Event Archive 2016 - Present

Award-winning writer Eva Hoffman will deliver the Leo and Sarah (Bunny) Horvitz Memorial Lecture, speaking about the pre-Holocaust past, especially with respect to Jewish life in Poland, and the post-Holocaust present, including themes ranging from terror attacks in Europe to the Truth & Reconciliation Commission in South Africa. Dr. Hoffman is the author of many books, including Lost in Translation: Life in a New Language (1989), 'Shtetl: The Life and Death of a Small Town and the World of Polish Jews' (1997), 'Time: Big Ideas, Small Books' (2009), and most recently 'How To Be Bored' (2017). The event is co-sponsored by the Center for East-European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and the Program in Creative Writing. A reception will follow.

Mili Leitner, PhD student in Ethnomusicology, will present at a joint meeting of the Jewish Studies and the EthNoise workshops. For information, contact the workshop coordinators Anna Band (aband@uchicago.edu) or David Cohen (davidc1@uchicago.edu).

Jeremy Schipper, Professor of Hebrew Bible at Temple University, will present a lecture for a joint meeting of the Hebrew Bible and Religions in America workshops. The location is still to be decided. Lunch will be served. For information, contact the Hebrew Bible Workshop coordinators Marshall Cunningham (mcunningham1@uchicago.edu) or Sun Bok Bae (sunbok@uchicago.edu).

David Cohen, PhD student in the Divinity School, will present at the Jewish Studies Workshop. Light refreshments will be served. For information, contact the workshop coordinators Anna Band (aband@uchicago.edu) or David Cohen (davidc1@uchicago.edu).