Please note this is NOT a ZOOM Lecture but an in person lecture. Drawing on centuries of visual culture, from ancient goddesses etched in stone to the allegorical women of Renaissance. A lecture journeying through the layered myths and evolving symbols of Lilith—a figure who has haunted the margins of culture, scripture, and imagination for centuries. From ancient demonology to Jewish folklore, Romantic art to feminist reimaginings, Lilith emerges as both a monster and a muse, a symbol of unbridled female autonomy, sexuality, rage, and exile. Who was Lilith? Was she Adam’s first wife, cast out for refusing to submit? A winged night demon, feared in childbirth and shadowed corners? Or is she a cipher, a space upon which centuries of artists and thinkers have projected their anxieties, fascinations, and desires?