The Department of Jewish Studies will be hosting a lecture given by Dr. Pawel Maciejko. Dr. Maciejko is an Associate Professor and Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Chair in Classical Jewish Religion, Thought, and Culture at Johns Hopkins University.
Sponsored by: Department of Jewish Studies and the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
Marian and Byron Strug Lecture
*Light refreshments will be served.
The Department of Jewish Studies will be presenting:
"Zionism Then and Now: A Symposium" Feb. 2nd & 3rd
Sunday, February 2, 2020 | 7pm - 9pm | LBC Rechler Conference Room 202 Guest Speakers: Dr. Shachar Pinsker, University of Michigan "Coffee Talk: How Cafe`s Created Modern Jewish Culture" Dr. Vladimir Levin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem "Russian Zionism and the Synagogue" Dr. Arie Dubnov, The George Washington University "Dreamers of the Third Temple: Zionism at the Age of Imperial Federalism, 1903-1956"
Refugee Crises Now:
A closer look at the Americas, Syria, and the Rohingya
Jana Mason, UNHCR
Tuesday, November 19th
4pm
Diboll Gallery Newcomb Institute
The next installment of the "Refugee Speakers’ Series" will feature Dr. Sarah Cramsey from Tulane’s Jewish Studies Department. Professor Cramsey will present a talk entitled “The Other Diaspora: Family Creation and the Migrations of Polish Jews” on Tuesday, November 5 at 3pm in the Great Room at the Alumni House.
Adeno Addis is an internationally recognized scholar whose expertise spans a range of areas, but primarily focusing on human rights, constitutional law, and political and legal theory. He has published extensively in law and social science journals in the United States, Asia and Europe. He has taught at other law schools both in the United States and in other countries such as Australia, Germany, Hong Kong (SAR), and Japan. He has delivered many public lectures at many other institutions, including the University of Antwerp, University of Hong Kong, and the University of Texas (Austin).
Nir Baram, award-winning author and filmmaker, will be presenting his documentary film "Land Without Borders". "Land Without Borders" is based upon Baram's book and won the 2017 Ophir Award for best documentary movie. Some of Baram's other works include fiction novels: World Shadow (2013), Good People (2010), and The Remaker of Dreams (2006). In 2010, Baram received the Prime Minister's Award for Hebrew Literature. Discussion and Q/A session to follow the film showing.
The Jewish Studies Department is hosting its annual Israeli conference entitled "Globalization and Culture in Israel". Several guest speakers include: Nir Baram, Rabbi Dr. Haim Rechnitzer, Dr. Yael Halevi-Wise, Dr. Neta Stahl, Dr. Jack Kugelmass, Dr. Tamir Sorek, Dr. Abigail Gillman, and Dr. Eric Zakim.
Shari Rabin is Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Director of the Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture at the College of Charleston. She will be giving a lecture entitled "How Frontier Jews Made American Judaism". Rabin is winner of the 2017 National Jewish Book Award for her book Jews on the Frontier: Religion and Mobility in Nineteenth-century America.
The Department of Theatre and Dance welcomes you to join a lecture by critically acclaimed, award winning playwright Lynn Nottage to Tulane University for “A Conversation with Lynn Nottage.” Ms. Nottage has earned numerous awards, including two Pulitzer Prizes (
