SPRING 2009
MARCH
Documentary Film and Discussion
Tuesday March 3, 2009 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Refusenik (Director/Producer Laura Bialis. 117 min.)
Introduction by Micha Naftlin, National Director of Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union
The Hoff Theater, Stamp Student Union
Conference and Films
Sunday March 29, 2009, 11:00 AM-6:30 PM
Italian Fascism and Cinematic Memory:
The Anti-Jewish Race Laws of 1938
Film highlights:
• 11:00 AM-12:45 PM: Concorrenza Sleale (Unlawful Competition) (2001)
• 5:00 PM-6:15 PM: The Tree of Life (2008)
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Art-Sociology Building, Rm. 2309
Sponsor: Department of History
Workshop
Monday, March 30, 2009, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
Teaching with Israeli Film:
Soap Operas, Documentaries and Feature Films in the Jewish Studies Classroom
Holzapfell Hall, Rm. 0142 (Jewish Studies Seminar Room)
APRIL
Documentary Film and Discussion
CANCELLED
Tuesday April 21, 2009, 4:00-6:00 PM
Pola’s March (Directed and produced by Jonathan Gruber, 1998, 65 min.)
Discussion by Jonathan Gruber
Art-Sociology Building, Rm. 1213
Lecture
Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 4:00-6:00 PM
Jeffrey Herf, University of Maryland
From Europe to the Middle East: Nazi Germany's Arabic Language Propaganda during World War II and the Holocaust
Holzapfell Hall, Rm. 0142 (Jewish Studies Seminar Room)
MAY
Conference
Sunday May 3, 2009, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Biblical Poetics and Interpretation:
A Conference Honoring Adele Berlin
Art-Sociology Building, Rm. 2309
Co-sponsored with the Department of English
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Lecture
Thursday May 7, 2009, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Derek Penslar, University of Toronto
Dreyfus Was Not Alone: The Army as Jewish Career in Modern Europe
0142 Holzapfel Hall (Jewish Studies Seminar Room)
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Lunch served/RSVP required
FALL 2008
CONFERENCE
September 21-24
Promoting Jewish Literacy in Educational Settings
An international conference sponsored by:
Bar-Ilan University
The University of Maryland
Yeshiva University
Hebrew Univon College
Adele H. Stamp Student Union Building
View a text or pdf version of the program
CONFERENCE
November 2-3, 2008
Iranian Jewry: From Past to Present
An International Conference
Sponsored by:
The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies
The Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute Center for Persian Studies
University of Maryland, College Park
Co-hosted by
The Hebraic Section and Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
November 2, Van Muching Hall, University of Maryland
November 3, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress
View a simulcast of the University of Marland portion of the events by clicking here.
View a text or pdf version of the program, or download the complete brochure.
More information available at the Roshan Cultural Heritage Center website.
As part of this conference, we are also pleased to present:
CONCERT
November 2, 2008, 8:00 PM
Izra Malakov's Bukharian Jewish Folklore Ensemble in "Jews of the Silk Road: Their Culture and Their Music"
Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Recital Hall
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
More information at the CSPAC website.
For tickets call 301-405-ARTS or click here to order online.
LECTURE
Professor Maina Chawla Singh (more info)
University of Delhi, India
Monday, November 17, 2008
4:00 PM
"We are not Mizrahi...We are Indian Jews"
Issues of Culture and Identity
in the Indian Jewish community in Israel.
0142 Holzapfel Hall (JWST Conference Room)
Please also see the events of the
Joseph B. and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies |
