PIHT Fall Symposium

The Princeton Institute for Hasidic Thought invites you to join us on Sunday, November 9th at Princeton University for a symposium exploring the role and relevance of Hasidic thinking within the modern intellectual and cultural landscape. Bringing together scholars and students from a range of backgrounds and disciplines, this event aims to foster a dynamic and open conversation around the enduring significance of Hasidic texts, methods, and ideas. Welcoming both those deeply familiar with the Hasidic tradition and those newly curious, we will ask what it means to engage with Hasidic thought today and how it might contribute to rigorous intellectual inquiry and existential reflection.

The symposium will explore three core themes: first, the distinctive content and formal structures of traditional Hasidic learning; second, the value of multiple interpretive frameworks—both scholarly and traditional—in approaching both Hasidic and non-Hasidic texts; and third, a broader exploration of text study as a personal practice,…