From ajhyman@oise.on.ca Mon Dec 2 22:28:40 1996 Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 22:15:34 -0500 (EST) From: JSJeJ To: Academically-based Jewish Studies Subject: Jewish Studies Newsletter (Conferences, etc.) JEWISH * STUDIES * J U D A I C A * e J O U R N A L * research & current events in academic Jewish Studies * ____________________________________________________________ Issue 4.003p1 * November 1995 * Readership = 6200+ ____________________________________________________________ Conferences and Calls-for-Papers: - Oral History: cfp - Tolerance and Intolerance: cfp - Ntl Coalition Independent Scholars: cfp - Re-Telling of Working Class Lives: cfp - Hinduisms and Judaisms (*this week*) - The Ecole Initiative: Call for Articles - USHMM Conference on Nuremberg Doctors Trial ------------------------------------------------------------ From: H-Net Services Subject: Oral History: cfp 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 interpreation 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. Direct all queries and submit all proposals to the program cochairs: - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Tolerance and Intolerance: cfp From: "S.Jones" TOLERANCE AND INTOLERANCE An international conference to mark the centenary of James Parkes' birth organised by the Centre for the Study of the Relations between Jewish/ non-Jewish Peoples at the University of Southampton, UK. 10 - 12 September 1996 The Rev Dr James Parkes (1896-1981) was a pioneer in many different fields involving the study of Jewish/non-Jewish relationships. He was amongst the first in the western world to acknowledge the responsibility of Christianity in the development of antisemitism and worked to eradicate antisemitism in the modern world, whether intimately connected with religion or not. In terms of Jewish/non-Jewish relationships, he worked for a genuine dialogue between the major faiths where difference and the integrity of particular religions would be recognised and accepted. This international conference is designed to examine the broader themes of James Parkes' life-work in relation to tolerance and intolerance. The main focus will be on Jewish/non-Jewish relations, but comparative and generalised approaches will also be very welcome. Many of the themes raised by James Parkes' work, such as the nature of tolerance and intolerance, the definition of insiders and outsiders, and the intersection of religious, cultural and racial forms of intolerance, are pressing issues throughout the contemporary world. The conference will employ an inter-disciplinary framework which will cover many different periods in each of the five academic sessions. In addition to the main academic sessions, the conference will also incorporate public lectures. The conference is being held at the University of Southampton in honour of the centenary of James Parkes' birth. It will also be used as an opportunity to launch formally the Centre for the Study of the Relations between the Jewish and non-Jewish Peoples at the University. Sessions include: * Theories of Tolerance and Intolerance; * Patterns of Toleration; * 'Aliens' then and now: the legislation of difference; * Religion, tolerance and intolerance: Jewish-Christian relations throughout the ages; * Fighting intolerance - the practical implications of academic research There will be a restricted number of places and papers will be selected on the basis of written abstracts. The organisers hope to be able to contribute to speakers' expenses but they will probably have to find further funding for themselves. If you would like further information, or to submit a title and abstract then please write to: Dr Sian Jones, Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK e-mail: sj1@soton.ac.uk Fax: (0)1703 593032 ------------------------------------------------------------ From: H-Net Services Subject: Ntl Coalition Independent Scholars: cfp The third national conference of the National Coalition of Independent Scholars will be hosted by the Princeton Research Forum in Princeton, N.J. on May 3-5, 1996. It will address the problem of pursuing scholarly research in a time of epistomological crisis and theoretical disarray. One session will include such topics as the relationship of research to reality, the foundations of scholarly discourse, theories of explanation, and the influence of major theories and theorists. Another session will be more personal, addressing such matters as scholarly ethics, conflicts, and tensions, the PC debate, the scholar in society, and the problems of adjunct teachers and gypsy scholars. In addition, we welcome proposals on other topics likely to be of interest to working scholars in a wide range of fields, including the methods and implications of scholarly research in cyberspace and the World Wide Web. Abstracts are due by December 1, 1995 and should be sent smail to the Princeton Research Forum, NCIS Conference, 301 N. Harrison St., Suite 222, Princeton, N.J. 08540. [do not send by e-mail] ------------------------------------------------------------ From: H-Net Services Subject: Re-Telling of Working Class Lives: cfp Memory and Re-Telling of Working Class Lives Eighteenth Annual North American Labor History Conference Wayne State University October 17-19, 1996 The Program Committee of the North American labor History Conference invites proposal for panels and single papers on the theme, "Memory and Re-Telling of Working Class Lives," for the 1996 meeting to be held October 17- 19, 1996 at Wayne State University. We are interested in sessions and/or papers which explore public and private memory in working class and labor history, including such issues as how workers