Studying the World with Us in It: Jewish Identities in the Twenty-First Century (18 December 2022, Sklare Lecture, AJS, Boston, Debra Kaufman, Professor Emerita and Matthews Distinguished University Professor, Northeastern University).

Although not limited to the Social Sciences in particular, a key feminist concern in the study of human organization and nature are the roles social scientists themselves play in the making of the research they do. In what ways do their theoretical, conceptual and methodological approaches, the questions they ask (or more importantly don't ask), and the perspectives that drive their analyses affect the work that they do. Many of the debates over Jewish identity over the last several decades have engaged in making explicit these concerns in coming to grips with our understanding of who "counts" as Jewish in the 21st century. This lecture reflects on these concerns by confronting what it means to study the world with us in it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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