We are proud to announce the upcoming Robbins Collection Lecture in Jewish Law, Thought, and Identity, hosted with The Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law & Israel Studies. This year’s lecture, “Jewish Law for the Digital Age,” will be held virtually on Wednesday, March 10 at 5:30pm PST (UTC-08:00). Featured speakers at the event include […]
Upcoming Robbins Collection Lecture in Jewish Law, Thought, and Identity
Robbins Fellow Lena Salaymeh Elected to Prestigious Chair
The Robbins Collection and Research Center is proud to announce that former Robbins Postdoctoral Fellow and Associate Research Fellow Lena Salaymeh was recently elected to the prestigious chair in Sunni Islam at the École pratique des hautes études, section des Sciences religieuses, in Paris. The École pratique des hautes études is counted among France’s most […]
Robbins Fellow Spotlight: Mahwish Moazzam
Undertaking a Robbins Fellowship during the COVID-19 pandemic comes with a unique set of travails but Mahwish Moazzam is no stranger to contending with challenges. “I am used to adversity in my academic pursuits” explained the Robbins Collection and Research Center’s most recent fellow. Mahwish received her JD from the Punjab University Law College, graduating […]
From Sinai to Ethiopia, and Back to Israel
Marking the ten-year anniversary of collaboration between the Robbins Collection and the Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies, the 2020 Robbins Collection Annual Lecture on Jewish Thought was given by Professor Rabbi Sharon Shalom. Don Seeman, an Anthropologist from Emory University, and Rabbi Shalom discussed the history, customs, and laws of Ethiopian Jews, the […]
POSTPONED: 60 Years of Chinese Legal Reform: A Berkeley Perspective
Due to travel concerns because of the coronavirus situation, this event is being postponed. We will communicate a new date and other updates as soon as logistics have been finalized. Thanks The Robbins Collection is co-hosting an upcoming symposium, “60 Years of Chinese Legal Reform: A Berkeley Perspective,” with the Berkeley Center […]
New Volume in Collected Works of David Daube, Roman Law and Language, Now Available
Roman Law and Language, the long-awaited sixth volume in the Collected Works of David Daube series, is now available for purchase. Previous volumes gathered Daube’s writings on Talmudic law, Biblical law and literature, ethics, and New Testament Judaism. This new volume includes some of his work on language in Roman law. Calum Carmichael, co-editor of […]
Upcoming Robbins Collection Annual Lecture: From Sinai to Ethiopia, and Back to Israel
Join us for this year’s Robbins Collection Annual Lecture in Jewish Law, Thought and Identity on Tuesday, February 4, from 5:30 to 7:30pm. Rabbi Shalom delves into the history, customs, and law of the Beta Israel, codifying the ancient cultural heritage of Ethiopian Jewry for the first time and contrasting it with Orthodox rabbinic law. […]
Symposium Explores Legacy of Judge John T. Noonan
At a time when stark lines are drawn around political and moral questions, the scholarship and judicial opinions of the late Judge John T. Noonan Jr. defy categorization. An enlightened reader of our legal traditions’ fundamental texts, Judge Noonan could not understand why scholars might ask abstractly, “What is Law? How can that question be […]
Robbins Collection Fellowship Paves More Affordable Path for J.S.D. Students
This article is being re-published by the Robbins Collection, the original can be found here. By Gwyneth K. Shaw Five new members of Berkeley Law’s Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.) program have received a new fellowship, thanks to a grant from the school’s Robbins Collection and Research Center. Zehra Betul Ayranci, Jiahui Duan, Nicolas Lezaca, […]
Judge and Scholar: Perspectives on the Intellectual Legacy of John T. Noonan
Judge John Noonan’s commitment to justice and the rule of law shaped his life as a judge and a legal scholar. His scholarship and judicial decisions span more than six decades and cover an amazing range of ethical and legal issues that defined in his view the Western legal tradition. This event will bring together judges, […]