The University of Chicago Jewish Studies Workshop

A multidisciplinary graduate and faculty workshop about Jews, Jewishness, and Judaism

MONDAY, 5/16/2022: Stephanie Kraver on the Poetic Imaginary in Dahlia Ravikovitch and Mahmoud Darwish

Posted on May 8, 2022 by barenstein

Please Join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by:

Stephanie Kraver

(PhD Candidate, NELC, University of Chicago)

A Meeting Among Writers in the Wake of the 1967 War:

Uncovering the Political through the Poetic Imaginary in Dahlia Ravikovitch and Mahmoud Darwish

With a response by:

Benjamin Arenstein (PhD Student, NELC, University of Chicago)

Monday May 16, 2022 at 5:30 PM Central (via Zoom)

To join the Zoom meeting, click here

(meeting ID: 974 9081 2906 / password: writers )

Stephanie’s paper, to be read in advance of the session, is available for download below. 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.

Pre-circulated paper: StephanieKraver_JSW

Appendix of Poems in Hebrew and Arabic: Darwish&Ravikovitch_Poems

MONDAY, 4/18/2022: Dr. Bruce Rosenstock on Kinship, Slavery, and the Name YHWH from Genesis 2 to Exodus 5 (Zoom)

Posted on April 10, 2022 by barenstein

Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by:

Dr. Bruce Rosenstock

(Professor, Department of Religion, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Kinship, Slavery, and the Name YHWH: A Reading of Genesis 2 to Exodus 5

Monday April 18, 2022 at 5:30 PM Central

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(meeting ID: 964 6380 7206 /password: kinship)

Dr. Rosenstock’s paper, to be read in advance of the session, is available for download below. 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.

Pre-circulated paper: Rosenstock_JSW Paper

MONDAY, 3/7/2022: Elena Hoffenberg on Jewish Domestic Space, Economic Life, and Kinship Structures in Vilne

Posted on March 2, 2022 by barenstein

Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by:

Elena Hoffenberg (PhD Student, History, University of Chicago)

At Home in Vilne: Jewish Domestic Space, Economic Life, and Kinship Structures in a Polish City

Monday March 7, 2022 at 5:30 PM Central

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(meeting ID: 957 5921 2032/ password: polish)

Elena’s paper, to be read in advance of the session is available for download below. 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.

Pre-circulated paper: Hoffenberg-Jewish Studies Workshop

MONDAY, 1/24/2022: Dr. James Adam Redfield on Reading Strange Talmudic Stories from Medieval to Early Modern Ashkenaz

Posted on January 19, 2022 by barenstein

Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop together with the Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Reception Workshop for a presentation by:

Dr. James Adam Redfield (Assistant Professor of Biblical and Talmudic Literatures, Saint Louis University; Visiting Assistant Professor in the Divinity School, University of Chicago)

“The Allegorical Prism: Reading Strange Talmudic Stories from Medieval to Early Modern Ashkenaz”

Monday, January 24, 2022 at 5:30 PM Central (via Zoom)

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(Meeting ID: 963 4410 7430 / Password: 374853 )

MONDAY, 11/8/2021: Oren Yirmiya on Franz Kafka and the Talmud Bavli

Posted on November 2, 2021 by barenstein

Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by:

Oren Yirmiya (PhD Candidate, Department of Middle Eastern Cultures and Languages, UC Berkeley)

“Forgetting the Torah, Losing Halakhah: Tradition and Crisis in
Franz Kafka’s ‘On Parables’ and Talmud Bavli M. Shabbat 138b-139a”

With a response by:

Samuel Catlin (PhD Candidate, Comparative Literature and the Divinity School, University of Chicago)

Monday November 8, 2021 at 5:30 PM Central

**Swift 400**

Oren’s paper, to be read in advance of the session is available for download below. 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.

Pre-circulated paper: Oren Yirmiya – Kafka and Talmud – U Chicago workshop

MONDAY, 10/11/2021: Professor Harriet Murav on Literature of Abandonment and the Russian Civili War

Posted on October 4, 2021 by barenstein

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

MONDAY, 5/24/2021: Elena Hoffenberg on Liebmann Hersch, National-Cultural Autonomy, and Minority Rights

Posted on May 19, 2021 by barenstein

Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by:

Elena Hoffenberg (PhD Student, History, University of Chicago)

“The Danger of Small Numbers:
Liebmann Hersch on National-Cultural Autonomy and Minority Rights”

With a response by:

Anna Band (PhD Candidate, History, University of Chicago)

Monday May 24, 2021 at 5:30 PM Central (via Zoom)

Elena’s paper, to be read in advance of the session, is available for download below. 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: 998 0245 5626 / Password: hersch)

Pre-circulated Paper: Hoffenberg_Jewish Studies Workshop_May 24 2021

MONDAY, 5/3/2021 Eli Rosenblatt on the Politics of Jewishness in Caribbean Suriname

Posted on April 30, 2021 by barenstein

Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by:

Eli Rosenblatt, PhD (Visiting Researcher, Northwestern University)

“Creole Ambivalence: Teroenga and the Politics of Jewishness in Caribbean Suriname, 1939-1965”

Monday May 3, 2021 at 5:30 PM Central (via Zoom)

Eli’s paper, to be read in advance of the session, is available for download below. 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: 956 0374 2733 / Password: Jewishness )

Pre-circulated Paper: Rosenblatt_CreoleAmbivalence

MONDAY, 4/19/2021: Kirsten Collins on Judaism, Race and Religion in Postwar France

Posted on April 16, 2021 by barenstein

Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by:

Kirsten Collins (PhD Student, Divinity School, University of Chicago)

“W(h)it(e)ness: Judaism, Race and Religion in Postwar France”

With a response by:

Samuel Catlin (PhD Candidate, Comparative Literature and the Divinity School, University of Chicago)

Monday April 19, 2021 at 5:30 PM Central (via Zoom)

Kirsten’s paper, to be read in advance of the session, is available for download below. 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: 938 2513 5149 / Password: Collins )

Pre-circulated Paper: Collins_Jewish Studies Workshop Proposal Draft

MONDAY, 4/12/2021: Nurit Siegal on the Origins of Modern Antisemitism

Posted on April 9, 2021 by barenstein

Please join the Jewish Studies Workshop for a presentation by:

Nurit Siegal (MAPSS, Political Science, University of Chicago)

“The Origins of Modern Antisemitism: The Rise of the Nation-State and the Suppression of Jews’ Ethnic Identity”

With a response by:

Tahel Goldsmith (PhD Student, History, University of Chicago)

Monday April 12, 2021 at 5:30 PM Central (via Zoom)

Nurit’s paper, to be read in advance of the session, is available for download below. 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: 960 9363 1381 / Password: Siegal2021 )

Pre-circulated Paper: Siegal_Jewish Studies Workshop