MONDAY, 5/24/2021: Elena Hoffenberg on Liebmann Hersch, National-Cultural Autonomy, and Minority Rights

Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by:

Elena Hoffenberg (PhD Student, History, University of Chicago)

“The Danger of Small Numbers:
Liebmann Hersch on National-Cultural Autonomy and Minority Rights”

With a response by:
Anna Band (PhD Candidate, History, University of Chicago)

Monday May 24, 2021 at 5:30 PM Central (via Zoom)

Elena’s paper, to be read in advance of the session, is available for download below. The password to the document will be emailed to the Jewish Studies Workshop email listserv. If you would like to be added to this listserv, please click the “Subscribe” tab above.

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(Meeting ID: 998 0245 5626 / Password: hersch)

Pre-circulated Paper: Hoffenberg_Jewish Studies Workshop_May 24 2021

MONDAY, 5/17/2021: Stephanie Kraver on Poetry of the First Lebanon War and Ravikovitch’s Representation of the Other

Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by:

Stephanie Kraver (PhD Candidate, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago)

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From Prophetic to Postcolonial Witnessing: 

Poetry of the First Lebanon War and Ravikovitch’s Representation of the Other

With a response by:

Ido Telem (PhD Student, Comparative Literature, University of Chicago)

Monday May 17, 2021 at 5:30 PM Central (via Zoom)

Stephanie’s paper, to be read in advance of the session, is available for download below. The password to the document will be emailed to the Jewish Studies Workshop email listserv. If you would like to be added to this listserv, please click the “Subscribe” tab above.

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(Meeting ID: 953 9833 2525  /  Passcode: 263254)

Pre-circulated Paper: StephanieKraver_LebanonWar_article

MONDAY, 5/3/2021 Eli Rosenblatt on the Politics of Jewishness in Caribbean Suriname

Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by:

Eli Rosenblatt, PhD (Visiting Researcher, Northwestern University)

“Creole Ambivalence: Teroenga and the Politics of Jewishness in Caribbean Suriname, 1939-1965”

Monday May 3, 2021 at 5:30 PM Central (via Zoom)

Eli’s paper, to be read in advance of the session, is available for download below. The password to the document will be emailed to the Jewish Studies Workshop email listserv. If you would like to be added to this listserv, please click the “Subscribe” tab above.

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(Meeting ID: 956 0374 2733 / Password: Jewishness )

Pre-circulated Paper: Rosenblatt_CreoleAmbivalence

MONDAY, 4/19/2021: Kirsten Collins on Judaism, Race and Religion in Postwar France

Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by:

Kirsten Collins (PhD Student, Divinity School, University of Chicago)

“W(h)it(e)ness: Judaism, Race and Religion in Postwar France”

With a response by:

Samuel Catlin (PhD Candidate, Comparative Literature and the Divinity School, University of Chicago)

Monday April 19, 2021 at 5:30 PM Central (via Zoom)

Kirsten’s paper, to be read in advance of the session, is available for download below. The password to the document will be emailed to the Jewish Studies Workshop email listserv. If you would like to be added to this listserv, please click the “Subscribe” tab above.

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(Meeting ID: 938 2513 5149 / Password: Collins )

Pre-circulated Paper: Collins_Jewish Studies Workshop Proposal Draft

MONDAY, 4/12/2021: Nurit Siegal on the Origins of Modern Antisemitism

Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by:

Nurit Siegal (MAPSS, Political Science, University of Chicago)

“The Origins of Modern Antisemitism: The Rise of the Nation-State and the Suppression of Jews’ Ethnic Identity”

With a response by:

Tahel Goldsmith (PhD Student, History, University of Chicago)

Monday April 12, 2021 at 5:30 PM Central (via Zoom)

Nurit’s paper, to be read in advance of the session, is available for download below. The password to the document will be emailed to the Jewish Studies Workshop email listserv. If you would like to be added to this listserv, please click the “Subscribe” tab above.

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(Meeting ID: 960 9363 1381 / Password: Siegal2021 )

Pre-circulated Paper: Siegal_Jewish Studies Workshop

Spring 2021 Schedule

Dear All,

Please find below the Jewish Studies Workshop’s spring schedule, which we are very excited about.

