The Joyce Z. and Jacob Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies

Joyce Z. and Jacob Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies
1155 East 60th Street, Room 302A
Chicago, IL 60637
773.702.7108
ccjs@uchicago.edu

 

Event Archive 2016 - Present

Yiddish Tish

Description: 
The Yiddish Tish will be meeting every Thursday of Autumn Quarter at 3pm in Cobb 500. Yiddish and aspiring Yiddish speakers of all levels are welcome to come enjoy coffee and cookies together. Cheat sheets with vocab/ phrases will be provided! For more information, email Matt Johnson (mjohnson26@uchicago.edu). The Yiddish Tish is also committed to having a fully accessible workshop. For any questions or concerns about accessibility, please contact Ingrid Sagor at isagor@uchicago.edu.
Date: 
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Category: 
Discussions

Yiddish Tish

Description: 
The Yiddish Tish will be meeting every Thursday of Autumn Quarter at 3pm in Cobb 500. Yiddish and aspiring Yiddish speakers of all levels are welcome to come enjoy coffee and cookies together. Cheat sheets with vocab/ phrases will be provided! For more information, email Matt Johnson (mjohnson26@uchicago.edu). The Yiddish Tish is also committed to having a fully accessible workshop. For any questions or concerns about accessibility, please contact Ingrid Sagor at isagor@uchicago.edu.
Date: 
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Category: 
Discussions

Graduate Student Jewish Studies Write-In

Description: 
Please join us for a Jewish Studies write-in! The session will take place between 9am-12pm at the Regenstein Library, room 403 (4th floor). Coffee and snacks will be provided! Feel free to drop by anytime during these three hours and get motivated to get work done! The write-in sessions will run throughout the quarter on a biweekly basis, Wednesdays 9am-12pm, even weeks.
Date: 
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Category: 
Research

Guy Stroumsa - 'Beyond Utopia: Avatars of the Promised Land — A Comparative Reflection on the History of the Concept of the Holy Land in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.'

Description: 
Visiting Professor Guy Stroumsa (Professor of Comparative Religion, Hebrew University of Jerusalem) will present a lecture for the Jewish Studies and Philosophy of Religions workshops. For information contact the coordinators Anna Band (aband@uchicago.edu) and David Cohen (davidc1@uchicago.edu).
Date: 
Monday, November 14, 2016
Category: 
Workshops

Yiddish Tish

Description: 
The Yiddish Tish will be meeting every Thursday of Autumn Quarter at 3pm in Cobb 500. Yiddish and aspiring Yiddish speakers of all levels are welcome to come enjoy coffee and cookies together. Cheat sheets with vocab/ phrases will be provided! For more information, email Matt Johnson (mjohnson26@uchicago.edu). The Yiddish Tish is also committed to having a fully accessible workshop. For any questions or concerns about accessibility, please contact Ingrid Sagor at isagor@uchicago.edu.
Date: 
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Category: 
Discussions

Matthew Johnson - “A tsveyter: Paul Celan in Yiddish.”

Description: 
Matthew Johnson, PhD Student, Dept. of Germanic Studies, will present a lecture for the Jewish Studies Workshop. A response will be given by Kirsten Collins (MA Student, Divinity. For information contact the coordinators, Anna Band (aband@uchicago.edu) and David Cohen (davidc1@uchicago.edu).
Date: 
Monday, November 7, 2016
Category: 
Workshops

Sarah Yardney - '1 Sam 14:41 As an Example of Interpretation in LXX Samuel”

Description: 
The Septuagint translator of Samuel is widely considered a “literal” translator who does not engage in interpretation. In this presentation, howeverm, Divinity PhD candidate, Sarah Yardney, suggests that the example of 1 Sam 14:41 demands that we nuance our description of the translator to allow for the possibility that he could intentionally depart from his Vorlage when he considered it in need of correction or improvement. Light snacks and refreshments will be served. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email the workshop’s co-coordinators: Sun Bok Bae (sunbok@uchicago.edu) or Marshall Cunningham (MCunningham1@uchicago.edu).
Date: 
Monday, November 7, 2016
Category: 
Workshops

Conference: ' 'Going forward with our heads forever turned back': Re-reading Giorgio Bassani'

Description: 
The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Italian Cultural Institute will present a conference on the writer Giorgio Bassani. Speakers include: Roberta Antognini (Vassar), Armando Maggi (University of Chicago), Maria Anna Mariani (University of Chicago), and Emanuel Rota (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign). The event will take place at The University of Chicago Harper Memorial Library, 1116 East 59th Street, Chicago, Room 104. Lunch will follow.
Date: 
Friday, November 4, 2016
Category: 
Discussions

“Going forward with our heads forever turned back”: Re-reading Giorgio Bassani

Description: 
“Going forward with our heads forever turned back”: Re-reading Giorgio Bassani November 4 Harper Memorial Library, Room 104 9am: Breakfast 9.30 am: The Garden of the Finzi-Contini by Giorgio Bassani. An American Tale. Roberta Antognini, Vassar College 10 am: Bassani versus Pasolini: The Narrator’s Voice in Il romanzo di Ferrara Armando Maggi, The University of Chicago Coffee Break 11am: How can a Survivor from the Camp be Fat? On Fleshy Excess in Giorgio Bassani’s A Plaque on Via Mazzini Maria Anna Mariani, The University of Chicago 11.30 am: Talking about the Weather During the Holocaust: Giorgio Bassani’s Memory of a Lost Italian Heimat Emanuel Rota, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Discussion 12.30: Lunch Organized by Armando Maggi and Maria Anna Mariani Sponsored by: Istituto Italiano di Cultura Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, The University of Chicago
Date: 
Friday, November 4, 2016

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