Jewish Studies Colloquia

The Jewish Studies Colloquium will mark its 9th year with a terrific line-up of presenters in 2009-2010. The Colloquium, cosponsored by Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies (NEJS), provides a forum for graduate students and faculty from Brandeis University and other academic institutions around the world to discuss their current research and works-in-progress. The colloquium engages a wide range of topics in Jewish studies from history and thought to political and national identity.

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Schedule of Presentations
Fall 2009 and Spring 2010

All meetings are held in Lown 315, 4:00 – 6:00 pm.

September 24, 2009
Michah Gottlieb, New York University
“Moses Mendelssohn and the Project of Modern Jewish Philosophy”

Michah Gottlieb is Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought and Philosophy in the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University.

October 29, 2009
Olga Litwak, Clark University
"The Family Romance of Yiddish Literature: Business and Pleasure in the Early Correspondence between Sholem Aleichem and Mendele the Book Peddler"

November 12, 2009
Ryan Szpiech, University of Michigan
"‘He is Still Israel’? Abner of Burgos on Conversion and Identity in Medieval Castile" (view paper)

January 21, 2010
Reuven Kimelman, Brandeis University
"Abraham Joshua Heschel's Theology of Judaism and The Rewriting of Jewish Intellectual History"

February 11, 2010
Claire Sufrin, Northeastern University

Participating in the Colloquium: In each session, participants will discuss a paper presented by a scholar or graduate student. Following a brief overview (5-10 minutes), the presenter will open the floor to questions, critiques, suggestions, and general discussion concerning his current research project.

Papers, which are not to exceed 30 pages, will be made available online two weeks before each colloquium session.

Presenting at the Colloquium: To submit your works-in-progress for presentation at the Jewish  Studies Colloquium, please contact Sylvia Fuks Fried at  fuksfried@brandeis.edu or Eugene Sheppard at sheppard@brandeis.edu.