What is Hasidism?
Marcin Wodziński (University of Wrocław)
What is Hasidism? Why do we know so little about one of the most intensively- researched phenomena in Jewish history? Which historiographical presumptions hinder the development of our knowledge about Hasidism? How is it related to the basis of sources and methodological approaches? What would Hasidism look like if approached from a different, anti-elitist perspective, from a provincial shtibl and not a tsadik’s court?
These questions will build the core of the talk by Professor Wodziński, key expert on Hasidism, author of Hasidism. Key Questions (Oxford University Press, 2018) and editor of the Historical Atlas of Hasidism (Princeton University Press, 2017).
Colloquium on Modern Jewish History
6 November 2018 – 5:30 PM, FF UK (Jana Palacha 2, Prague 1), room 104