Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by:
Dr. Harriet Murav (Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
“Hefker: The Literature of Abandonment and the Russian Civil War”
With a response by:
Benjamin Arenstein (PhD Student, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago)
Monday October 11, 2021 at 5:30 Central
**Session will be held via Zoom**
Dr. Murav’s paper, to be read in advance of the session, is available for download below. While we will discuss the paper in its entirety, Dr. Murav has noted that the first eleven pages are on political theory and can be skipped over if participants are so inclined. The password to the document will be emailed to the Jewish Studies Workshop email listserv. If you would like to be added to this listserv, please click the “Subscribe” tab above.
To join the Zoom meeting, click here
(Meeting ID: 995 9004 6462/ Password: Hefker)
Pre-circulated paper: Murav_Jewish Studies Workshop_October 11, 2021