About the Greenfield Summer Institute
The Greenfield Summer Institute was the brainchild of Lawrence Greenfield, a member of the Center for Jewish Studies Board of Visitors, who first proposed the idea of an adult summer institute in the mid-1990s. The first Greenfield Summer Institute in 2000 brought together people from the Madison community and beyond to participate in a unique blend of continuing education, entertainment, and fellowship. Now underwritten by the generosity of Larry and Ros Greenfield, the Institute showcases the research of UW–Madison faculty and acclaimed Jewish Studies scholars from around the country. Each year the Institute’s lectures center around a theme (past years’ themes have included Jewish identity, Jews and politics, the “Wandering Jew,” Jewish Studies and the arts, Jews and gender, Israel, European Jewry, and American Jewish history). In addition to lectures that explore the year’s theme in depth, the Institute also features concerts, dinners, and other opportunities to socialize.
Past Greenfield Summer Institutes
Thirteenth Annual Greenfield Summer Institute
Jewish Memory and Nostalgia
July 8–12, 2012
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Fee: $160 ($185 after June 8th)
Brochure (pdf)
Hotel information (pdf)
Parking application (pdf)
Sunday, July 8
5:00–6:00 p.m. – Check in and pick up information packets
Fluno Center (601 University Avenue)
6:00–8:00 p.m. – Opening Dinner, Fluno Center
All lectures will be held at Grainger Hall, 975 University Avenue, unless otherwise noted.
Monday, July 9: Introduction to Memory/
Ancient Manifestations of Memory
9:00 a.m. – Memory and the Brain -Bradley R. Postle, University of Wisconsin–Madison
10:30 a.m. – Break
10:45 a.m. – Nostalgia and Hope: David in the Latter Prophets – Ronald L. Troxel, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Noon – Lunch (on your own)
1:30 p.m. – Biblical Memory in Modern Israel – Rachel Havrelock, University of Illinois at Chicago
3:00 p.m. – Break
3:30 p.m. – Film: Ladies’ Tailor (92 min.)
Tuesday, July 10: Memory and Modern Israel
9:00 a.m. – Why a Ladies’ Tailor? – Judith Deutsch Kornblatt, University of Wisconsin–Madison
10:30 a.m. – Break
10:45 a.m. – Mizrahi Identity in Israel: Memory, Nostalgia, Invented Identity – Phillip Hollander, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Noon – Lunch (on your own)
1:30 p.m. – Growing Up with Israel – Gilead Morahg, University of Wisconsin–Madison
3:00 p.m. – Break
3:30 p.m. – Film: Four Seasons Lodge (97 min.)
Wednesday, July 11: American Jews, Memory, and Nostalgia
9:00 a.m. – The Old Neighborhood, Upward Mobility, and American Judaism – Jonathan Pollack, Madison Area Technical College, University of Wisconsin–Madison
10:30 a.m. – Break
10:45 a.m. – Panel: Growing Up in Jewish Brooklyn – Ave Butensky ‘55, Past president, Viacom’s Program Group, Television Bureau of Advertising, and the International Radio & Television Society.
Noon – Lunch (on your own)
1:30 p.m. – The Good Old Days of Poverty – Suzanne Wasserman, Gotham Center for New York City History/CUNY Graduate Center
4:00 p.m. – Yid Vicious concert (Memorial Union Terrace)
5:30 p.m. – Dinner (no charge), UW Hillel (611 Langdon Street)
Thursday, July 12: Holocaust Memory in the United States
9:00 a.m. – Memory and Holocaust Education – Aleisa Fishman, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
10:30 a.m. – Break
10:45 a.m. – Closing Roundtable Discussion – Simone Schweber and Michael Bernard-Donals, University of Wisconsin–Madison