From ajhyman@oise.on.ca Mon Dec 2 22:30:37 1996 Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 18:03:56 -0500 (EST) From: JSJeJ To: Academically-based Jewish Studies Subject: Newsletter (Conferences, CFPs, and related) 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 4.006p2 * February 1996 * Readership = 6200+ ____________________________________________________________ Table of Contents: CFPs, Conferences, Programs. etc: - CFP: Social Science History: New Orleans, Oct 1996 - Brandeis Library lecture - CFP: American Historical Assoc, Jan '97, New York - CFP: Jewish Music, London - CFP: Military Women Worldwide - Historical Society of Jews from Egypt - Jewish US Armed Forces database - Indo-Judaic Studies - Historical Media Review - CFP: Annali di Storia dell'Esegesi - Yiddish Research Network - YIVO/Columbia Yiddish Summer Program ------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Josef J. Barton" Subject: CFP: Social Science History: New Orleans, Oct 1996 SOCIAL SCIENCE HISTORY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONVENTION OCTOBER 10-13, 1996, NEW ORLEANS, LA CALL FOR PAPERS The Social Science History Association will hold its annual conference October 10-13, 1996; we will meet in New Orleans, Louisiana, at the Monteleone Hotel. The SSHA is the leading interdisciplinary association in the social sciences; its annual conference attracts historians, economists, sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, demographers, and geographers. Session topics are diverse; the full range of quantitative and qualitative methodologies are represented. Graduate students are encouraged to attend, to appear as panelists, and to present poster exhibits. Those interested in a poster exhibit, panel session, or paper presentation should send proposals to the representatives of the appropriate network of the Program Committee (listed below). Proposals should describe the subject and format of the presentation (including poster, panel, and paper titles), and provide names, departments, institutional affiliations, addresses, phone numbers, and, when possible, fax and e-mail information, for all participants. They should also request audio-visual equipment if necessary. The deadline for receiving poster, paper, and panel proposals is February 16, 1996. NETWORK REPRESENTATIVES Criminal Justice/Legal. Mary Beth Emmerichs, History Department, PO Box 413, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201; 414-355-2779; marybeth@csd.uwm.edu Culture. Nicola Beisel, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University, 1810 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL 60208; 708- 467-1250; fax 708-491-9907; nbeisel@casbah.acns.nwu.edu / Steve Ellingson, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago, 1126 E. 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637; 312-324-4511 or 312-702-8211; fax 312-702-4849; SJE1@midway.uchicago.edu Economics. Mary Yeager, Department of History, University of California-Los Angeles, 6265 Bunche Hall, 405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025-1473; 310-825-3489; fax 310-278-5311; yeager@histr.sscnet.ucla.edu / Robert Whaples, Department of Economics, Wake Forest University, 124 Carswell Hall, P.O.Box 7505, Reynold Station, Winston-Salem, NC 27109; 910-759-4916; whaples@wfu.edu Education. Ian Winchester, Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 CANADA; 403-220-5627 (or 5628); fax 403-282-5849; 18011@UCDASVM1.ADMIN.UCALGARY.CA Family/Demography. Steven Ruggles, Department of History, University of Minnesota, 267 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455; 612-624-5818; 612-624-2800 (messages); fax 612- 624-7096; ruggles@hist.umn.edu Historical Geography. Peter Hugill, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843; 409-845-7141; fax 409-862-4487; PJH4238@VMS1.TAMU.EDU Labor. Eric Weitz, Department of History, St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Ave., Northfield, MN 55057; 507-646-3166 or 3167; fax 507-646-3523; weitz@stolaf.edu / Anton Rosenthal, Department of History, 3001 Wescoe Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045; 913-864-3569; rosenthl@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu Methods/Theory. John Mohr, Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9430; 805- 893-7169; 805-893-3630 (messages); fax 805-893-3324; mohr@sscf.ucsb.edu / Roger Gould, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago, 1126 E 59th Street, Chicago IL 60637; 312- 702-0399; fax 312-702-4849; gould@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu Migration/Immigration. Stanley Nadel, Social Science Department, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK 73096; 405-774-7097; fax 405-774-3795; nadels@swosu.edu / Walter Kamphoefner, Department of History, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843-4236; 409-845-7176 (office); 409-822-4792; fax 409-862-4314; waltkamp@tamu.edu Networks. Peter Bearman, Department