Center for Jewish StudiesThe next meeting of the Jewish Studies Seminar will be Sunday, November 13. This will be a joint session with the Triangle Medieval Studies Seminar. Our presenter will be Julie Mell (NCSU). She will lead a discussion of “The Jewish Serfdom that Never Was: Jews and the origins of English representative government.” paper available JSS-Mell read more about November 13 Seminar with Julie Mell »
The Jewish Studies Seminar will meet on September 11 at 3PM. Our guest will be Professor Kenneth B. Moss, Felix Posen Associate Professor of Modern Jewish History, Department of History and Chair, the Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies, The Johns Hopkins University. He will lead a discussion of "Unchosen Peoplehood: Spoiled Identity, Political [...] read more about September 11 seminar with Prof. Kenneth B. Moss »
Sept. 11 – Kenneth Moss (Johns Hopkins Univ.) “Unchosen Peoplehood: Spoiled Identity, Political Extrusion, and the National Horizon of Polish Jews, 1918-1939″ Nov. 13 – Julie Mell (NCSU) “The Jewish Serfdom That Never Was: Jews and the Origins of English Representative Government” Dec. 4 – Omar Kamil (Dubnov Institute, Leipzig) “Arab Approaches to Jewish History: [...] read more about 2011 – 2012 Jewish Studies Seminar Schedule »
The Jewish Studies Seminar will meet on September 11 at 3PM. Our guest will be Professor Kenneth B. Moss, Felix Posen Associate Professor of Modern Jewish History, Department of History and Chair, the Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies, The Johns Hopkins University. He will lead a discussion of ”Unchosen Peoplehood: Spoiled Identity, Political [...] read more about Seminar Sept. 11 with Prof. Kenneth B. Moss »
The Jewish Studies Seminar will meet on Monday, April 11 at 5PM. Our guest will be Professor Dan Diner of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Director of the Simon Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture in Leipzig. He will lead a discussion of ”World War Two Reframed: History's Memory in an Era of Globalization.” paper available [...] read more about Seminar Monday April 11, 2011 with Prof. Dan Diner »
Conference in the Memory of Lilian Furst (1931-2009) Former Marcel Bataillon Professor of Comparative Literature (UNC-Chapel Hill) *** RSVP to Sandi Payne Greene payne@email.unc.edu ~~~~~~~~~~ 1 PM Opening – Madeline Levine (UNC): Lilian Furst and Postwar European Jewish Intellectuals - East & West 1:15 PM – A clip from Lilian Furst’s video testimony at the Shoah Foundation [...] read more about European Jewish Émigrés and the Shaping of Postwar Culture »
The Jewish Studies Seminar previously scheduled for March 20 has been changed to Monday, April 11 at 5PM. Our guest will be Professor Dan Diner of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Director of the Simon Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture in Leipzig. He will lead a discussion of ”Between Empire and Nation State: An [...] read more about Seminar Monday April 11, 2011 with Prof. Dan Diner »
The next meeting of the Jewish Studies Seminar is Sunday, February 27, 2011. Our guest will be Barbara Mann, Associate Professor of Jewish Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary. She will lead a discussion of “Space and Place in Jewish Studies.” paper available shortly JSS – Mann read more about Next seminar Feb. 27 with Barbara Mann »
The next meeting of the Jewish Studies Seminar is Sunday, January 30, 2011. Our guest will be Alexander (Ari) Joskowicz, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, European Studies and History at Vanderbilt University. He will lead a discussion of “Antisemitism, Anti-Catholicism, and Anticlericalism: An Entangled History.” paper available JSS – Joskowicz read more about Next seminar January 30 with Prof. Alexander (Ari) Joskowicz »
The next meeting of the Jewish Studies Seminar is Sunday, December 5. We are pleased to have as our guest presenter Hasia Diner, director of the Goldstein-Goren Center for American Jewish History at New York University. paper available JSS-Diner read more about Next seminar Dec. 5 with Hasia Diner »