We are delighted to announce the international and interdisciplinary workshop Gender Stereotypes in Antiquity.

The workshop comprises four online sessions on Wednesday, 2 September 2026. Each session includes a lecture or guided reading by an invited speaker, followed by discussion.

Programme

16:00 — Aristotle, Females & Wind-Eggs
John Thorp (University of Western Ontario)

17:00 — Gendered Aspects of Esther’s Character in the Septuagint
Jeremy Steinberg (Carleton College)

18:30 — The 14-Year-Old Girl Tawaddud Defeats Six Old Men (Nights 428–454): The Role of Young Girls in a Conventionalized Scenario
Donna Shalev (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

19:30 — Refashioning Homosexuality: André Gide’s Greek and Hebrew Antiquities
Asaf Roth (University of Pennsylvania)

Date and time:
Wednesday, 2 September 2026
16:00–20:30 (GMT 3, Jerusalem time)

The full program is also available here.

Venue: Online via Zoom

Everybody is welcome to attend. Participation is free, but advance registration is required.

Please register here.

A Zoom link will be sent to registered participants closer to the date of the workshop.

For further information, please contact benjamin.wilck@mail.huji.ac.il.

The Organizing Committee
Ofir Furman, Daniel Herman, and Benjamin Wilck
(all Hebrew University of Jerusalem)