Metamorphosis: CJS 2025 Annual Conference

Join the Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley for a day of exploration on the theme of metamorphosis in Jewish thought and history. The scale of catastrophe and rupture in our current time prompts us to consider the process of transformation itself. Change is necessary, inevitable, and elemental. It is creation, evolution, miracle, and collapse. Metamorphosis makes us strange to others and unrecognizable to ourselves. It prompts resistance, ecstasy, and perplexity. This conference will host a variety of papers that consider the dynamics of metamorphosis in Jewish history, culture, and thought. Featuring presentations by Taube Center faculty Charlotte Fonrobert and Steven J. Zipperstein