TODAY, 4/23: Navigating Careers in Jewish Studies
Jewish Studies Workshop calendar, Spring 2020
Dear colleagues,
Thursday, 3/12 at the Literature & Philosophy Workshop: Amy Levine on messianism in Kafka
Participants in the Jewish Studies Workshop may be interested in an upcoming presentation at the Literature & Philosophy Workshop:
Amy Levine, PhD Student, Philosophy and the Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago
“Anxious Messianism in Kafka’s The Castle“
Thursday, March 12, 2020, 5:00 PM, Foster 305
For the paper and further details, see the Literature & Philosophy Workshop website.
Protected: Paper for Kirsten Collins workshop, 3/10: “Examining the W(h)it(e)ness: ‘Jewish Law’ in Maurice Blanchot’s Critique of Sovereignty”
3/10: Kirsten Collins on race in Blanchot
Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for our final presentation of the Winter 2020 quarter:
Kirsten Collins, PhD Student in Religion, Literature & Visual Culture, University of Chicago Divinity School
“Examining the W(h)it(e)ness: ‘Jewish Law’ in Maurice Blanchot’s Critique of Sovereignty”
with a response by Paul Cato, PhD Candidate, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago
Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 5:00 PM, Swift 200
Kirsten’s paper, to be read in advance of the workshop, will be posted on this website shortly, and the password will be emailed to the Jewish Studies Workshop listserv. If you would like to be added to the listserv, please click “Subscribe” on the menu above.
Light refreshments will be served. Swift 200 is wheelchair accessible by elevator; if you require further accommodations in order to participate fully in the workshop, please contact the workshop coordinators Samuel Catlin (scatlin@uchicago.edu) and Mendel Kranz (mkranz@uchicago.edu) and we will be happy to help.
Protected: Paper for Michal Peles-Almagor workshop, 2/25: “Image, Matter, Word: The German-Hebrew Threshold in S. Y. Agnon’s Fiction”
Monday, 2/24: William Underwood on Marx’s “Zur Judenfrage”
Please join the Philosophy of Religions Workshop for a presentation by
William Underwood, PhD Student, Philosophy of Religions, University of Chicago Divinity School
“‘On the Jewish Question’: Marx at the End of Reason”
with a response by Samuel Catlin, PhD Candidate, Comparative Literature, University of Chicago and Religion, Literature & Visual Culture, University of Chicago Divinity School
Monday, February 24, 2020, 12:30 PM, Swift 200
William’s paper, to be read in advance of the workshop, can be accessed here.
Refreshments will be served. The Philosophy of Religions Workshop is committed to being a fully accessible and inclusive workshop. Please contact Workshop Coordinators Rebekah Rosenfeld (rrosenfeld@uchicago.edu) and William Underwood (wunderwood@uchicago.edu) in order to make any arrangements necessary to facilitate your participation in workshop events.
Tuesday, 2/25: Michal Peles-Almagor on “Berlin, Agnon, and the Hebrew-German dialogue”
Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by
Michal Peles-Almagor (PhD Candidate, Comparative Literature, University of Chicago):
“A Jewish Montage: Berlin, Agnon, and the Hebrew-German Dialogue”
with a response by Samuel Catlin (PhD Candidate, Comparative Literature, University of Chicago and Religion, Literature & Visual Culture, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 5:00 PM, Swift 200
Michal’s paper, to be read in advance of the workshop, will be posted on this website on the Thursday before the workshop, and the password for the document will be emailed to the Jewish Studies Workshop listserv. If you would like to be added to the listserv, please click “Subscribe” on the menu above.
Light refreshments will be served. Swift 200 is wheelchair accessible by elevator; if you require further accommodations in order to participate fully in the workshop, please contact the workshop coordinators Samuel Catlin (scatlin@uchicago.edu) and Mendel Kranz (mkranz@uchicago.edu) and we will be happy to help.