2024–2025 Fellowship Theme
Jews and Health
The Katz Center’s 2024–25 fellowship year is devoted to the study of Jews and health. The vibrant cohort hails from Europe, Israel, and the US, and the fellows bring to the theme of the year a wide scope of perspectives and expertises. Projects range from studies of the imperial management of the plague in early modern Central Europe, to the legislation of mental health in Antiquity, to the use of illness metaphors in Hebrew literature, to the role of physicians as information brokers along the silk roads.
The theme allows the fellows to explore jointly the intersection between bodies and social systems, language and physicality, religion and science, and much beyond. Please check out our website later this summer for information about our online public programs, campus lectures, and other opportunities to benefit from this intellectual community.
Carla
Vieira
Fall Term Fellow
School of Social Sciences and the Humanities, NOVA University of Lisbon
