Elliott R. Wolfson of NYU to Present in the Glasscock Center Lecture Series "How Do We Keep Knowing?"

The Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research is pleased to announce a public lecture in its continuing series “How Do We Keep Knowing?” Dr. Elliott R. Wolfson, Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, will present a paper entitled "Knowing and Unknowing: Mysticism and the (A)Temporal Quest for Gnosis," on Monday, 12 November 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in the Glasscock Building, Room 311.

Professor Wolfson has published widely on Kabbalah and other topics related to Judaic Studies, including Luminal Darkness: Imaginal Gleanings from Zoharic Literature (2007), Alef, Mem, Tau: Kabbalistic Musings on Time, Truth, and Death (2006), and Venturing Beyond: Morality and Law in Kabbalistic Mysticism (2006).

Wolfson will also moderate a seminar on his work “Alterity, Mysticism, and Ethics: Representations of the Christian and Muslim Others in Medieval Kabbalah,” on Tuesday, 13 November at 9:30 a.m. in the Glasscock Building, Room 311.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, see our website http://glasscock.tamu.edu/, visit our blog at http://www.glasscockcenter.blogspot.com, or contact the Glasscock Center at glasscock@tamu.edu or at 979-845-8328.