of Sociology, Hamilton Hall #CB3210, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599; 919-962-7200; fax 919-962-7568; bearman@gibbs.oit.unc.edu Politics. Scott Barton, Department of History, East Central University, Ada, OK 74820; 405-332-8000, ext. 419; sbarton@mailclerk.ecok.edu. Race/Ethnicity. Alfred Darnell, Department of Sociology, Box 1811 Sta. B, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235; 615- 322-7546; fax 615-322-7505; darnelat@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu Religion. Hubert Morken, Robertson School of Government, Regent University, 1000 Regent University Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23464; 804-579-4535; fax 804-579-4536; hmorken@beacon.regent.edu Rural. Susan S. Rugh, Department of History, St. Cloud State University SH283, St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498; 612-255-2004; fax 612-654-5198; suru@stcloud.msus.edu / Peggy G. Hargis, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Georgia Southern University, Landrum Box 8051, Statesboro, GA 30460-8051; 912- 681-5426; fax 912-681-0703; har_agga@gsaix2.cc.GaSoU.edu States, Societies. Elisabeth Clemens, Department of Sociology, University of Arizona, Social Sciences 417A, Tucson, AZ 85721; 520-621-9351; fax 520-621-9875; clemens@u.arizona.edu Urban. Hannah McKinney, Economics Department, Kalamazoo College, 1200 Academy Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49006; 616- 337-7024; fax 616-337-7251; mckinney@kzoo.edu; Jean-Pierre Collin, INRS-Urbanisation, 3465, rue Durocher, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2X 2C6; 514-499-4041; fax 514-499-4065; JEAN-PIERRE_COLLIN@INRS-URB.UQUEBEC.CA Women/Gender. Carole Turbin, History and Sociology, Empire State College, SUNY, P.O. Box 130, 223 Store Hill Rd., Old Westbury, NY 11568; 516-997-4700 or 718-499-3244; fax 516- 997-4942; cturbin@sescva.esc.edu/ Ruth Crocker, Department of History, Thach Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849; 334-844-4360; fax 334-844-6673; crockrc@mail.auburn.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ From: RKATCHEN@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU Subject: Brandeis Library lecture BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES Waltham, MA Announcement of Lecture On March 11, 1996, Brandeis University Libraries will formally mark the loading of Brandeis' 40,000 Hebraica RLIN records into its database. We are very pleased to announce that our guest lecturer on this special occasion will be Professor Bella Hass Weinberg, who will speak on: "Non-Roman Scripts in the Library of the Future." This lecture is one of a continuing series of events during 1995-96 celebrating Brandeis University Libraries' acquisition of its one-millionth volume. Dr. Weinberg is Professor in the Division of Library and Information Science at St. John's University and consulting librarian of YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, where she also teaches a course on Hebraica and Judaica cataloging. She also serves as editor of Judaica Librarianship, the journal of the Association of Jewish Libraries, and has consulted on the development of Hebraic capability for RLIN. The lecture will be held in the Rappaporte Treasure Hall of the Goldfarb Library at 2:00 PM on Monday, March 11, 1996. A reception will follow. Parking is available on the Brandeis Campus. For directions to Brandeis and additional information, please contact Rosalie Katchen [email: rkatchen@brandeis.edu; Ph.: 617-736-4645]. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: H-Net Central Subject: CFP: American Historical Assoc, Jan '97, New York The 1997 annual meeting of the American Historical Association will be held in New York City, 2-5 January. The Program Committee welcomes proposals by all members (academic and nonacademic), by scholars in related disciplines, and by affiliated societies. The program seeks to promote excellence in research and teaching and discussions of significant professional issues, rights, and responsibilities. The Program Committee seeks presentations that address the entire community of historians and provide opportunities to examine the larger concerns of the profession. The Program Committee encourages proposals by Feb 23, 1996, on the theme "Human Rights," proposals that explore the interaction between research and teaching, and proposals that fill gaps. These gaps include: Africa, Asia, Russia, the Middle East, the American West, American Indians, ancient history, intellectual history, military history, narrative history, and public history. For this deadline the Program Committee will only accept proposals for entire sessions, panels, or workshops; no single papers can be accommodated, except for "posters." For help in preparing your proposal consult the following items in the September 1995 issue of _Perspectives_: "program Committee Guidelines," p. 13; "Preparing Your Proposal," p. 12; and the cover sheet, p. 14. The