“At Home in Academia?” brings together young scholars for a critical and comparative dialogue on the relationship among the various branches of “ethnic” studies. The event will be a forum for young academics from around the nation to revisit and reinvent disciplinary and methodological boundaries.

9:00 am – 5:00 pm
May 15, 2005
Center for Jewish History
15 W. 16th Street
New York, NY 10011

PANELS:

1. Beyond "Beyond The Melting Pot": The Challenge of Becoming American

   Moderator: Mia Sara Bruch— Stanford University
   Commentator: Jeffrey Shandler— Rutgers University

   Rachel Heiman, New School University
   Josh Zeitz, Cambridge University
   Dina Okamoto, Russell Sage Foundation/University of California-Davis
   Shana Bernstein, University of Texas
   Ferentz LaFargue, Yale University

2. “What Moments Divine, What Rapture Serene”: The Role of Religion in History Writing

   Moderator: Lila Corwin Berman— Pennsylvania State University
   Commentator: Jenna Weissman Joselit— Princeton University

   Kristin Dombeck, New York University
   Jane Rothstein, New York U University
   Henry Goldschmidt, Wesleyan University
   Mucahit Bilici, University of Michigan
   Kip Kosek, Yale University

   Lunch

3. Homeland and Heritage: The Implications of Transnational Communities

   Moderator: Ari Kelman— National Museum of American Jewish History/
   University of Pennsylvania
   Commentator: Daniel Soyer—Fordham University

   Rebecca Kobrin, New York University
   Josh Guild, Yale University
   Falu Bakarania, SUNY Binghamton
   Leah Khaghani, Yale University

   All Conference Participants are invited to attend a preview and cocktail reception celebrating the landmark exhibition ‘Greetings from Home’: 350 years of American Jewish Life which will take place at the Center for Jewish History at 5:30 pm.