Upcoming Spring 2012 Events
'DEIS Impact
The Pursuit of Justice in the Abrahamic Faiths
February 7, 2012 (Tuesday)
2 - 3:30 p.m.
Alumni Lounge in Usdan
A Conversation Between:
NEJS Professors
Bernadette Brooten
Joseph Lumbard
Reuven Kimelman
Brandeis Interfaith Chaplaincy Spiritual Leaders
Father Walter Cuenin
Dr. Imam Talal Eid
Alex Levering Kern
Rabbi Elyse Winick
- What do the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptures say about social justice?
- How do those concepts play out in the contemporary world?
- Hear three NEJS professors and chaplains in conversation
Sponsored by the Brandeis Interfaith Chaplaincy; International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life; Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Department
Tauber Colloqium
Jewish Biblical Scholarship, 1750-Present
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012
A light lunch will be served
Marc Brettler, Brandeis University
Edward Breuer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
This colloquium provides a critical forum for graduate students and faculty to present and discuss works-in-progress, thereby fostering an interdisciplinary intellectual community in all areas of modern Jewish studies. In each session participants will discuss a paper presented by faculty or graduate students from Brandeis and other institutions. The presenter will begin with a brief overview (5-10 minutes) of the work, and the rest of the session will be open to questions and answers.
Download paper and background material for the lecture.
For more information on the Jewish Studies Colloquia, click here.
'DEIS Impact
How We Work to Make the World Better and You Can Too
February 9, 2012 (Thursday)
7 - 9 pm
Lurias, Hassenfeld Conference Center
Featuring Professor Jonathan D. Sarna '75 and Brandeis alumni:
Lisa Exler
Brandeis '01, MA '02
American Jewish World Service
Jordan FruchtmanBrandeis MA '08, MBA '08
Moishe House
Nahma Nadich
Brandeis '76
Jewish Community Relations of Greater Boston
Joy Sisisky
Brandeis '98
Jewish Women's Foundation of New York
Four amazing Brandeis alumni involved in cutting-edge, Jewish-sponsored social justice organizations join Professor Jonathan D. Sarna for a discussion of what they do and why they do it. Learn how Brandeis helped to shape these leaders, and how you can join them. Bring your curiosity and your questions!
Click here to view flyer.
Sponsored by the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program; International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life; Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Department; and the Hiatt Career Center
"Two- Hundred Neo-Babylonian Legal Texts from Judeans in Exile and What They Say about Biblical Law"
A lecture by F. Rachel Magdalene, M.Div., J.D., Ph.D. of Leipzig University and author of "On the Scales of Righteousness: Neo-Babylonian Trial Law and the Book of Job"
February 9, 2012 (Thursday)
2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Lown 315
'DEIS Impact
Exploring Social Justice on Campus and Around the World
February 5-10, 2012
Free and Open to the Public
Check go.brandeis.edu/DEISimpact for up-to-the-minute information about the week’s events.
Dissertation Defense
David E. Bokovsky will defend his dissertation, entitled "Yahweh as Sexual Deity in J's Prehistory".
February 23, 2012 (Thursday) at 11:00 a.m.
Mandel Center for the Humanities, Room 328 in the Schusterman Center
Judaizing Aesthetics: Painting, Poetry, Politics
Professor David Nirenberg
Committee on Social Thought
Department of History, University of Chicago
These lectures are free and open to the public
March 19, 4:00 PM
Lecture One; "Art's Struggle with Judaism, from the Golden Calf
to Varavaggio"
MCH G3, Mandel Auditorium
March 19, 6:00-7:30 PM
Public Reception
Mandel Atrium
March 20, 12:30-2:00 PM
Lunch Seminar
MCH 303, Reading Room
March 21, 4:00 PM
Lecture Two:
"Why 'Every Poet is a Jew"
MCH g3, Mandel Auditorium
March 22, 4:00 PM
Lecture Three:
"Sovereignty of the Spirit, or Sovereignty of the Flesh?"
MCH G3, Mandel Auditorium
Sponsored by a gift from the Mandel Foundation.
49th Annual Simon Rawidowicz Memorial Lecture
Professor Israeli Yuval of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will be the distinguished speaker for this year's lecture.
March 28, 2012 at 7:30 PM.
Sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, the Tauber Institute for the Study of the European Jewry, and the Mandel Center for the Humanities.