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March 11, 2015March 11, 2015Jan.Jan.
..In This Issue:In This Issue:
- Letter From Our Director- Letter From Our Director
- Faculty & Graduate- Faculty & GraduateStudent UpdatesStudent Updates
- Upcoming Spring Events- Upcoming Spring Events
- Sarah Stein, 2015 Sondra- Sarah Stein, 2015 SondraD. Bender Visi ting ScholarD. Bender Visi ting Scholar
- Maymester Course:- Maymester Course:Meaning After theMeaning After theHolocaustHolocaust - Intensive Summer Hebrew- Intensive Summer Hebrew
- Fal l 2015 Class Schedule- Fal l 2015 Class Schedule
- Jewish Studies Spring- Jewish Studies SpringAwards & Fel lowshipsAwards & Fel lowships
- Scholarships, Resources- Scholarships, Resources& External Events& External Events
The Program in JewishStudies, an interdisciplinary unit
of the College of Arts and
Sciences, offers a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Jewish Studies as well
as minors in Jewish Studies and
Hebrew Studies.
The primary goal of the program isto explore Jewish culture, history,
society, and thought whileequipping students with a fluency
in a number of the disciplinesoffered through the College of Arts
& Sciences.
Kol Mevaser: The Voice of Jewish Studies at CU Boulder
Letter From Our Director,Letter From Our Director,David ShneerDavid Shneer Dear CU Jewish Studies community andfriends, In the summer of2008 I came to CU-Boulder as a seniorhistorian charged withthe task of creating aProgram in JewishStudies. Over thepast seven years,with your help, wehave built a worldclass program thatnow includes a major,two minors, agraduate program,global seminars, and more than 1500 studentstaking our courses each year. The programhas a solid foundation through generous gifts ofan endowed chair, lectureship, fellowships andscholarships. Ongoing donor support togetherwith an investment from the College willcontinue to grow our program. The bottom lineis that the program has been so successfulbecause of the passion and support of CU'sstudents, faculty, staff, administration, and thecommunity. Thank you for your investmentand involvement. I am writing to let you know that as of June 30,2015, I will be stepping down as director ofJewish Studies. I do so now because I feel Ihave accomplished what I was charged to doand with gratitude for the many people, likeyou, who have helped us achieve so manyfirsts for CU. Don't worry. I'm not going very far. After takinga sabbatical, I will be returning to JewishStudies in many different capacities, willcontinue my work teaching and researching inthe Department of History, and am excited toannounce that I will be taking the helm as Chairof the Department of Religious Studies whichhas its own incredible faculty, staff and
The Program in JewishThe Program in JewishStudies is an academicStudies is an academic
program open to program open to ALLALLstudents of students of ALLALL
backgrounds, Jewish andbackgrounds, Jewish and non-Jewish. non-Jewish.
Learn more at our websiteLearn more at our websiteColorado.edu/JewishStudiesColorado.edu/JewishStudies
Contact Us:Contact Us:Phone: 303.492.7143Email:CUJewishStud [email protected] [email protected]
students. Jewish Studies and Religious Studies havecollaborated on many projects since 2008including hiring two new tenure-line professorswho are in both units, establishing the Post-Holocaust American Judaism Archive andEmbodied Judaism series, and bringing to theuniversity global seminars to Jerusalem andIstanbul. Therefore, in my new role as chair ofReligious Studies, I look forward to workingwith many of you long into the future.
You will be in very good hands with the incoming director of theProgram in Jewish Studies, Dr. Nan GoodmanDr. Nan Goodman, a professor inthe English department, who is incredibly excited to meet andwork with each one of you. To date, Dr. Goodman's work hasfocused on American literature of the nineteenth century and thecolonial era. Her book in progress, The Puritan Cosmopolis,demonstrates her growing interest in Jewish Studies as sheshows how the Puritans were inspired by their Biblicalpredecessors to envision a new kind of global politicalcommunity. Goodman's future work will be taking her to Turkey,where she will lead the new global seminar to Is tanbulglobal seminar to Is tanbuland where she serves as the founding proponent of what she andothers hope will be a new institute at Boğaziçi Universitydedicated to Jewish Studies, the first of its kind in Turkey and likely in any country with aMuslim majority.
Nan and I are incredibly excited for the next stage of the Program's journey. Together withour incredibly talented and innovative faculty and our enthusiastic and creative students,we will continue to build the program and go from success to success. We are grateful toeach of you for everything you have done to get us to where we are today and what youwill do in the future to continue helping us achieve our goals of making CU's Program inJewish Studies an always dynamic, visionary beacon of learning locally and globally. Sincerely,
David Shneer, PhDDavid Shneer, PhDDirector of the Program in Jewish StudiesLouis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish HistoryProfessor of History and Religious Studies
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Faculty & Graduate Student UpdatesFaculty & Graduate Student Updates
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Brian CatlosBrian Catlos , Professor of Religious Studies, has organized threepanels at CU-Boulder's upcoming American Association of ItalianStudies Conference, and is planning this year's UC MediterraneanResearch Project Winter Workshop and Symposium entitled "Borders,"taking place at the University of San Diego.
