Wednesday, September 22
"Whose Land Is This Anyway? First Reflections on the Literature about 'The Right to Our Land'"
Daniel Statman
Padnos Visiting Professor in Judaic Studies, U of M
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Bar Ilan University
12:00 noon, Salinger Resource Center, 3040 Frieze
Friday, October 1
"Israeli Archaelogy: New Discoveries, New Directions"
Alexander Joffe
Assistant Professor, The Pennsylvania State University
12:00 noon, The Salinger Resource Center, 3050 Frieze
Co-sponsored with the Departments of Anthropology and Near Eastern Studies, and the Honors Program
Monday, October 18
"Ruth, Esther and the Patriarchs of Genesis: A Study in the Mutual Relevance of Anthropology and Bible Studies"
Harvey Goldberg
Professor of Anthropology, Hebrew University
4:00 pm, 2553 LS&A Building
LS&A Executive Committee Conference Room
Co-sponsored with the Departments of Anthropology and Near Eastern Studies, and the Honors Program
Monday, November 1
"What Does a 19th Century Historian Have to Say to Judaica Scholars of the 21st Century? The Relevance of Shimon Dubnov"
Kristi Groberg
Independent Scholar
12:00 noon, Salinger Resource Center, 3040 Frieze
Monday, November 1
""Whose Land is This Anyway? First Reflections on the Literature about 'The Right to Our Land'"
Daniel M. Statman
Louis and Helen Padnos Visiting Professor in Judaic Studies, U of M
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Bar Ilan University, Israel
8:00 pm, Temple Emmanuel, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Monday, November 8
"Topics from 'The Madwoman in the Attic' to 'The Women's Room': Israeli Responses to Western Feminisms"
Yael Feldman
New York University
4:00 pm, Salinger Resource Center, 3050 Frieze
Co-sponsored with the Department of Near Eastern Studies
Thursday, November 11
"Mankind, Womankind, Love and Sex in Talmudic Literature"
Dr. Admiel Kosman
Bar Ilan University
4:00 pm, Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union
Co-sponsored with the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and by the Women's Studies Program.
Monday, November 15
"Adam Names Eve and the Creatures: Rabbinic, Christian and Modern Interpretations"
Dr. Admiel Kosman
Bar Ilan University
12 noon, Salinger Resource Center, 3050 Frieze
Co-sponsored with the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and by the Women's Studies Program.
Monday, December 6
"Singing to Stalin (and Others): Yiddish 'Folk Songs' in the Soviet Union"
Anna Shternshis
St. Antony's College, Oxford University
4:00 pm, Salinger Resource Center, 3050 Frieze
Wednesday, December 8
"Trying to Transform the Tradition: The Attmept to Soveitize Jewish Traditions and Practices in the USSR during the 1920s and 1930s"
Anna Shternshis
St. Antony's College, Oxford University
12 noon, Salinger Resource Center, 3050 Frieze
Wednesday, December 8
"Biznez Is Biznez: The 'Black Sox' and the Jews."
Dr. Michael Alexander
Assistant Professor of History, University of Oklahoma
4:00 pm, Tisch Hall