remember, retell, celebrate, and sometimes repress memories of their personal and political, individual and collective lives; public history of the working class and labor movement past; workers' autobiographies and biographies; the study, analysis, and representation of working class and labor history (both theoretical and historiographical); narratives of class identity, consciousness, and lives, especially as they intersect with race, ethnicity, gender, and nation; and the teaching of working class and labor history. Those engaged in teaching and curriculum projects, public history and outreach, labor education, oral history projects, and music, film, video, art, museum exhibits, and dance -- are encouraged to submit proposals. Further, we continue to be interested in the submission of proposals that incorporate Latin American, European, African, and Asian comparisons and interdisciplinary approaches. Roundtable and workshop sessions also will be considered. Please submit panel and paper proposals (including a 1-2 page paper abstracts and cvs for all participants) by March 1st, 1996 to: Elizabeth Faue, Coordinator, North American Labor History Conference Department of History, 3094 Faculty/Administration Building Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202 Phone: (313) 577-2525 The North American labor History Conference is sponsored by the Department of History, the Walter Reuther Library, the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs, Wayne State University. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Shawn Landres <6500land@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu> Subject: Hinduisms and Judaisms The American Academy of Religion recently established a Consultation in Comparative Studies in "Hinduisms" and "Judaisms," which will convene its first session at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Philadelphia. The 1995 session will be held on Monday, November 20, from 9:00am to 11:30am and will focus on the theme "Purity, Hiercharchies, and Boundaries," with emphasis on the ways in which conceptions of purity serve to circumscribe the ethnic-cultural boundaries of Jewish and South Asian traditions and to delineate the hierarchical models operating within each community. As indicated on the enclosed schedule, the session will feature the eminent anthropologist Mary Douglas as the keynote speaker and will include papers and responses by specialists in Judaica and South Asia, respectively. We hope that you will be able to join us for the session. Please also invite any colleagues who you think might be interested in the Consultation. We look forward to your participation in the Consultation in the coming years. Sincerely, Barbara A. Holdrege, Co-Chair Consultation in Comparative Studies in "Hinduisms" and "Judaisms" ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Linda Clifton From: Anthony F. Beavers Subject: The Ecole Initiative: Call for Articles The Ecole Initiative: Call for Articles Please cross-post to other relevant lists The Ecole (Early Church On-Line Encyclopedia) Initiative is seeking contributions from qualified authors on all aspects of Church history up to 1500 CE. Articles on topics that pre-exist the early Church, but which are still relevant to it in some way, are also needed. These may include topics on ancient Judaism, ancient Greece and Rome, other early religious traditions, etc. The Ecole Initiative is an effort on the part of scholars across the internet to build a hypertext encyclopedia of early Church history on the World-Wide Web. Though the Initiative is still in its initial stages, already it is visited 100 times daily from beyond the University of Evansville, where it is based. Along with the main title index, Ecole includes a growing glossary intimately related to a two-dimensional (temporal and geographical) chronology and a documents page that points to over 100 primary source documents related to early Church history stored on the World-Wide Web. To find out more, please visit the site at: http://www.evansville.edu/~ecoleweb Or you may email me at ecole@evansville.edu. In addition, I will be available for consultation at the November meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Sincerely, Tony Beavers Anthony F. Beavers, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion The University of Evansville / Evansville, Indiana 47722 / (812)479-2682 Gen.Ed., The Ecole Initiative, http://www.evansville.edu/~ecoleweb ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Michael A. Grodin Subject: USHMM Conference on Nuremberg Doctors Trial Source: soc.culture.jewish.holocaust NAZI MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS I am a Professor of Philosophy, Medicine, and Public Health; Director of the Program in Bioethics; and Co-editor of the text by Oxford University Press entitled "The Nazi Doctors and the Nuremberg Code:Human Rights in Human Experimentation". We are organizing an international conference at the United States Holocaust Museum in Dec 1996 as a 50th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Doctors Trial. I have had extensive experience interviewing survivors of the Mengele Twin experiments as well as other victims of human experimentation. I am a visiting scholar at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Research Institute collecting futher testimony. Any survivors who would be interested in further correspondence with me and or participation in the international conference should contact me. Michael A. Grodin, M.D., FAAP Professor and Director, Program in Bioethics Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health Rm. 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