Jewish Studies Colloquia
The Jewish Studies Colloquium, which has been meeting since 2001, 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.
MA and PH.D candidates, college and university faculty, and independent scholars are welcome.
Schedule of Presentations
All meetings are held in Lown 315, 12:20-2:00pm.
A light lunch will be served.
Fall 2011
Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011
David Freidenreich, Colby College
"Jews, Pagans, and Heretics in Early Medieval Canon Law"
Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011
Nitzan Lebovic, Lehigh University
"The Crisis Paradigm: From Weimar to Jerusalem"
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011
Robin Judd, Ohio State University
"The Girls They Didn't Leave Behind: Jewish Warbrides in Postwar Europe"
Spring 2012
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012
Marc Brettler, Brandeis University
Edward Breuer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"Jewish Biblical Scholarship, 1750-Present"
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Alan Mintz, Jewish Theological Seminary of America
"The Late Agnon and the Work of Cultural Memory"
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Hamutal Tsamir, Ben Gurion University
"Blindness and the Abyss, Poetry and Silence: H. N. Bialik and Zionism as a Political Theology"
Participating in the Colloquium: Presenters discuss a work-in-progress made available in advance. Following a brief overview (5-10 minutes), the presenter opens the floor to questions, critiques, suggestions, and general discussion.
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.