Sales and rental figures for works of fiction about pandemics and other disease outbreaks surged in 2020, but what can pandemic science fiction tell us about disease? This article surveys the long history of science fiction's engagement with disease and demonstrates the ways in which these narratives, whether in literature or film, have always had more to say about other contemporary cultural concerns than the disease themselves. Moderator Ginsburg, given his research using many of these methodologies, will aim to focus the discussion on how the above issues impact specifically on the contemporary study of kabbalah, and how they should shape it in the future.In unprecedented times, people have turned to fiction both for comfort and for distraction, but also to try and understand and anticipate what might come next.
Marla Segol will discuss the importance of new approaches to understanding gender, embodiment and sexuality beyond French feminism, grounded in the mythology and the scientific lore of the period, and understood through the various lenses of queer theory. Pinchas Giller will explore the role of technology in the current practice and study of kabbalah, which opens new possibilities for both scholars and practitioners. Vadim Putzu will draw from the burgeoning developments in the scientific study of the human mind, brain, and psyche, to discuss how the findings and methodologies of neurocognitive and psychiatric research may contribute to a better understanding of Jewish mystical practices and experiences to place its study within broader scholarly conversations in the fields of comparative religion, Religious Studies, and beyond. Ronit Meroz, on the other hand, emphasizes the value of literary analysis not only for its intrinsic value but also as a means for deciphering the archeology of the text and its different historical strata. He asserts the importance of social context to their meaning. Hartley Lachter will discuss kabbalistic texts whose provenance is already established. We will ask four key questions: First, How do we define the disciplinary domain of kabbalah? Second, What are the most pressing questions in the study of kabbalah? Third, have we adopted new theories or methodologies in recent years? If so why? Fourth, What are the advantages and disadvantages of your theoretical and methodological approach to the study of kabbalah? Fifth, what comes next? To reach this goal the panel will be comprised of scholars representing different approaches. The roundtable aims re-examine methodologies for its study. The discipline must therefore graduate from its initial focus on the textual. Because kabbalah has literary, historical, ritual, cognitive, and experiential dimensions, it crosses many disciplinary and methodological lines. The academic study of kabbalah is a new field, growing by leaps and bounds.
History classes are provided, along with sample assignments. To accomplish this latter objective, examples of texts and films used in Modern European and U.S. It is the goal of this essay to provide instructors with both a framework for understanding Science Fiction as a pedagogical tool, and then to demonstrate how it can be integrated into history curriculum. Indeed, given the popularity of Science Fiction in contemporary popular culture, its use in the classroom introduces students to new vistas in historical thought. Once Science Fiction is recognized as a valid primary source, their use as a pedagogical tool for the history teacher becomes more logical. It is the contention of this article that Science Fiction texts reveal better than many primary sources the anxieties, hopes, and aspirations of the time and place that produced them. Using Science Fiction texts and films in the history classroom might seem counter-intuitive, especially as the genre is often associated with predicting the future, an activity that seems to run counter to our work as historians.
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