Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Jewish Studies Faculty-Graduate Workshop Series, Fall 2010

Each semester, the Borns Jewish Studies Program is pleased to present a series of workshops for IU faculty and graduate students.  The speakers and topics related to Jewish Studies vary each semester.  Lunch is provided free at these workshops and no reservations are necessary.  We hope you can join us for this fall’s workshop series featuring presentations by the scholars listed below.  If you have questions about any of the workshops please don’t hesitate to contact the Borns Jewish Studies Program.


Sarah Imhoff
Visiting Lecturer, Borns Jewish Studies Program
Indiana University

Friday, October 8
Sassafras Room, IMU
12:00 noon

 
“Jews and their Neighbors:
Law and Interethnic Relations in the Russian Empire”

Professor Eugene Avrutin
Professor of Modern European Jewish History and Tobor Family Scholar,
Program of Jewish Culture and Society, University of Illinois

Friday, October 15
12:00 noon
Distinguished Alumni Room, IMU

“In the Steps of Our Foremothers: Themes and Genres of Contemporary Hasidic Women’s Yiddish Songs”

Asya Vaisman
Visiting Lecturer, Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University

Friday, October 29
12:00 noon
Distinguished Alumni Room, IMU

“Crossing the Jordan:
A Study of Israel-Jordan Cross-border Relations since the 1994 Peace Treaty"

Tamar Arieli
Schusterman Visiting Israeli Professor

Friday, November 12
12:00 noon
Distinguished Alumni Room, IMU
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