Adam Shear
@adamshear.bsky.social
early modern Jewish history and history of the book at University of Pittsburgh (speaks for himself of course); chair of https://www.religiousstudies.pitt.edu/; co-director of https://footprints.ctl.columbia.edu/
Do English readers ignore instructions or do French readers ignore English signs? Mysteries of Paris. (in the locker area of the BnF Mitterrand.)
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Do English readers ignore instructions or do French readers ignore English signs? Mysteries of Paris. (in the locker area of the BnF Mitterrand.)
I am going to this one: calendar.pitt.edu/event/gender...
September 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I am going to this one: calendar.pitt.edu/event/gender...
Thursday September 25, 5-6:30 pm, Cathedral of Learning, 6th floor, Humanities Center
September 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Thursday September 25, 5-6:30 pm, Cathedral of Learning, 6th floor, Humanities Center
Onion from the 50s: "Supreme Court Rules U.S. Fathers Should Not Be Disturbed During Dinner Hour"
August 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Onion from the 50s: "Supreme Court Rules U.S. Fathers Should Not Be Disturbed During Dinner Hour"
What can you tell me about the one on the upper left? similar (but not quite identical) to this one from Fisher Library? (B-14 01386)
June 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What can you tell me about the one on the upper left? similar (but not quite identical) to this one from Fisher Library? (B-14 01386)
Join my colleagues from @footprints-heb.bsky.social and the @fisherlibrary.bsky.social for a summer seminar on Paleography and Provenance in Printed Hebraica June 9-10 2025. Read more and apply here: fisher.library.utoronto.ca/fisher-event...
January 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Join my colleagues from @footprints-heb.bsky.social and the @fisherlibrary.bsky.social for a summer seminar on Paleography and Provenance in Printed Hebraica June 9-10 2025. Read more and apply here: fisher.library.utoronto.ca/fisher-event...
University of Pittsburgh Religious Studies Talk, September 19, 5:30, 4130 Posvar Hall. Pitt RS alum, Nicholas Soulakis on his career path from religious studies major to professor of public health and the role religious studies plays in his current work.
#humanities career paths
#humanities career paths
September 16, 2024 at 3:44 PM
University of Pittsburgh Religious Studies Talk, September 19, 5:30, 4130 Posvar Hall. Pitt RS alum, Nicholas Soulakis on his career path from religious studies major to professor of public health and the role religious studies plays in his current work.
#humanities career paths
#humanities career paths
Newberry Consort Lecture and Performance: The Vints Hans Lied: Yiddish Song in the Seventeenth-Century Frankfurter Judengasse. With groggers! Purim at #RenSA24
March 22, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Newberry Consort Lecture and Performance: The Vints Hans Lied: Yiddish Song in the Seventeenth-Century Frankfurter Judengasse. With groggers! Purim at #RenSA24
Two lectures by Laurie Zoloth at Pitt today and tomorrow-- tonight in-person, Tuesday virtual.
March 4, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Two lectures by Laurie Zoloth at Pitt today and tomorrow-- tonight in-person, Tuesday virtual.
This was my effort. I was going to do “Correcting the sins of earbud wearers” but that was too long for my compositing skill level.
February 21, 2024 at 3:34 PM
This was my effort. I was going to do “Correcting the sins of earbud wearers” but that was too long for my compositing skill level.
CFP Thursday: "Overcoming Deep Differences" workshop at the University of Pittsburgh February 18-20; abstract submission December 15.
November 30, 2023 at 2:36 PM
CFP Thursday: "Overcoming Deep Differences" workshop at the University of Pittsburgh February 18-20; abstract submission December 15.
Mark your post-Thanksgiving calendar now: Pitt Dept of Religious Studies Wilmer Endowed Lecture.
Kristy Nabhan-Warren (U. of Iowa) on "Meat, Religion & Migration: What Do We Learn When We Study Them Together?" Wednesday November 29, 5:30 pm, 501 Cathedral of Learning
Kristy Nabhan-Warren (U. of Iowa) on "Meat, Religion & Migration: What Do We Learn When We Study Them Together?" Wednesday November 29, 5:30 pm, 501 Cathedral of Learning
November 15, 2023 at 10:23 PM
Mark your post-Thanksgiving calendar now: Pitt Dept of Religious Studies Wilmer Endowed Lecture.
Kristy Nabhan-Warren (U. of Iowa) on "Meat, Religion & Migration: What Do We Learn When We Study Them Together?" Wednesday November 29, 5:30 pm, 501 Cathedral of Learning
Kristy Nabhan-Warren (U. of Iowa) on "Meat, Religion & Migration: What Do We Learn When We Study Them Together?" Wednesday November 29, 5:30 pm, 501 Cathedral of Learning
Starts in an hour. 5 pm Tues Nov 14: William Pitt Union Room 548, University of Piittsburgh: Sacha Senderovich, "How the Soviet Jew Was Made"
November 14, 2023 at 9:02 PM
Starts in an hour. 5 pm Tues Nov 14: William Pitt Union Room 548, University of Piittsburgh: Sacha Senderovich, "How the Soviet Jew Was Made"
This Wednesday for the 5th anniversary on the Jewish calendar (yahrzeit).
October 30, 2023 at 3:16 PM
This Wednesday for the 5th anniversary on the Jewish calendar (yahrzeit).
Oct 25, 5-7 pm, Lecture at Pitt, 501 Cathedral of Learning, Joanne Silwa, "Hiding to Survive: Jewish Children in Krakow, Poland." Inaugural Renee Sachs Memorial Lecture of Pitt Jewish Studies.
October 22, 2023 at 9:57 PM
Oct 25, 5-7 pm, Lecture at Pitt, 501 Cathedral of Learning, Joanne Silwa, "Hiding to Survive: Jewish Children in Krakow, Poland." Inaugural Renee Sachs Memorial Lecture of Pitt Jewish Studies.
Webinar with Omar Dejani and Mira Sucharov 5:30 pm on Israel/Palestine.
October 13, 2023 at 4:42 PM
Webinar with Omar Dejani and Mira Sucharov 5:30 pm on Israel/Palestine.
You basically have no excuse for missing this if you are in Pittsburgh-- here is the flyer for the Oct 12 Religious Studies event.
October 2, 2023 at 10:32 PM
You basically have no excuse for missing this if you are in Pittsburgh-- here is the flyer for the Oct 12 Religious Studies event.
Coming up September 28, 11am, Pitt Jewish Studies and Religious Studies present renowned scholar and pioneering Jewish feminist Dr. Rachel Adler speaking on “Lament-Singing Women: Ancient Sacred Performance Artists.” Register Here (virtual event) pitt.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 19, 2023 at 3:13 PM
Coming up September 28, 11am, Pitt Jewish Studies and Religious Studies present renowned scholar and pioneering Jewish feminist Dr. Rachel Adler speaking on “Lament-Singing Women: Ancient Sacred Performance Artists.” Register Here (virtual event) pitt.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Coming up in Pittsburgh (in-person event only).
September 13, 2023 at 2:45 PM
Coming up in Pittsburgh (in-person event only).