From ajhyman@tortoise Mon Dec 2 22:27:30 1996 Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 21:56:48 -0400 (EDT) From: JSJeJ - Avi Hyman To: Jewish Studies Subject: Conferences & Calls for Papers ... JEWISH * STUDIES * J U D A I C A * e J O U R N A L ____________________________________________________________ Issue 4.001p3 * Sept. 1995 * Readership = 6200+ ____________________________________________________________ Conferences, Calls for Papers, and Contributors: - Journalism and the Holocaust ( * next week * ) - Bridges Journal - Mifgash (international) - Mifgash (Toronto) - History and Memory Conference (Cornell) - Oral History Association - Dead Sea Scrolls symposium ------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Prof. Robert M. Shapiro" Subject: Journalism and the Holocaust "Journalism and the Holocaust, 1933-1945," a conference at Yeshiva University, October 22-24, with 31 speakers from China, Australia, France, England, Poland, Israel, Canada and the USA, all analyzing how the contemporaneously published press reported on the fate of the Jews during the Nazi era. Among others, the speakers include Serge Klarsfeld, Marvin Kalb, Robert St.John, Jacques Adler, Pawel Szapiro, Tom Segev, Colin Schindler, David Caesarani, Dov Ber Kerler, Yitshak Arad, Yitshak Kerem, Lynn Gunzberg. All conference sessions will be held at Yeshiva University's Stern College, located at 245 Lexington Avenue near 34th Street. There is no need to pre-register. For more information contact ShapiroR@yu1.yu.edu. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Clare Kinberg" Subject: Bridges Journal The new issue (Volume 5 Number 2) of "Bridges: A Journal for Jewish Feminists and Our Friends" is being prepared for press. It will contain a special section on Jewish Women's Relationship to Land, and includes poetry, art, essays, personal narratives and reviews. Topics include language, nationalism, gardening, class, rural anti-Semitism, women's celebration of TuB'Shvat, Jewish eco-feminism, women in the Yishuv, and more. Upcoming (1996) issues of Bridges will include special sections of writing by Jewish women under 30 and writing by Sephardic and Mizrachi women. Send submissions to the same address. We are particularly looking for fiction. Response time 6-9 months. No simultaneous submissions, please. Subscriptions are $15 (more if you can, less if you can't) to: Bridges, Box 24839, Eugene OR 97402 (503)935-5720 ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Haim Beliak Subject: Mifgash (international) Mifgash: An On-Going Conversation Among Jewish Intellectuals November 3, 1995 Ass. for the Study of Higher Ed. (ASHE) November 17-19, 1995 Toronto, Ontario December 28, 1995 Modern Language Association, Chicago February 2-4,1996 State College, Pennsylvania March , 1996 TBA Greensboro, North Carolina April 23, 1996 AERA, New York, New York June 22-24, 1996 Menomeni, Wisconsin During the last several years a community of Jewish intellectuals within and outside the academy assembled to discuss issues of shared concern affecting our own lives and the Jewish future. The following questions were among those that emerged from our conversations. 1. Jews in the academy. What is the relationship of Jews and Judaism to emerging multicultural and pluralistic university settings? How do Jewish students and teachers understand their relationship to the academy? In what ways do institutions of higher education acknowledge and de-/legitimate Jewish identification? 2. Campus milieu. What is the impact of being Jewish on academics' intellectual pursuits? What is the relationship of Jews, Judaism, and Jewish Studies to "oppositional discourses" in gender studies, minority studies, literary theory, film studies, and other multi-discipline or anti-discipline areas of inquiry? 3. Intra-Jewish concerns. How do intra-Jewish issues--such as difference in gender, modes of observance, and degrees of alienation--affect dialogue among Jewish academics? 4. Jewish learning. How can Mifgash most effectively function as an adult Jewish learning setting with impact on our personal and professional lives? In what ways can Mifgash support the projects of Jewish academics interested in studying Judaism or Jewish life for their professional enrichment? What barriers do Jewish adults trained as academics find to Jewish learning? 5. Jews and Social Responsibility. Do Jews working in the academy conceive of scholarship as pertinent to the direction of North American culture? What relationship exists between Jewish values and broader social concerns? Mifgash is now planning a series of home-hosted weekend retreats, limited to 12-15 participants, that will address at least some of these questions through shared study of both secular and religious text, presentations related to issues of common interest, intensive dialogue, and open informal discussion. A number of professional conferences in the coming year will host 'sig' (special interest groups) with presentations by Mifgash participants. While many of us work in higher education, we recognize that the academy is not the only site of intellectual work in our society and we welcome other people from outside of it. We invite you to send us a note regarding your interest in the project. Please feel free to offer to suggestions, questions, personal/professional concerns and additions to the mailing and Email lists. Some subsidy is available for travel to weekends. A seed grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation is instrumental in these activities. For information, contact Haim Dov Beliak: Phone: (310) 286-9991, Fax (310) 286-7109, Email:BeliakB@CGS.Edu or Mifgash, 9715 Lockford Street, Los Angeles, CA 90035. Mifgash Planning Committee: Haim Dov Beliak (Claremont Graduate School) Alan Block (University of Wisconsin, Stout) Miriyam Glazer (Lee College), Carola Kaplan (Cal Poly Pomona), Harold Leavitt (Cal Poly Pomona), David Purpel (University of North Carolina- Greensboro) Maeera Schreiber (University of Southern California), Diane Schuster (Cal State Fullerton), Shirley Steinberg (Penn State), Roger Simon (Ontario Institute for the Study of Education at University of Toronto), Marv Sweeney (School of Theology Claremont) (Additional participants are invited.) ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Sharon Rosenberg Subject: Mifgash (Toronto) Mifgash: An On-Going Conversation Among Jewish Intellectuals November 17-19, 1995 Toronto, Ontario Over the past several years, Mifgash has gathered groups of Jewish intellectuals within and outside the academy to discuss issues of shared concern. We have begun to engage questions of, for example, the relationships of Jews and Judaism to emerging multicultural and pluralistic university settings; the impacts of being Jewish on academic identities and pursuits; differences between Jews in the academy; the relationships between scholarship, Jewish values and social responsibility. Mifgash is now organizing a series of local weekend gatherings in North America, hosted by previous participants. The meeting in Toronto is being organized by Roger Simon and Sharon Rosenberg, of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, and is scheduled for November 17-19, 1995. Limited to 15-20 participants, the weekend is designed as an opportunity for interested individuals to engage, on a formal and informal basis, issues of concern for Jewish intellectuals studying and working in university settings. The primary focus of the Toronto Mifgash is an on-going conversation regarding the integration of Jewish knowledges and identities with academic or intellectual work. We are anticipating the participation of Jewish faculty and graduate students from the humanities, social sciences and education. Some of the questions we will be exploring include: How do Jewish teachers and students understand their relationships to the academy? In what ways do institutions of higher education acknowledge and de-legitimate Jewish identification? What are the relationships of Jews, Judaism and Jewish Studies to "oppositional discourses" in gender studies, literary theory, film studies, anti-racism and other multi-discipline or anti-discipline areas of inquiry? Our aspirations for the Toronto Mifgash are that it become a meaningful place for people with very diverse Jewish identities and knowledges to talk through their attempts at, or interests in, integrating these identities and knowledges with their teaching and/or writing. We know from past experience that some of the major differences, that create barriers to conversations among Jews in the academy, include: differences in sexuality, modes and degrees of observance, and the extent of knowledge regarding Jewish thought and culture. Mifgash intends to be a place where these barriers are challenged, so that we might articulate and attend to the differences between us as part of what it means to offer support in the integration of our Jewish selves with our academic identities and work. For the weekend of November 17-19, we envisage starting early Friday afternoon and finishing Sunday lunchtime. The weekend will consist of: facilitated sessions around selected texts or films; formal presentations where people discuss specific examples of working through an integration of their Jewish identities and/or knowledge with their intellectual work; opportunities for open discussion around issues of pertinence to Jews in the academy. As our meetings will take place over Shabbat, we are planning a dinner for Friday evening; and, for those who wish to do so, there will be an opportunity to daven together on Saturday morning. As our physical space is limited, we need to know as soon as possible if you wish to participate in the Toronto Mifgash weekend. Please submit a brief statement about how the Mifgash conversation interests you and a biographical sketch. If you would like to facilitate a discussion around a text or film, or present on a relevant aspect of your work, please provide a statement in this regard. Following the principle that Mifgash meetings be inclusive of all Jews, we will be organizing kosher food for the weekend (Friday night dinner, Saturday luncheon and dinner, Sunday luncheon) and are asking $50 per person to help cover food costs. Since we are anticipating that the majority of participants will be from Toronto or nearby, we will not be organizing accommodation. If you are coming from out of town, let us know as soon as possible and we will endeavour to find a space for you at someone's home. Please send your submission and/or request for more information about Mifgash or the November weekend to: Roger Simon [e-mail: rsimon@oise.on.ca] or Sharon Rosenberg [e-mail: srosenberg@oise.on.ca]. Hard-copy submissions can be mailed to: Roger Simon, Department of Curriculum, OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1V6. Or call: (416) 923-6641, ext. 2425. If you know of others who may be interested in this gathering, please forward this notice or let us know their name, and we will be pleased to send a copy. We hope to see you in November! Roger Simon and Sharon Rosenberg ------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Lorraine Berry" Subject: History and Memory HISTORY AND MEMORY An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference April 12-13, 1996 Cornell Graduate History Association Much recent scholarly debate has centered around the relationship between history and memory. As a forum for graduate students to contribute to this exchange, we invite abstracts of papers which address the subject through a variety of disciplinary, methodological, and theoretical approaches. We encourage a broad interpretation of this theme, encompassing a range of historical periods and geographical locales. To that end, possible topics include: RITUAL ** MYTHOLOGY ** POLITICS OF THE PAST ** MONUMENTS ** MUSEUMS ** FOLKLORE ** ORAL HISTORY ** REPRESSED MEMORY These are only a few suggested topics, and are not to be considered a definitive list. Please send abstracts of 1-2 pages with address, phone number, and e-mail address, along with a stamped, self-addressed postcard to: Jeff Hyson Graduate History Association Cornell University 450 McGraw Hall Ithaca New York 14853 E-mail: jh31@cornell.edu Deadline for abstracts is December 15, 1995, and participants should be prepared to submit finished drafts of conference papers to the organizing committee by March 30, 1996. