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Jewish Studies Events 2000-2001

  • Thurs., Sept. 28: 12:00-1:30 p.m. Jan Gross, New York University, "Neighbors (Destruction of a Jewish Community: Summer of 1941 in Jedwabne)," 210 Dickinson. Lunch will be served. Please RSVP (rabin@princeton.edu).

  • Thurs., Sept. 28: 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Seminar on Giorgio Agamben's book Remnants of Auschwitz, Frist Campus Center, Multipurpose Room B04A.

  • Thurs., Sept. 28: 4:30 p.m. James VanderKam, "Scriptural Texts and Rewritten Scriptures: Evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls," 307 Frist Center.

  • Wed., Oct. 4: 4:30 p.m. Sharon Marcus, University of California, Berkeley, "Hannah Arendt and Anne Frank, Universalism and Pathos," McCosh 48.

  • Tues., Oct. 17: 12:00-1:30 p.m. Claire Andrieu University of Paris-I, Sorbonne, "Comparative American and French Responses to the Issue of the Despoliation of Jews during the War Years." 210 Dickinson. Lunch will be served. Please RSVP (rabin@princeton.edu).

  • Tues., Oct. 24: 4:30 p.m. Pierre Vidal-Naquet, École des Hautes Études en Science Sociales,"Tragedy and Politics," WWS Robertson Hall, Bowl 5.

  • Wed., Oct. 25: 4:30 p.m. Pierre Vidal-Naquet, "Myth and Reality: From Atlantis to Masada," 211 Dickinson Hall.

  • Thurs., Oct. 26: 12:00-1:30 p.m. Pierre Vidal-Naquet, "Pierre Vidal-Naquet Talks About His Life and Work," Room 107 at 58 Prospect. Lunch will be served.

  • Sun., Nov. 12-Tues. Nov. 14: The Talmud Yerushalmi and Graeco-Roman Culture Conference, Whig Hall.

  • Tue., Nov. 14: 4:30 p.m. "A Tribute to the Life and Poetry of Yehuda Amichai, 1924-2000," A commemorative reading by Ze'eva Cohen, James Diamond, Yusef Komunyakaa, Barbara Mann, Paul Muldoon, Esther Schor, Ted Weiss, and Froma Zeitlin, James Stewart Theater at 185 Nassau.

  • Wed., Nov. 29: 4:30 p.m. Joseph Davis, Gratz College, "What is Ashkenaz? Aspects of Jewish Geography and Culture," ["East of Europe: On the Cultural Frontiers of Jewish Life" Lecture Series], WWS Robertson Hall, Bowl 2.

  • Wed., Dec. 6: 4:30 p.m. Elisheva Carlebach, Queens College NY, "Conversion and Subversion: The Anti-Christian Strain in Early Modern Yiddish Culture"["East of Europe: On the Cultural Frontiers of Jewish Life" Lecture Series], WWS Robertson Hall, Bowl 2.

  • Thurs., Dec. 7: 4:30 p.m. Arthur Hertzberg, Bronfman Visiting Professor of the Humanities, New York University. Lecture on Religion and Politics in Israel, WWS Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium.

  • Mon., Dec. 11: 4:30 p.m. Joshua Sobol, playwright and director, "Should One Play Theater in a Graveyard? The Controversy Raised by the Ghetto Trilogy and the Predicament of Writing about the Holocaust" James Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau Street

  • Sun.-Mon., Jan. 14-15: "In Heaven as it is in Earth" colloquium, Check out the web site for complete details: http://www.princeton.edu/~religion/heaven/colloq.htm"

  • Tues. Feb. 6: 4:30 p.m. Ezra Mendelsohn, The Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Judaism at Hebrew University, "Art and Polish-Jewish Relations: Matejko and Gottlieb at the National Museum in Warsaw" ["East of Europe: On the Cultural Frontiers of Jewish Life" Lecture Series], WWS Robertson Hall, Bowl 2.

  • Mon. Feb. 12: 5:00 p.m. Christopher Clarkson, "The Kennicott Bible - A Description of Its Illumination and Conservation Problems," 101 McCormick Hall.

  • Thurs. Feb. 15: 12:00 p.m. Marc Dollinger, Visiting Fellow, Center for the Study of Religion, Princeton University, "Is it Good for the Jews? Ethnic Nationalism and American-Jewish Life, 1965-1980," Room 107, 58 Prospect Avenue, lunch will be served at 12:00 p.m.; presentation will begin at 12:15 p.m.

