2009/2010 Scholarships
October 22nd, 2009
Scholarship information for 2009/2010 has been updated here. Application deadline is March 26, 2010.
10th Annual Greenfield Summer Institute
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
“Jews and Politics”
July 12-16, 2009
Schedule
Sunday, July 12th
5-8 p.m. – Registration/Dinner at the University Club
Monday, July 13th at 9:00 am
9:00 a.m. - Steven Nadler, Weinstein Bascom Professor of Jewish Studies, and Chair, UW Department of Philosophy
“Jewish Philosophers and Jewish Law”
10:45 a.m. – David Sorkin, Weinstein Professor of Jewish Studies, UW Department of History “Jewish Politics in Europe, 1600-1945”
1:30 p.m. – Nadav Shelef, Meyerhoff Assistant Professor of Israeli Studies, UW Department of Political Science “Israeli Politics from Soup to Nuts”
Tuesday, July 14th
9:00 a.m. – Chad Alan Goldberg, Associate Professor, UW Department of Sociology “Durkheimian Sociology as a Response to French Anti-Semitism: The Jews, Revolutionary Modernization, and the Old Regime in Fin de siècle French Social Thought”
10:45 a.m. – Zvi Gitelman, Preston R. Tisch Professor of Judaic Studies, University of Michigan “The Jagged Circle: From Ethnicity to Internationalism to Cosmopolitanism and Back”
1:30 p.m. – Zvi Gitelman, Preston R. Tisch Professor of Judaic Studies, University of Michigan “The Motivations, Origins, Ideologies and Practices of Modern Zionism”
Wednesday, July 15th
9:00 a.m. – Tony Michels, Mosse Professor of Jewish History, UW Department of History “American Jews and Liberalism: Past and Present”
10:45 a.m. – Ira Forman, Executive Director of the National Jewish Democratic Council “Jewish Experience in American Politics: The Early Years”
1:30 p.m. – Ira Forman, Executive Director of the National Jewish Democratic Council
“Jewish Experience in American Politics: The Last Half Century”
Thursday, July 16th
9:00 a.m. – Philip Hollander, Assistant Professor of Israeli Literature and Culture, UW Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies “Prophets or Ordinary Men: Political Engagement and Hebrew Literary Production”
10:45 a.m. – Allan Nadler, Professor of Religion, Director, Jewish Studies Program, Drew University, “Political Turmoil in Interwar Jewish Eastern Europe, from A to Z: Agudath Israel to Zionism”
More Information
Download the Registration Form and Schedule (Microsoft Word .doc)
For more information, call the CJS at (608) 265-4763
The Greenfield Summer Institute is funded through the generousity of Larry and Roslyn Greenfield.
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2009 Newsletter
September 16th, 2009
The 2009 Newsletter for the Center for Jewish Studies has been published. You can download a PDF now. New faculty and visitors are welcomed, major events recapped, sponsors thanked, and much more!
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10th Annual Greenfield Summer Institute
March 11th, 2009
“Jews and Politics” – Schedule & More Information
October 17th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
What is the topic for July 2010 and when will registration be available? Thank you.