2010-11 Events
Glenn Altschuler will speak about “Bad Rap: Public Enemy and Jewish Enmity” as part of the Program of Jewish Studies’ lecture series on Tuesday, September 21 at 4:30pm in the Guerlac Room, A. D. White House. Reception to follow. Co-Sponsored by the American Studies Program.
Joshua Rubenstein of Harvard University and Northeast regional Director Amnesty International, USA will speak on "The Unknown Black Book: The Holocaust in the German-Occupied Soviet Territories" on Wednesday, September 22 at 4:30pm. in 165 McGraw Hall. Co-Sponsored by the Department of Russian, History and the Program of Jewish Studies.
Michal Govrin, Israeli poet, novelist and theatre director, will read from and discuss her work Hold on to the Sun on Wednesday, October 20. She will present in Hebrew at 4:30pm in 106 White Hall and in English at 8:00pm in the History of Art Lounge G08 Goldwin Smith Hall. Sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Studies and Program of Jewish Studies with the generous support of the Hope and Eli Hurowitz Fund.
Vor den Hohen Feiertagen gab es ein Flüstern und ein Rascheln im Haus/ Before the High Holy Days the House was Full of Whisperings and Rustlings, Contemporary German-Jewish Literature and Soundmarks of Memory, bilingual readings and interventions by Esther Dischereit, writer and multi-medial installation artist from Berlin and winner of the International Erich Fried Prize for Literature & Language in 2009, at 4:30pm on Thursday, October 28, in 142 Goldwin Smith Hall, reception to follow in 177 GS. Sponsored by the Institute for German Cultural Studies and co-sponsored by the Program of Jewish Studies.
Mark Smith of New York University will present the second in the Program of Jewish Studies’ lecture series, “The Priestly Vision of Genesis 1,” Monday, November 1 at 4:30pm in the Guerlac Room, A. D. White House. Reception to follow.
Commemorating the Holocaust—Affirming Community 1:30 to 3:00 pm, Sunday, November 7 in the James Law Auditorium, Schurman Hall, College of Veterinary Medicine. President David J. Skorton, Roald Hoffmann and others will speak. Sponsored in part by Program of Jewish Studies and the Department of Near Eastern Studies.
Jonathan Sarna of Brandeis University will present “The Beginning of Jewish Politics in America: Jews, Ulysses S. Grant and the Election of 1868” on Monday, February 21 at 4:30pm in the Guerlac Room, A. D. White House, reception to follow. Sponsored by the Program of Jewish Studies and co-sponsored by the American Studies Program and the Departments of History and Government.
Aaron W. Hughes, University at Buffalo, SUNY, will present “The Bible, Translation, and the Invention of Jewish Identity” as part of the Program of Jewish Studies’ lecture series on Monday, April 4 at 4:30pm in the Guerlac Room, A. D. White House, reception to follow.
Michael Rothberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will present “Multidirectional Memory and the Implicated Subject: On Sebald and Kentridge” on Thursday, April 28 at 4:30pm in the Guerlac Room, A. D. White House. Reception to follow. Sponsored by the Program of Jewish Studies and co-sponsored by the Institute for German Cultural Studies.