Upcoming Events
Amos Oz Comes to Brandeis
Acclaimed author and public intellectual, Amos Oz, will be speaking at the Hassenfeld Conference Center on November 15th at 7:00 pm. Watch this site for registration details. Entrance will be free to the public.
For additional information on Amoz Oz follow this link.
Alex Weingrod, Anthropologist, will be giving three lectures in October, sponsored by the Schusterman Center in cooperation with the
Anthropology department.
Wednesday, October 14 at 5:00 pm; "Bones, Burials and Forming the Nation", in the International Lounge in Usdan Student Center
Monday, October 19 at 5:00 pm; "Ethnicity Matters; Or Does It?", in Rapaporte Treasure Hall
Thursday, October 22 at 3:30 pm; "The New Israeli Minorities", in Rapaporte Treasure Hall
Visiting Scholars
The Schusterman Center hosts visiting scholars, artists and authors who illuminate the contemporary cultural and academic environment in Israel. In 2009-2010 we will be hosting the following distinguished faculty:
Prof. Gannit Ankori, Art History, 2008-2010
Prof. Yoram Bilu, Anthropology, 2009
Prof. Maoz Azaryahu, Anthropology, 2010
Summer Institute for Israel Studies 2010
At the Summer Institute for Israel Studies, faculty from universities in North America and around the world participate in seminars at Brandeis and in Israel that will help them design courses in Israel Studies for their home universities.
Brandeis University, June 15 – June 28, 2010
In Israel, June 30- July 8, 2010
Application forms for participation in the Summer Institute for Israel Studies will be forthcoming. Click here for details about the Summer Institute or Email scis@brandeis.edu, or call 781-736-2154.