From ajhyman@oise.on.ca Mon Dec 2 22:30:47 1996 Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 21:54:53 -0500 (EST) From: JSJeJ To: Academically-based Jewish Studies Subject: Newsletter (more conferences and CFPs, 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 4.006p3 * February 1996 * Readership = 6200+ ____________________________________________________________ Table of Contents: More CFPs, Conferences, etc: - Past Forward: Shoah newsletter - Conference on Jewish Studies in Canada - CFP: Symposium on Contemporary Forms of Genocide - Ethics After the Holocaust: An Intersciplinary Conference - Annual Scholar's Conference on the Holocaust & the Churches - CFP: Canadian Jewish Women - CFP: Klutznick Symposium: Yiddish - Social Justice Website and Discussion Group - Discussion Group: H-UCLEA = Labor Studies ------------------------------------------------------------ From: FPZY18B@prodigy.com (MS BETH ADAMS) Subject: Past Forward: Shoah newsletter People interested in seeing the newsletter of the SURVIVORS OF THE SHOAH VISUAL HISTORY FOUNDATION should send a request via e-Mail to the address below, asking for the last few issues (or one each of all remaining issues): PAST FORWARD, Aaron Zarrow, Editor Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation P.O. Box 3168, Los Angeles, CA 90078-3168 Also, there was a detailed, critical investigative article on the Foundation that appeared in the most recent issue of New York's VILLAGE VOICE. It is an important article, and contains many unsettling comments by renowned oral and video scholars of Holocaust survivors. Try and get to see the article. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Ira Robinson/Dept. of Religion/Concordia U." Subject: Conference on Jewish Studies in Canada On June 9-10, 1996, the Chair in Canadian Jewish Studies at Concordia University and the Centre for Jewish Studies at York University will host a major conference at Concordia entiteld "A Heritage in Transition: Jewish Studies in Canada". The conference is partially funded by a grant from the Department of Canadian Heritage (Multiculturalism). The conference will feature presentations by Canadian scholars representative of the most recent research and methodologies in the areas which form the field of Jewish Studies. It is designed to give Canadian scholars in the field, for the first time, a Canadian forum in which to exchange their ideas. The conference, which will be open to the public, will serve to underline the breadth and depth of Jewish studies in Canada. It will also focus on the relationship between the scholar and the community. The format of the conference will include presentations in the following areas: Social Scientific Study of Jews and Judaism, Holocaust Studies, Jewish Thought, Classical textual Study, Women's Studies, Cultural Studies and Jewish History. After each area is presented, a round table discussion on that area will be held in which all conference participants will be able to interact with the presentors. The conference is organized by a committee including Judaica scholars from Concordia, York, McGill, Queen's and the University of British Columbia. For further information, please contact: Prof. Ira Robinson, Department of Religion Concordia University, 1455 De Maisonneuve Boulevard, West Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1M8 tel. 514-848-2066 fax 514-848-4541 internet: robinso@vax2.concordia.ca ------------------------------------------------------------ From: agammage@unl.edu (Antonia (Toni) Gammage) Subject: CFP: Symposium on Contemporary Forms of Genocide CALL FOR PAPERS SYMPOSIUM ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF GENOCIDE April 15-16, 1996, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This international, multidisciplinary conference will be a forum for addressing the issues of understanding, intervention and response to genocial actions in the world. Papers for presentation and proposals for panel discussions are invited which relate to the symposium theme. Presenters will be drawn from a variety of disciplines and areas of study, including antrhopology, sociology, political science, Judaic studies, history, law, education, journalism, cross cultural studies, and religion. WE INVITE PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS AND PANELS TO JOIN THESE RENOWNED SCHOLARS ON THE PROGRAM: - Elie Wiesel, 1986 Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and author of Night. - Sybil Milton, senior historian, United States Holocaust Research Center, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (sponsored by the Harris Center for Judaic Studies, UNL). - Helen Fein, president of the Association of Genocide Scholars and executive director, Institute for the Study of Genocide. - Sam Totten, chief editor of Genocide in the twentieth century: Critical essays and eyewitness accounts, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. - Israel Charny, executive director, Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide, and editor of Toward the Understanding and Prevention of Genocide. - Robert Hitchcock, co-author, Physical and cultural genocide of various indigenous peoples, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Proposals for presentations are being accepted until FEBRUARY 28, 1996. Sponsored by the Department of Academic Conferences and Professional Programs, Division of Continuing Studies, UNL. Please email acpp@un.edu for more information. Antonia (Toni) Gammage Academic Conferences and Professional Programs University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 156 NCCE, Lincoln, NE 68583-9600 Phone:(402) 472-2844 FAX: (402) 472-9688 Internet: agammage@unl.edu. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: jland@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Jeff Land) Subject: Ethics After the Holocaust: An Intersciplinary Conference Ethics After the Holocaust: An Intersciplinary Conference From May 5-8 the University of Oregon will host a major conference entitled Ethics After the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel, Deborah Lipstadt, Raul Hilberg, and Emil Fackenheim are the keynote speakers. Poet Allen Grossman will present a reading of his work. Joel Sachs and Continuum are scheduled for a musical performance. Stephane Moses, Jill Robbins, Robert Gibbs, Tina Chanter and Richard Cohen will address the conference's theme: The Legacy of Emanual Levinas and Franz Rosenzwieg. There will also be a variety of panels and workshops throughout the four days. Sponsored by a many campus groups and departments, this event is the first of its kind at the university. We hope it will promote dialogue and understanding throughout Oregon and the northwest by drawing together three generations of outstanding speakers to address the culture at large on postwar Jewish thought and experience. This conference is free and open to the public. However, space is limited with students receiving priority seating. If you are interested in attending or receiving more information, please call or email Ruthann Maguire in the Humanitites Center at the University: 541-346-3934 or rmaguire@oregon.uoregon.edu Jeff Land, 346-2850 office, 341-1216 home ------------------------------------------------------------ From: The Nizkor Project Subject: Annual Scholar's Conference on the Holocaust & the Churches The 26th Annual Scholar's Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches will take place March 3-5, 1996, and this year will be held at the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN). The deadline for registration and fee is Feb. 16. For information, contact Karen Schierman: (612) 962-5788 The Nizkor Project: An Electronic Holocaust Educational Resource Anonymous ftp: ftp.almanac.bc.ca Nizkor Web: http://www.almanac.bc.ca/ (Under construction - permanently!) Kenneth McVay OBC. Home Page: http://www.almanac.bc.ca/~kmcvay/ ------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Ira Robinson/Dept. of Religion/Concordia U." Subject: CFP: Canadian Jewish Women The journal CANADIAN WOMAN STUDIES/LEC CAHIERS DE LA FEMME is planning a specialissue on "Jewish Women in Canada". They are asking for articles, stories, art work and poetry as well as short biographies of Jewish women, autobiographies and photographs. Deadline for submission is March 31. Contact: Canadian Woman Studies 212 Founders College, York University 4700 Keele St., North York, Ontario M3J 1P3 te.: 416-736-5356 fax: 416-736-5765 ------------------------------------------------------------ From: MaryEllen Read Subject: CFP: Klutznick Symposium: Yiddish REVISED CALL FOR PAPERS The Ninth Annual Klutznick Symposium: October 27 & 28, 1996 Yiddish Language and Culture: Then and Now Creighton University's Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization and Center for the Study of Religion and Society will host the Ninth Annual Klutznick Symposium to take place in Omaha, Nebraska on Sunday, October 27 and Monday, October 28, 1996. The theme of the Symposium will be Yiddish Language and Culture: Then and Now. The Program Committee seeks proposals for presentations on Yiddish language and culture, past and present. It is interested in receiving proposals on topics related to Yiddish as a language, and Yiddish culture, including music, fiction, poetry, humor, and theater. At this point the committee is particularly interested in receiving proposals of a historical nature. Those chosen to participate in the symposium will be expected to submit their papers in a scholarly format; those papers will be published in a collected volume. Participants will also be expected to make twenty minute presentations of the essential elements of their papers in a manner suitable to an audience composed of the general public and scholars. Please note that the reading of papers as submitted for publication would not be appropriate to this audience. Audio/visual aids are encouraged. Subsidies for the presenter's costs of transportation and accommodation will be provided. For further information contact Leonard Jay Greenspoon, Chairholder of the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization (ljgrn@creighton.edu or phone 402- 280-2304), or Bryan Le Beau, Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society (blbeau@creighton.edu or phone 402-280-2562) at Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska 68178. One page abstracts and vitae should be submitted to either Dr. Greenspoon or Dr. Le Beau by April 1, 1996. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Nathan Ehrlich Subject: Social Justice Website and Discussion Group SOCIAL JUSTICE WEBSITE AND DISCUSSION GROUP A Web site all our own! For all those (may their numbers increase) who care about tikunning the olam (healing the world), or even a segment of it -- here's where to meet your friends, your colleagues, your kindred spirits. Here, as we all get comfortable with electronic intimacy, is where to find out who's doing what, to get new ideas or test old ones, to explore the dimensions, the current state, and the possibilities of Jewish social action and social justice work. Here -- as we all pitch in -- is where to find classic documents and hot-off-the-computer musings. Here, in short, is a true home page. Check it out. And if it's not quite what you need or want, let us know. Point your Web browser to http://shamash.org/hc/jsjn and help make it happen. Plus: A discussion group for trading opinions, insights, ideas. Eventually, perhaps, real-time chat. For now, room for everyone. Unmoderated (so be moderate) discussion of both what we're already doing and what's waiting to be done. As much tachlis as possible. And, above all, connections. Doing social justice work? Feeling all alone? Join the JSJN electronic chavurah by sending the following message to listproc@shamash.org subscribe jsjn Questions? Please write to Leonard Fein, lfein@interramp.com ------------------------------------------------------------ From: H-Net Central Subject: Discussion Group: H-UCLEA = Labor Studies H-UCLEA is an on-line network sponsored by H-Net to foster communication and discussion about research and teaching in the fields of Labor Studies and Labor Education. Labor Studies, as distinct from labor history, is an interdisciplinary liberal arts area field employing a broad range of approaches from both the humanities and the social sciences. H-UCLEA will examine the nature of work, the individual's relationship to work, the impact work on culture and community, the many facets of the organizations workers form to protect their interests, and the institutions and non-work phenomena that are affected by, and, in turn, affect workers and work processes in today's world. H-UCLEA contributors will examine the past, present and future of work. To subscribe, send this message to LISTSERV@H-NET.MSU.EDU Subscribe H-UCLEA Firstname Lastname, Affiliation The editors will send you a short survey to fill out; when you return it they will enroll you and messages will appear in your email. For further information contact one of the Editors: 1. Gilbert J. Gall, Associate Professor of Labor Studies, Penn State University. 814-865-5425 (OFFICE) 814-863-9545 fax 2. David Alexander, Senior Staff Associate of the George Meany Center/AFL-CIO 301-431-6400 fax: 301-434-0371 3. 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