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Liora HalperinLiora Halperin, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, willbe giving a special author talk on her recent book Babel in Zion,Sunday, April 26 @ 7PM as part of the JCC: Scholars Series at theBoulder Jewish Community Center.
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Eyal Riv linEyal Riv lin, Hebrew Instructor, will be leading a monthly Hebrew Kirtan(ecstatic chanting) at Congregation Nevei Kodesh, Wednesday, March20 @ 7:00PM - 9:00PM.
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Sasha SenderovichSasha Senderovich, Assistant Professor of Germanic and SlavicLanguages and Literatures and Jewish Studies, recently presented apaper at Oxford University's international conference "The Art of CulturalTranslation: Performing Jewish Traditions in Modern Times."
The traveling exhibit Through Soviet Jewish Eyes, curated by DavidDavidShneerShneer, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies, recently opened atthe Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, for the first time inboth Russian and English. Shneer's recent book on Lin Jaldati is beingused as the Hentrich&Hentrich featured publication at the Leipzig BookFair, Friday, March 13.
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Nick UnderwoodNick Underwood, PhD Candidate in History, was recently granted twoprestigious awards, a dissertation fellowship from the James R., AnneM., and R. Jane Emerson (McCall) Student Support Fund in theHumanities, and the Joseph Kremen Memorial Fellowship in EastEuropean Jewish Arts, Music, and Theater from the Yivo Institute forJewish Research.
Jewish Studies graduate studentsKathryn HuetherKathryn Huether and Meghan ZibbyMeghan Zibbypresented at the 5th Annual University ofNevada, Reno College of Liberal ArtsGraduate Student Symposium:Constructing Humanity.
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Meet Our Visiting FacultyMeet Our Visiting FacultyThe Program in Jewish Studies is excited to welcome two visiting faculty members toCU-Boulder this Spring 2015 semester. Professor Sam BoydProfessor Sam Boyd is currently teachingJudaism, Christianity, Islam, and Professor Moshe KornfeldProfessor Moshe Kornfeld is teaching Post-Holocaust American Judaism.
Meet ProfessorMeet ProfessorKornfeldKornfeld
Meet Professor BoydMeet Professor Boyd
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Exciting Upcoming EventsExciting Upcoming EventsMark your calendar for our upcoming spring events.
First Annual Hebrew Shmooze-A-PaloozaFirst Annual Hebrew Shmooze-A-PaloozaTODAY!TODAY!Wednesday, March 11 @ 6:00PM-8:30PMWednesday, March 11 @ 6:00PM-8:30PMGlenn Miller BallroomGlenn Miller Ballroom
Students, join us for a musical celebration of the CU-Boulder Hebrew classes and community! Free food.Knowledge of Hebrew not necessary to attend.
"Mother Tongues and Other Tongues""Mother Tongues and Other Tongues"Faculty and Graduate Student Colloquiumwith Liora HalperinTODAY!TODAY!Wednesday, March 11 @Wednesday, March 11 @ 4:00PM - 6:00PM 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Open to CU-Boulder Faculty, Graduate Students andMajors and Minors in Jewish Studies.RSVP to [email protected]
Weekend of Italian Jewish CultureWeekend of Italian Jewish CultureSaturday, March 28Saturday, March 28"Italian Concentration Camps" with Carlo SpartacoCapogreco"Michel Fingesten" with Davide Stimilli"Ginzburg Geography" Concert with Jewlia Eisenberg andCharming Hostess
Day of Radical Jewish MusicDay of Radical Jewish MusicMonday. March 30Monday. March 30"Jewish Cabaret" with Phillip Bohlman"Ginzburg Geography" Concert with Jewlia Eisenberg andCharming Hostess
Full Two-Day Schedule of Events atFul l Two-Day Schedule of Events atColorado.edu/JewishStudiesColorado.edu/JewishStudies
2015 Sondra D. Bender Visiting Scholar:2015 Sondra D. Bender Visiting Scholar:Sarah SteinSarah Stein
The Program in Jewish Studies is excited towelcome our 2015 Sondra D. Bender Vis iting2015 Sondra D. Bender Vis itingScholarScholar , Professor Sarah SteinProfessor Sarah Stein, Professor andMaurice Amado Endowed Chair in SephardicStudies at the University of California, LA.