deadline for proposals is 23 February 1996. Send four copies of the complete proposal (including the cover sheet and a 2-page vitae for participants that includes recent papers read and/or works published) to the chair or co-chair of the Program Committee. Comparative proposals and sessions related to Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East should be sent to Margaret Strobel, Women's Studies Program, c/o Office of Social Science Research, B-110 BSB, 1007 W. Harrison, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL 60607-7136. Proposals that deal with Europe or North America and all poster projects should be sent to Michael J. Galgano, Department of History, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807. ------------------------------------------------------------ Via: Sefarad@shamash.org Subject: Call for Papers, Jewish Music, London Second International Conference On Jewish Music, City University, London, England. 7-10 April 1997. Papers may be submitted to the University for this four day conference. For further details please contact Alexander Knapp, Joe Loss Research Fellow in Jewish Music at City University, London. TEL:0171 477 8283. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: RPennington@sunbelt.net (Reina Pennington) Subject: CFP: Military Women Worldwide PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITY For biographical essay writers interested in THE HISTORY OF MILITARY WOMEN I seek contributors and contributing editors for MILITARY WOMEN WORLDWIDE: A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. The audience will be university and public libraries, students from the secondary to the graduate level, and book clubs. Coverage will include women from antiquity to the present, throughout the world. Since the book encompasses many nations and historical periods, the term "military" is necessarily used in the broadest sense to include all sorts of armed service: regular army and militia; ground forces, air forces, and navy; on a formal or auxiliary basis. Priorities will be as follows: 1) women who fought or fulfilled a direct combat role; 2) women who served in designated military positions and/or who held military rank; 3) women who did not fight or have formal rank, but otherwise fulfilled military duties. Due to space limitations, medical and support personnel will be covered only in a separate bibliographic essay. Entries will be relatively short (300-1500 words) and will include only brief biographical data. We are NOT looking for full biographies; we are focusing strictly on the subjects' MILITARY roles. The main emphasis should be on the individual's particular contribution or significance as a military figure. Anecdotes and representative events from the individual's life should be included to make the entry as lively and interesting as possible, while retaining accuracy and sound scholarship. Historical context should be minimal, but sufficient to understand the subject's achievements. Short entries on major organizations important to military women will be included separately to avoid repetition in individual subject entries, and group entries ("Crusades, women in") will also be featured. Entries must be completed by late spring 1996. Among the potential entries that have not yet been assigned are: CHEN Fuld, Bracha Israeli War of Indepence, women in Meir, Golda Shochat, Manya Yanait, Rachel Yehuda, Netiva Ben If you are interested in participating in the project or have suggestions for entries, please send cv and subjects of interest to: Reina Pennington e-mail: RPennington@sunbelt.net Dept. of History voice: 803-777-5195 Univ. of South Carolina fax: 803-777-4494 Columbia, SC 29208 USA ------------------------------------------------------------ From: JMOSSERI@delphi.com Subject: Historical Society of Jews from Egypt HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF JEWS FROM EGYPT c/o Ahaba ve Ahva 1801 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn,New York 11223 USA Tel: (718)-339-5849 Fax: (718)-998-2497 or (718)-627-2193 E-mail: JMOSSERI@DELPHI.COM or 76106.1524@compuserve.com It gives us great pleasure to inform you that we have initiated the formation of the HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF JEWS FROM EGYPT (HSJE), for the purpose of studying Jewish life before departure from Egypt to other lands and its aftermath. One of the functions of HSJE would be to collect oral histories and possibly videos of persons who will be given the opportunity to relate their experiences. We propose to collect: pictures, family histories, genealogical trees, unpublished and published reports, artifacts, religious items, books, documentation, etc... which would enable us to start an archival center. During the inaugural meeting in October, Mary Halawani, a film maker, showed a video, "I MISS THE SUN" (in English) and Professor Victor Sanua presented a video about the Jews of Alexandria (in French). Please contact us via the e-mail address above. