Past Colloquia

Jewish Studies Colloquia


Fall 2005 – Spring 2006

“Reflections on Persecution and the Art of Writing Under and Against National Socialism”
Eugene Sheppard, Brandeis University
September 22, 2005

“Cultural Citadel: The Creation of Jerusalem’s Tower of David Museum"
Stephanie Gerber Wilson, Brandeis University
November 3, 2005

“Rachele and Her Loves: Marriage and Divorce in a Revolutionary Age”
Lois Dubin, Smith College
February 9, 2006

“What Happens When Parallel Lines Meet?  Exploring the Impact of a Twentieth Century Mystical-Talmudic Master on the Philosophy of Immanuel Levinas”
Jacob Meskin, Hebrew College
March 9, 2006

“ ‘The Naked and the Dead’: A Study of Literary Representations of National Mourning”
Hannah Naveh, Brandeis University and Tel Aviv University
March 23, 2006