"Family Papers: A Sephardi Journey Through"Family Papers: A Sephardi Journey Throughthe Twentieth Century"the Twentieth Century"Annual Sondra D. Bender Public Lecture withAnnual Sondra D. Bender Public Lecture withSarah SteinSarah SteinThursday, April 16 @ 7:00PM, Thursday, April 16 @ 7:00PM, UMC 235UMC 235Free and Open to the PublicFree and Open to the Public
Learn More About Professor Stein's Visit and theLearn More About Professor Stein's Visit and theSondra D. Bender Visiting ScholarSondra D. Bender Visiting Scholar
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Maymester Course: Meaning After the HolocaustMaymester Course: Meaning After the Holocaust
The Department of Religious Studies and the Program in Jewish Studies are pleased towelcome this year's FIRST (Faculty-in-Residence Summer Term)FIRST (Faculty-in-Residence Summer Term) scholar, MartinMartinKavkaKavka, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Florida State University, who will beteaching a Maymester course.
Topics in Judaism: Meaning After the HolocaustTopics in Judaism: Meaning After the HolocaustJWST/RLST 4260/ RLST 5260JWST/RLST 4260/ RLST 5260Maymester: May 11 - May 29Maymester: May 11 - May 293.0 | MTWRF 12:30PM - 3:30PM3.0 | MTWRF 12:30PM - 3:30PM
This course will explore religious and secular answers to important questions raised afterthe attempted extermination of European Jewry during the Second World War. The coursewill look at the rise of Jewish mysticism and Asian religion in post-Holocaust AmericanJewish culture, and will engage the Post-Holocaust American Judaism ArchivesPost-Holocaust American Judaism Archives
housed at CU-Boulder.
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Intensive Summer HebrewIntensive Summer HebrewSpend your summer in beautiful Boulder, CO, and learnthe equivalent of the first year of Hebrew! The Programin Jewish Studies is proud to announce our inauguralsummer ulpan (intensive Hebrew course).
Intensive Beginning Hebrew (HEBR 1050)Intensive Beginning Hebrew (HEBR 1050)Summer Session B: July 7 - August 6, 2015Summer Session B: July 7 - August 6, 2015MM on - Thurs, 9:00AM - 1:00PMon - Thurs, 9:00AM - 1:00PM6 Credit Hours from CU-Boulder6 Credit Hours from CU-Boulder
Open to ALL. Space is l imited.Open to ALL. Space is l imited.
Learn More Here About Intensive SummerLearn More Here About Intensive SummerHebrewHebrew
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Jewish Studies Fall 2015 Course Schedule is NowJewish Studies Fall 2015 Course Schedule is NowPosted!Posted!
Learn about magic in Judaism and Christianity, the decolonization of the BritishEmpire, early American religious encounters, love and desire and more!
Our classes are interdisciplinary and many of them fulfill core requirements!
All of our classes, and our Major and Minors, are open to ALLAll of our classes, and our Major and Minors, are open to ALLstudents of ALL backgrounds!students of ALL backgrounds!
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Jewish Studies Spring Awards and FellowshipsJewish Studies Spring Awards and Fellowships Rabbi Daniel and Ida Goldberger Graduate FellowshipsRabbi Daniel and Ida Goldberger Graduate Fellowships- Deadline: March 20, 2015Deadline: March 20, 2015
Barry and Sue Baer Graduate Conference and ResearchBarry and Sue Baer Graduate Conference and ResearchFellowshipsFellowships - Deadline: March 20, 2015Deadline: March 20, 2015
Ulrich Goldsmith Memorial Prize in German-Jewish StudiesUlrich Goldsmith Memorial Prize in German-Jewish Studies - Deadline: Apri l 24, 2015 - Deadline: Apri l 24, 2015
Click here for applicationClick here for applicationrequirements.requirements.
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External External Scholarships, Resources and EventsScholarships, Resources and EventsFor more great opportunities, check out the scholarships page on ourFor more great opportunities, check out the scholarships page on our
website.website.
Join CU's Mediterranean StudiesJoin CU's Mediterranean StudiesGroup TOMORROWGroup TOMORROW, March 11 @ 4PM,Humanities 1B90 for a presentation by EvaHoffman "Mediterranean Discourses and theTaming of Islamic Art." Read MoreRead More
CU's Department of Theater andCU's Department of Theater andDance Dance is presenting "The Trial of God" thisweekend, a play written by Elie Wiesel.Read MoreRead More
Study in Greece this summer! Study in Greece this summer! McGillUniversity is offering a course inThessaloniki, the "Jerusalem of theBalkans." Registration closes April 3. ReadReadMoreMore
Polis The Jerusalem Ins t i tute ofPolis The Jerusalem Ins t i tute ofLanguages and Humanit iesLanguages and Humanit ies is offeringMA Degrees in Near EasternLanguages. Read MoreRead More
The Univers ity of Haifa The Univers ity of Haifa is home of theWeiss-Livnat International MA in HolocaustStudies. Read MoreRead More
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For questions or to have information about your campus or community eventincluded in our newsletter, please contact Steve Glickman at
[email protected]@colorado.edu.
Program in Jewish StudiesPhone: 303.492.7143
Email: [email protected]: www.Colorado.edu/JewishStudieswww.Colorado.edu/JewishStudies