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Bernard Kouchel Subject: Jewish US Armed Forces database From: Captain Norman Kaufman, USN (Ret.) Announcement: The National Museum of American Jewish Military History (NMAJMH), located in Washington, D.C., operates under the auspices of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA. The Museum: o Documents and preserves the contributions of Jewish Americans to the peace and freedom of the United States. o Educates the public concerning the courage, heroism and sacrifices made by Jewish Americans who served in the U S Armed Forces. o Works to combat anti-semitism. The National Museum of American Jewish Military History (NMAJMH) is is undertaking a project titled LEGACY OF FREEDOM. The first goal of of the project is to collect histories of Jewish men and women who have served, or are serving, as professional career members of the USN, USMC, USCG, USA, and USAF. It is not well known nor documented that a significant number of Jewish Americans have served, or are serving, our country as professional career members of the Armed Forces. Future plans are to establish a computerized database of the accomplishments of these professionals as well as a dynamic exhibition shown at NMAJMH and possibly a travelling circulating exhibit. The LEGACY OF FREEDOM exhibit will be designed to show how Jewish citizens of the US have served in the military services in career positions during both peacetime and wartime. Are you, or do you of know someone, who is (or was) a Jewish career member of the U.S. Armed Forces that should be included in this project? If so please send the name and address by e-mail to: Captain Norman L. Kaufman, USN (Ret.) or by snail mail to: Laura Willoughby, c/o NMAJMH 1811 R St. N.W. Washington, DC 20009 Please include the service and title of the individual (when known).In the case of deceased individuals please include the name and address of next of kin who can supply information. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: H-Net Central Subject: Indo-Judaic Studies INDO-JUDAIC STUDIES JOURNAL Co-editor, Prof. Nathan Katz, Dept. of Religious Studies Florida International University, DM301A, Miami, FL 33199 "The Indo-Judaic Studies Journal is an annual academic journal published by the Society for Indo-Judaic Studies dedicated to analyzing the affinities and interactions between Indic and Judaic civilizations from the ancient through contemporary times. Each issue will feature the following: 1. New scholarly research into such areas as: comparative studies of Judaism and the religions of India, with attention to implications for the field of religious studies; historical studies of cultural and commercial links between Indian and Israel; social scientific studies of Jewish communities in India and Indian communities in Israel; comparative diaspora studies of Jewish and Indian communities, especially in North America; literature studies, including analyses of images of India in Jewish writings; political and scientific studies of diplomacy between India and Israel; approaches to secularism vs traditionalism in contemporary Indian and Israeli politics etc. (3 or 4 articles per issue). 2. Republication of pioneering Indo-Judaica, classical studies in the field which are not readily accessible, such as Kunst's study of comparative logic, or Mandelbaum's ethnographies of Cochin's Jews (one per issue). 3. Translations of primary documents such as the Urdu hagiography of Said Sarmad, or Hebrew travellers' accounts by Reinman, Saphir and Hillel, or Pierre Loti's French descriptions of Cochin's Jew Town, or such 'philo-Semitic' writings as Jamyang Norbu's Tibetan History of Israel (one per issue). 4. Translations of modern scholarship in Hebrew, Yiddish, Hindi, etc. (one per issue). 5. Interreligious / inter-ethnic dialogues, including theoretical aspects of dialogue as well as 'dialogue statements'. 6. Book reviews. 7. News and notes. Contributions may be directed to the editor mention at the beginning of this posting or to the co-editor: Prof. Braj Mohan Sinha, Dept. of Religious Studies University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask., S7N 0W0 Canada ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Rene L. Ash Subject: Yiddish Research Network THE YIDDISH RESEARCH NETWORK Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, The University of Texas at Austin, E. P. Schoch 3.102, Austin, TX 78712 (512) 471-4123 FAX (512) 471-4025 E-MAIL semartin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu We are pleased to announce the organization of the Yiddish Research Network (YRN). The main goal of the YRN is to provide information to researchers about the scholarly activities of others in all fields relating to Yiddish literature, linguistics, cultural history, folklore, etc. The concept of the network arose through discussions at the conference on Yiddish and Ashkenazic Studies at the Ohio