Description:
Join us for the 2019 Bachelor of Arts Theses Colloquium, featuring students whose BA papers focused on topics in the area of Jewish Studies. This year our presenters will be: Isaac Johnston (History/Comparative Race & Ethnic Studies), “Strangers in the Outfield: Jews, Baseball, and Integration in America, 1900-1945”; Rebecca Julie (Sociology)“New Kids on the Yacht: The Role of Jewish Identity in Suburban Beach and Yacht Club Affiliation”; and Olivia Rosenzweig, (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), “Explaining Rapid Arabic Language Decline Amongst Mizrahi Jews in Israel in Light of Both the Historic Multiplicity of Middle Eastern Jewish Identity and Modern Sociological Discourse.” Refreshments will follow. For more information, or if you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Nancy Pardee at npardee@uchicago.edu. This event is organized by the Graduate Student Advisory Board of the Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies.
Date:
Monday, May 6, 2019