  • Thurs. Feb. 15: 4:30 p.m. Helen Junz, Former Research Director U.S. Holocaust Commission, "The Globalization of Holocaust Era Asset Issues," WWS Robertson Hall, Bowl 5.

  • Tues. Feb. 20: 4:30 p.m. Charles Dellheim, Arizona State University, Ella Darivoff Fellow at the Center for Judaic Studies University of Pennsylvania, "Jewish Art Dealers and Modern Culture: The Untold Story of Nazi Stolen Art," McCormick 106.

  • Mon. Feb. 26: 4:30 p.m. Katrin Kogman-Appel, Ben Gurion University, "Hebrew Manuscript Painting and Cultural Transition in Late Medieval Spain," 106 McCormick. Reception to follow.

  • Wed. Feb. 28: 4:30 p.m. Cynthia Ozick, novelist, Readings to be introduced by Edmund White, James Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau St.

  • Thurs. Mar. 1: 12:00 p.m. Sara Kviat-Bloch, University of California, Santa Barbara, "Redeeming Memory: Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation," Room 107, 58 Prospect Avenue, lunch will be served at 12:00 p.m.; presentation will begin at 12:15 p.m.

  • Thurs. March 8: 4:30 p.m. Benjamin Nathans, University of Pennsylvania, "Russian Jewry in the Mirror of Europe: Emancipation Revisited" ["East of Europe: On the Cultural Frontiers of Jewish Life" Lecture Series], WWS Robertson Hall, Bowl 2.

  • Thurs. March 15: 12:00 p.m. Jeffrey Shandler, Dorot Teaching Fellow in the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, "Adventures in Yiddishland: Journeys Beyond the Vernacular," Room 107, 58 Prospect Avenue, lunch will be served at 12:00 p.m.; presentation will begin at 12:15 p.m.

  • Thurs. March 15: 12:00 p.m. Annette Becker, University of Paris X/Nanterre, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, "Suppressed Memory of Atrocity and the World Wars," 210 Dickinson Hall, Lunch will be provided for those who sign up in advance. Please send an e-mail to goedde@princeton.edu or leave a message at 258-5540.

  • Tues. March 27: 4:30 p.m. Susan Suleiman, Harvard University, "History, Memory, and Moral Judgment in Documentary Film: On Marcel Ophuls' Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie," WWS Robertson Hall, Bowl 5.

  • Thurs. March 29: 4:30 p.m. Peter Cole, "Hebrew Poets from Medieval Spain, A Reading of Verse Translations," Frist Multipurpose Room A.

  • Tues. April 3: 4:30 p.m. Michael Toch, Hebrew University, Yale University, "Fancies and Follies in the History of Early Medieval Jews," Rocky/Mathey Theater.

  • Thurs. April 12: 12:00 p.m. Dan Diner, Simon Dubnow Institute, Leipzig, Ben Gurion University, Israel, "Is there a Common European Memory? European Narratives of the Second World War," 210 Dickinson Hall, Lunch will be provided for those who sign up in advance. Please send an e-mail to goedde@princeton.edu or leave a message at 258-5540.

  • Tues., April 17: 4:30 p.m. Lois Dubin, Smith College, "At the Frontiers of Desire: A Jewish Woman's Struggle for Civil Divorce in Habsburg Trieste" ["East of Europe: On the Cultural Frontiers of Jewish Life" Lecture Series], WWS Robertson Hall, Bowl 2.

  • Wed., April 18: 8:00 p.m. Deborah Lipstadt, Emory College, The 23rd Carolyn L. Drucker Memorial Lecture, "Denying the Holocaust: Perspectives from a British Courtroom" WWS Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium.

  • Mon., April 23: 4:30 p.m. Robert Alter, University of California at Berkeley, Faber Lecture, "Scripture, Commentary, and the Challenge of Interpretation," WWS Robertson Hall, Bowl 2.

  • Thurs., April 26: 12:00 p.m. René Bloch, Department of Classics, Princeton University, "Jewish Responses to Ancient Polemics in Pre-modern Europe," Room 107, 58 Prospect Avenue, lunch will be served at 12:00 p.m.; presentation will begin at 12:15 p.m.

  • Thurs., April 26: 12:00 p.m. Steven Aschheim, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, "Victor Klemperer and the Shock of Multiple Identities," 210 Dickinson Hall, Lunch will be provided for those who sign up in advance. Please send an e-mail to goedde@princeton.edu or leave a message at 258-5540.

  • Tues., May 1: 4:30 p.m. Ruth Wisse, Harvard University, Biderman Lecture, "Serious Thoughts about Jewish Humor," WWS Robertson Hall, Bowl 2.

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