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: H-Net Services Subject: cfp: Oral History. Philadelphia, Oct 1996 CALL FOR PAPERS "ORAL HISTORY, MEMORY, AND THE SENSE OF PLACE" October 10 - 13, 1996 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Program Committee for the 1996 Oral History Association annual meeting invites proposals for presentations on all aspects of the practice and interpretation of oral history. We are particularly interested in proposals related to the conference theme, "Oral History, Memory, and the Sense of Place." Historians today are challenging -- and being challenged by -- barriers between scholars and citizens, professionals and publics. The distance between history -- the official, codified version of the past -- and memory -- the personal and communal version of the past -- often appears vast, and indeed it is a contested landscape. Oral history can mediate between these two modes of understand- ing: in Michael Frisch's apt phrase, it allows for a "shared authority" in the interpretation of the past as both interlocutor and respondent -- and subsequently their audiences -- negotiate the meaning of prior experiences. We chose our theme because we believe that much of this con- struction of meaning happens in a local setting, in fact is often "about" the history of a locale. We hope the program will reflect the variety of ways in which this theme can be approached. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: the construction of local memories; the relationship between popular and professional notions of history; the relationship between vernacular, covert, or suppressed histories and official history; the importance of locale in shaping community identity; the nature and role of nostalgia in local memories; the uses of memory in heritage based tourism. We also hope the annual meeting will reflect the variety of disciplines and settings in which oral history is practiced, and so welcome proposals from academic scholars; public history professionals working in museums, historical societies, archives, and libraries; community historians; media professionals; and independent researchers. Proposals from graduate students and proposals related to undergraduate and precollegiate teaching are also encouraged. In addition to traditional research leading to publication, sessions may address the many uses of oral history in media such as radio, video and film, exhibitions, and drama. While sessions may be organized in the conventional panel format, we also encourage proposals for roundtables, workshops, media and performance-oriented sessions, and sessions that invite audience involvement. The Program Committee hopes to develop a number of conversation sessions focused on particular areas of interest, in which a convener will lead a discussion of all in attendance at the session. The Program Committee encourages proposals for entire sessions, though we will also combine proposals for single presentations into full sessions and, as necessary, add a single paper to sessions where time is available. A proposal for a full session should include a chair and no more than four participants, including one or more commentators. The committee also encourages sessions in which participants represent the full diversity of oral history practitioners. OHA policy prevents those who will have presented papers at the 1995 annual meeting from doing so in 1996; such individuals may, however, serve as session chairs and commentators. All program participants are expected to register for the meeting. Each proposal must include a cover sheet that includes the information listed below. Proposals for entire sessions should include a one-page description of the issues and questions the session will address and a one-page abstract of each presentation in the session. Proposals for an individual paper or other presentation should include a one- page abstract of that presentation. A one-page vitae of all session participants must be included with each proposal. Include on proposals only those people who have agreed to participate in the session. Finally, we wish to encourage sessions that are not simply descriptive, but rather focus around questions, issues, problems, that reach for analysis, reflection, evaluation. COVER SHEET INFORMATION: 1. Type of proposal - panel, roundtable, workshop, conversation session, single paper, other (please specify): 2. Title of session (if proposal is for a single paper, note the title of the paper): 3. Proposer - name, institutional affiliation, address, phone, fax, and email numbers: 4. Chair - name, institutional affiliation, address, phone, fax, and email numbers: 5. Presenters - include name, institutional affiliation, address, phone, fax, and email numbers for each presenter; also include the title of each presentation: 6. Commentator(s) - include name, institutional affiliation, address, phone fax, and email numbers for each presenter: Direct all queries and submit all proposals to the program co-chairs: Howard L. Green New Jersey Historical Commission CN 305, Trenton, NJ 08625 609/984-3460 (phone) 609/633-8168 (fax) hlgreen@pilot.njin.net (e-mail) Linda Shopes Division of History, Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission Box 1026, Harrisburg, PA 17108 717/772-3257 (phone) 717/787-4822 (fax) lshopes@llpptn.pall.org (e-mail - queries only) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ALL PROPOSALS: DECEMBER 15, 1995. ------------------------------------------------------------ Via: Ioudaios List Subject: Dead Sea Scrolls symposium The Dead Sea Scrolls Institute,Trinity Western University, is pleased to announce the first of a series of public symposia on the Dead Sea Scrolls and related topics. The proceeds will be published in a new DSS series which will be announced shortly. This announcement is for general information only, since the Symposium is totally full with over 350 people already registered. A more timely announcement will be given for the next Symposium in March 1996. For further details please contact: Dr. Peter W. Flint or Dr. Martin G. Abegg Dead Sea Scrolls Institute Tel. (604) 888-7511 Trinity Western University Fax. 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