The theme of this year’s Lavy Colloquium is Jewish Monumentality. Welcome and Opening Remarks begins at 9:00am on Monday, May 6.

The lineup of speakers include Aviva Ben-Ur, Elizabeth Bloch-Smith, Timothy Hogue, Alana Vincent, Jeremy Smoak, Lisa Cleath, Samuel Spinner, Karen Stern, Michael Meng, Bernadette Wegenstein, Alice Mandell, Eric Jarrard, Emily Gottreich, Lisa Saltzman, and Elaine James.

This event is open to the public. All sessions will take place at the Smokler Center for Jewish Life at Johns Hopkins University, 3109 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218.

The Lavy Colloquium is sponsored by Dr. Norman Lavy z″l and Marion H. Lavy and is hosted by the Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies.