Event Archive 2016 - Present

Allison Schachter, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and English at Vanderbilt University, will discuss her new book, 'Women Writing Jewish Modernity, 1919–1939' (Northwestern UP, 2021) at the Jewish Studies Workshop. In conversation with Prof. Schachter will be Kenneth Moss, Harriet and Ulrich E. Meyer Professor of Jewish History, University of Chicago, and Jessica Kirzane, Assistant Instructional Professor in Yiddish, University of Chicago. This is a virtual event via Zoom. To register for the zoom link, go to https://forms.gle/qHcJLg4kgs7nFL649. For other information, contact the workshop coordinator, Ido Telem, at telem@uchicago.edu.

Join us for an online panel discussion on the Abraham Accords Declaration and its importance for achieving peace in the Middle East. Panelists include Dr. Najat Al Saied, Professor of Media Studies at the American University of the Emirates in Dubai; Dan Feferman, Director for Communications and Global Affairs at Sharaka, an NGO committed to translating the Abraham Accords to the “people-to-people” level; and Omar Al Busaidy, Economic Affairs Liaison at the Consulate General of the UAE in New York and CEO of Sharaka USA. Moderating the event will be Dr. David Barak-Gorodetsky of the University of Chicago. The event is co-sponsored by the Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies with funding from the June and Harold Patinkin Fund for Modern Israel Studies and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago. To register for this event go to https://uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NF_t9z6DTbaT3TlDq-8YoA.

Dr. Artur Tanikowski of the National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning in Warsaw will give the first lecture in a year-long series on the Polish-Jewish visual arts of the modernist period. This is a hybrid event and can be attended in person or online. To register for the online event go to https://bit.ly/3EFfwcm. For information, contact the Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studiest (CEERES) at ceeres.uchicago.edu.

David Ridge, PhD student in the University of Chicago Divinity School, will present a paper for the Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Reception Workshop. The event will also be available via Zoom. For information and the zoom link, please contact the workshop coordinators, Tyler Harris, tylerjharris@uchicago.edu, or Jaeseok Heo, jaeseokheo@uchicago.edu.