Meetings will occur virtually (hopefully for the last time!) from 5:30 – 7:00 pm CST on Mondays. Generally, the workshop meets every other Monday, but **please note that the two first meetings are scheduled for consecutive weeks.**

Advanced copies of papers and Zoom links will be pre-circulated via the Jewish Studies Workshop listserv and made available on our website here. If you would like to be added to our listserv, you can do so here, or email us at telem@uchicago.edu or barenstein@uchicago.edu.

Best,
Ido and Benjamin

Jewish Studies Workshop Schedule – Spring 2021 

April 12

The Origins of Modern Antisemitism: The Rise of the Nation-State and the Suppression of Jews’ Ethnic Identity

Nurit Siegal (MAPSS Student in Political Science, University of Chicago)

April 19

W(h)it(e)ness: Judaism, Race and Religion in Postwar France

Kirsten Collins (PhD Student, Divinity School, University of Chicago)

May 3

Creole Ambivalence: The Politics of Jewishness in Caribbean Suriname, 1939-1959

Eli Rosenblatt, PhD (Visiting Researcher, Northwestern University)

May 17

From Prophetic to Postcolonial Witnessing: Poetry of the First Lebanon War and Ravikovitch’s Representation of “the Other”

Stephanie Kraver (PhD Candidate, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago)

May 24

 A Bundist and a Zionist? Liebmann Hersch on Cultural Autonomy and Minority Rights

Elena Hoffenberg (PhD Student, History, University of Chicago)

 

Monday, 3/1/2021: Samuel Catlin on Geoffrey Hartman and the Question of Secular Criticism

Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by:

Samuel Catlin (PhD Candidate, Comparative Literature and the Divinity School, University of Chicago)

“No Sin to Limp: Geoffrey Hartman and the Question of Secular Criticism”

With a response by:
Kirsten Collins (PhD Student, Divinity School, University of Chicago)
Monday March 1, 2021 at 5:30 PM Central (via Zoom)
Sam’s paper, to be read in advance of the session, is available for download below. The password to the document will be emailed to the Jewish Studies Workshop email listserv. If you would like to be added to this listserv, please click the “Subscribe” tab above.

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(Meeting ID: 966 8630 6383 / Password: Hartman )

Pre-circulated Paper: JSW_Catlin_3-1-2021

Monday, 2/15/2021: David Barak-Gorodetsky on Judah Magnes

Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by:

David Barak-Gorodetsky (Visiting Fellow, Divinity School, University of Chicago)

“Judah Magnes: The Prophetic Politics of a Religious Binationalist”

With a response by:
Yiftach Ofek (PhD Candidate, Divinity School, University of Chicago)
Monday February 15, 2021 at 5:30 PM Central (via Zoom)

David’s paper, to be read in advance of the session, is available for download below. The password to the document will be emailed to the Jewish Studies Workshop email listserv. If you would like to be added to this listserv, please click the “Subscribe” tab above.

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(Meeting ID:  994 1317 6706 / Password: Magnes )

Pre-circulated Paper: Barak-Gorodetsky – Judah Magnes-chapter 9

Monday, 2/1/2021: Matthew Johnson on Glikl’s Circulation

Please join us for a meeting of the Jewish Studies Workshop, with a presentation by:

Matthew Johnson (PhD Candidate, Germanic Studies, University of Chicago)

“Glikl’s Circulation: Philology, Translation, and Value”

With a response by:
Tali Winkler (PhD Candidate, History, University of Chicago)

Monday February 1, 2021 at 2:00 PM Central (via Zoom)

Matthew’s paper, to be read in advance of the session, is available for download below. The password to the document will be emailed to the Jewish Studies Workshop email listserv. If you would like to be added to this listserv, please click the “Subscribe” tab above.

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(Meeting ID: 943 9606 6467 / Password: Glikl )

Pre-circulated Paper: Johnson_Glikl_JSW

Tuesday, 19 January 2021: Adriana Jacobs on Translation, Catastrophe, and Hezy Leskly’s ‘Zombie Memories’

Please join us for a meeting of the Jewish Studies Workshop, with a presentation by:

Adriana Jacobs (Associate Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature, University of Oxford)

“Translation and Catastrophe: Hezy Leskly’s ‘Zombie Memories’ ”

Tuesday, January 19, 2020 at 5:30 PM Central (via Zoom)

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(Meeting ID: 977 3910 9099 / Password: zombies)

Chapter from Professor Jacob’s book, to be read in advance (Password: cocktail): yeshurun_SC_jacobs