center for Law & Jewish Civilization. The Center, which is situated at 22 Washington Square, formally opened its doors in academic year 2009-2010. The foundational premise of the Center is 1) that the study of Jewish law can profit immensely from insights gained from general jurisprudence; and 2) that Jewish law and Jewish civilization can provide illuminating perspectives both on the general study of law as a per se academic discipline, and on the reflection on law as a central social institution refracting the most important issues in our society.
the 2011 - 2012 Tikvah Fellows & Scholars
Fellows
- Thematic
- Yehoyada Amir
- David Flatto
- Jonathan Garb
- Marc Hirshman (Berkowitz Fellow)
- Lawrence Kaplan
- Benjamin Sommer
- Gila Stopler
- At-Large
- Pierre Birnbaum (Joint Tikvah/Senior Emile Noël Fellow)
- Ruth Gavison (Joint Straus/Tikvah Fellow)
- Charles Leben (Joint Straus/Tikvah Fellow)
- Berachyahu Lifshitz
- Also see Tikvah Affiliate Scholars.
Scholars
Tikvah Public Lecture: To be the King of Israel
Yair Lorberbaum will present his book, Disempowered King: Monarchy in Classical Jewish Literature (Continuum: London, 2011). The event will take the format of a panel discussion with Professors Jeffrey Rubenstein and Benjamin Sommer, and moderated by J.H.H. Weiler.
Academic year 2012-2013 applications closed
The Tikvah Center Fellowship and Scholarship applications for the upcoming academic year are now closed. Further information for application to the Fellows Progam and the Scholars Program in academic year 2013 – 2014 is now posted.
Call for papers through March 15, 2012
The Third Annual Conference of the Journal of Law, Religion & the State on “Revelation and Interpretation – Legal Interpretation of Religious Texts,” will be held at NYU on September 11-12, 2012. The conference is co-sponsored by The Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law and The Tikvah Center.
