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Verses of Longing: Desire and Gender in Modern Hebrew Literature

Brandeis-BGU International Workshop for Scholars
Organizers: Ilana Szobel and Hamutal Tsamir

October 1-2, 2013

This workshop explores the ways in which Hebrew literature represents, constructs and struggles with various forms of desire, addressing the juxtaposition of poetics and desire in the context of ideology, nationalism, Judaism, modernity, sexuality, passion, and power. The scholars workshop takes place in Hebrew with one English-language session open to the general public.  For further information, click here.

Configurations of Desire: Rethinking Hebrew Literature (English session)
October 1, 2013
4:30 - 6:00 pm
Schusterman Center conference room (Mandel 328)

Amir Banbaji, Ben-Gurion University: "The Desire for Beauty and Truth in Haskalah Aesthetic Theory"
Mikhal Dekel, City College, CUNY: "Tragedy Contra Theory: Matalon, Butler and the Critique of Zionism"
Response: Shai Ginsburg, Duke University

Free and open to the public
Light refreshments served in advance
RSVP to scis@brandeis.edu (recommended)

Announcing New Israel Travel Grants

The Schusterman Center announces a new undergraduate travel program, the Frances Taylor Eizenstat '65 Undergraduate Israel Travel Grant Program. On offer are competitive grants of $2500 each, awarded to undergraduates from any Brandeis department pursuing academic or career interests in Israel. Click here for further details.

Summer Institute for Israel Studies

The 2014 SIIS program will take place June 16-30 at Brandeis and July 1-10 in Israel. Click here for details.

Find out why SIIS has been so successful in transforming the teaching of Israel on college and university campuses across the United States and the world. Watch the video.

Omer Fast: 5000 Feet is the Best

Rose Art Museum
September 17 - November 3rd, 2013

Israeli-born artist Omer Fast kicks off a new multi-year series at the Rose called "Rose Video." First shown at the 2011 Venice Biennale, 5000 Feet is Best opens up a discussion about one of the most pressing issues of today - drone surveillance and warfare. This project is part of a set of five new exhibitions opening September 17th at the Rose Art Museum. Click here for details about the artist.

Podcasts of Center Events

Program and video from "Zionism in the Twenty-First Century" conference. February 17-18, 2013.
Keynotes by Anita Shapira, Tel Aviv University and Leon Wieseltier, The New Republic.

A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism
With Daniel L. Byman, Senior Fellow with the Brookings Institution, in March, 2012.

David Makovsky and Gaith al-Omari spoke in September, 2011. Watch a video of the event: UN Recognition of Palestinian Statehood - A New Dawn or Another Debacle?

Sayed Kashua, celebrated author, columnist and screenwriter, was invited in the spring of 2010 to share his body of work with several Brandeis classes.
Further details and audiocast of Arab Labor screening and Q&A

Ethan Bronner, Jerusalem Bureau Chief for the New York Times, spoke in 2010 about the challenges faced by a journalist covering opposing narratives.
Additional information and link to audiocast

Amos Oz, world-renowned novelist, activist and public intellectual spoke of his personal perspective on Israel in a public lecture, and discussed his novel A Tale of Love and Darkness to a group of Summer Institute for Israel Studies fellows.
Videocast of Israel: A Personal Perspective and further information about the author

Justice Richard Goldstone and respondent Ambassador Dore Gold discussed the challenge of the U.N. Gaza Report in November 2009.
Further information and link to videocast