Thanks to a generous bequest from the estate of Alice Tate, the Judaic Studies program at UNC Charlotte sponsors an annual lecture series which brings to the university campus and the larger metropolitan community scholars who are active in Jewish studies.  Two lectures are typically delivered, one which has a more popular appeal that is directed to the general public, and another that is a scholarly presentation given to an assembly of students, faculty, and invited guests.

Here is a complete list of the Tate lecturers, their academic institutions, and the titles of their presentations:

1997  David Biale, Graduate Theological Union

“Multiculturalism and the Jews” (April 6, Jewish Community Center)
“Blood and Belief in Medieval Jewish-Christian Relations” (April 7)

1998  Michael S. Berger, Emory University

“‘Who is a Jew’ and Israel Today” (March 29, Jewish Community Center)
“The State of Israel and Jewish Messianism” (March 30)

1999  Roald Hoffmann, Cornell University (Nobel laureate)

“Old Wine, New Flasks: Reflections on Science and Jewish Tradition” (March 23, Jewish Community Center)
“One Culture, or the Commonalities and Differences between the Arts and Sciences” (March 24)

2000  Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College

“From Warsaw to Selma: A Daughter’s Reflections on Abraham Joshua Heschel” (April 9, Jewish Community Center)
“When Jesus was an Aryan: Protestant Theology in Nazi Germany” (April 10)

2001  Igor Dukhan, Belarussian State University, Minsk

“Jewish Avant-garde Art Versus Russian and Soviet Art” (April 1, Jewish Community Center)
“Time in Jewish Avant-garde Art” (April 2)

2002  Lenn E. Goodman, Vanderbilt University

“Do Jews and Muslims Worship the Same God?” (November 11, Jewish Community Center)
“Creative Interactions Between Jewish and Islamic Philosophy” (November 11)

2003  (no Tate lecturer)

2004  Nancy A. Harrowitz, Boston University

“The Writing of the Holocaust: Reading Primo Levi” (March 21, Jewish Community Center)
“Primo Levi and the Science of Writing” (March 22)