State University in Columbus earlier this year. The YRN will be managed jointly by graduate students at OSU and at the University of Texas at Austin. Our initial task will be to compile a directory containing the following information about members: 1 - name, address(es), e-mail 2 - areas of particular expertise 3 - publications (past and pending) 4 - unpublished papers, theses, essays, etc. The Yiddish Research Network Directory will be distributed in hard-copy form by postal mail. It will be updated annually. We have chosen not to create an electronic version for two important reasons. First, we feel that Mendele is the only electronic network required for Yiddish; it provides a valuable and ample forum for direct contact among Yiddish researchers. Second, we believe there are many researchers around the world who are not "hooked up" at this point, and we wish to include everyone who wishes to be included. Therefore, we will communicate with and distribute information to members primarily through regular postal mail, although announcements (like this one) will be made on appropriate electronic forums. Due to the costs of various materials and postage, we must ask a subscription fee for the Yiddish Research Network. The subscription price will be US $5.00 (donations will also be gratefully accepted). We will attempt to make arrangements for payment within the European Community, Israel, and other countries by May of 1996. The YRN is sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Texas at Austin and supported solely by membership fees. All funds received are used only for materials and postage. Glenn S. Levine, University of Texas at Austin Sean Martin, Ohio State U (semartin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) Lisa Jenschke, Ohio State University ------------------------------------------------------------ From: MENDELE From: yankl191@aol.com Subject: Yiddish Summer Program 1996 Columbia/YIVO Yiddish Summer Program accepting applications Applications are now being accepted for the Uriel Weinreich Program in Yiddish Language, Literature and Culture, which will take place on the Columbia University campus from June 24 to August 2, 1996. The program, jointly sponsored by the Max Weinreich Center of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and Columbia University, is a six-week, non-matriculating, three-credit college course offered on three levels: elementary, intermediate and advanced. The program proper will be preceded by an optional two-week review session for intermediate and advanced students beginning on June 10. Elementary students with no reading or writing knowledge of the Yiddish alphabet are required to attend a one-day reading and writing workshop on Sunday, June 23. People worldwide have discovered the importance of Yiddish as a key to understanding a significant component of the Jewish heritage. Every summer for the last twenty-eight years, several dozen people from diverse backgrounds, professional pursuits and places as far-ranging as Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Argentina, China and Australia make their way to New York City to study Yiddish in the world's first and most acclaimed, college-level Yiddish-language program. Many summer program students have gone on to become fellows of the Max Weinreich Center, an accredited institute for advanced study of East European and American Jewish history and culture. Others have entered graduate programs in Jewish studies offered by major universities throughout North America, Europe and Israel. The program has thus served as an essential stepping stone in the careers of such prominent scholars in the field of Yiddish as Janet Hadda, Michael Stanislawski, Jack Kugelmass and Irena Klepfisz. Participants in the program not only learn the fundamentals of Yiddish grammar and read Yiddish literary classics, but also explore the riches of East European and American Jewish culture through lectures in Yiddish and English, Yiddish films, Yiddish conversation groups and a variety of workshops in translation, theater, folksong and traditional dance. As a means of expanding the opportunities for verbal practice and creating a feeling of camaraderie, out-of-towners are given the option of staying in single rooms in Yidish hoyz, a Yiddish dormitory suite on campus. Excursions to Jewish points of interest in and outside of New York City add depth and immediacy to subjects covered in the classroom. Dr. Allan Nadler, Director of Research at YIVO, has called the program "an intensive, intellectually stimulating experience, whose rewards remain throughout one's lifetime." For an application including information on housing and partial scholarships, call, fax or write to Jeffrey Salant, Director of Yiddish Language Programs, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 555 West 57th Street Suite 1100, New York, NY 10019, (212) 246-6080, fax (212) 292-1892. 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