Received: from sprynet.com (mh.sprynet.com [165.121.1.59]) by m1.sprynet.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id SAA12274 for ; Fri, 23 May 1997 18:52:58 -0700 Received: from tortoise.oise.utoronto.ca (tortoise.oise.utoronto.ca [192.75.177.236]) by sprynet.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id SAA10093; Fri, 23 May 1997 18:52:52 -0700 Received: by tortoise.oise.utoronto.ca (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (rsm960611)) for js-network-outgoing id SAA04959; Fri, 23 May 1997 18:12:39 -0400 Message-Id: <2.2.32.19970523221745.006bdf40@MAIL.PSY.MIAMI.EDU> X-Sender: SCasper@MAIL.PSY.MIAMI.EDU X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 18:17:45 -0400 To: js-network@oise.utoronto.ca From: "Susan Casper" Subject: Jewish Studies Newsletter: The Jewish Studies Newsletter Sender: owner-js-network@oise.utoronto.ca Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jewish Studies Newsletter Status: X-PMFLAGS: 34078848 0 THE * JEWISH * STUDIES * NEWSLETTER positions & events in academic Jewish Studies ____________________________________________________________ Issue 6.002p1 * May 1997 * Readership = 6200+ for additional information: http://h-net.msu.edu/~judaic ____________________________________________________________ Table of Contents: CONFERENCES and CALL FOR PAPERS: - Ashkenaz: Theory and Nation - Symposium on Hebrew of the DSS and Ben Sira - AHA Pacific Coast - The Holy Land in Word and Image - ACJS 1997 Conference Schedule - Veltrat Sesye: World Council for Yiddish Session - Practicing Places and Tourist Performances ------------------------------------------------------------ From: David Neal Miller Subject: Ashkenaz: Theory and Nation - Call For Papers The Yiddish and Ashkenazic Studies Program of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at The Ohio State University, in cooperation with the College of Humanities; and the Jagiellonian University, in cooperation with the Faculties of Philosophy and Philology, announce an international conference on Yiddish and Ashkenazic Studies. ASHKENAZ: THEORY AND NATION 26-29 MAY 1998 THE JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY, KRAKOW, POLAND This conference focuses on aspects of Ashkenazic Jewry as nation. Papers may be from any discipline (e.g., literature, history, linguistics, cultural studies, social anthropology, folklore, geography, demography, sociology, etc.), and should employ the theory or methodology of the relevant discipline to the analysis of Ashkenaz as nation. Papers dealing with Ashkenaz from a cross-cultural perspective are welcome as well. Papers presented will be thirty minutes in length, including the discussion period. Persons interested in presenting a paper should submit a one-page abstract by 1 November 1997 to: Professor David Neal Miller Yiddish and Ashkenazic Studies The Ohio State University 314 Cunz Hall Columbus, OH 43210-1229 USA or: Dr. Annamaria Orla-Bukowska Institute of Sociology Jagiellonian University ul. Grodzka 52 31-044 Krakow Poland or by e-mail to: ashkenaz98@brooklyn.net Abstracts should include title of paper, author(s), affiliation(s), address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 30 November 1997. North American scholars may submit abstracts by 1 October 1997 for notification by 30 October 1997. Ashkenazic Studies focuses upon the culture and civilization of Ashkenaz. Ashkenaz (alternatively: Erets Ashkenaz 'the land of Ashkenaz') is the indigenous name of the home territory of Central and Eastern European Jewry. From its compact origins some 1000 years ago in the ShU"M communities along the Rhine, Ashkenaz grew to cover the second-largest unbroken language and culture area in Europe. From the outset, Ashkenazic Jewry defined itself as distinct both from the other emerging European peoples and cultures with which it was coterritorial, and from other Jewries. Ashkenaz developed a unique, internally consistent, and culturally advanced European civilization. Sharing a confession with non-Ashkenazic coreligionists, Ashkenazic Jewry also participated in the millennia of cosmopolitan Jewish textuality (sacred texts, commentary and response, commercial contracts, domestic agreements, etc.). Ashkenazic culture is characterized by a national language (Yiddish); religion (Judaism); textual tradition; material culture (architecture, dress, foodways, routes of trade and migration); systems of education, social welfare, dispute adjudication; politics and ideology; national literature; high and popular culture. --------- From: Wido van Peursen Subject: Symposium on Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ben Sira THE HEBREW OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS AND BEN SIRA IN RELATION TO BIBLICAL HEBREW AND MISHNAIC HEBREW Leiden, 15-17 December 1997 The symposium will be held at the University of Leiden. Papers will be presented by ten key-speakers and about fifteen to twenty other speakers. Below is a list of the contributing speakers. A detailed programme will be available within two months. The registration fee is fl.100 (approximately $55 to 60) [those attending only one day will pay fl. 50]. For registration and further information, please contact Prof. T. Muraoka (address below). Key-speakers: Prof. M. Bar-Asher (Jerusalem), Prof. P. C. Beentjes (Utrecht), Dr S. E. Fassberg (Jerusalem), Prof. F. Garcia Martinez (Groningen), Prof. A. Hurvitz (Jerusalem), Prof. M. Kister (Jerusalem), Prof. S. Morag (Jerusalem), Prof. T. Muraoka (Leiden), Prof. E. Qimron (Beer-Sheva), Dr J. W. Wesselius (Amsterdam) Other speakers: Dr J. K. Aitken (Cambridge), Mr M. F. J. Baasten (Leiden), Dr W. J. van Bekkum (Groningen), Mr W. C. Delsman (Nijmegen), Mr M. Ehrensvard (Aarhus-Jerusalem), Dr J. F. Elwolde (Sheffield), Dr B. Isaksson (Uppsalay), Dr. K. Jongeling (Leiden), Prof. J. Joosten (Strasbourg), Prof. M. Z. Kaddari (Ramat Gan), Mr M. Morgenstern (Beer-Sheva), Prof. Dr. M. Perez Fernandez (Granada), Mr W. T. van Peursen (Leiden), Prof. F. V. Reiterer (Salzburg), Prof. M. Smith (Pennsylvania), Prof. N. A. van Uchelen (Amsterdam), Prof. M. Vervenne (Leuven) The symposium is made possible by the financial support of: The Department of Near Eastern Studies of Leiden University The Faculty of Arts of Leiden University The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Research School CNWS, School of Asian, African and Amerindian Studies, Leiden Leids Universiteits-Fonds (LUF) Prof. Dr. T Muraoka Leiden University Department of Near Eastern Studies (TCNO) P.O. Box 9515 2300 RA LEIDEN The Netherlands Phone: +31-71.527.2256 Fax: +31-71.527.2615 E-mail: MURAOKA@RULLET.LEIDENUNIV.NL --------- From: Richard Jensen Subject: AHA Pacific Coast - Call For Papers Please submit proposals (panels are even better) for consideration of the program committee for the 1998 American Historical Association - Pacific Coast Branch conference which will be meeting in San Diego during the first week of August, 1998. Topics in all fields of history will be considered. Please send an original and four copies of a one page synopsis of your proposal by July for early consideration, along with a vita and email address for each participant to: Leonard Dinnerstein Judaic Studies Franklin Bldg #308 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721-0080 The program committee will meet in August to consider early proposals and again in the late fall to consider proposals sent to us by October 31, 1997. --------- From: Bruce Janz Subject: The Holy Land in Word and Image - Call For Papers CENTRE FOR MEDIEVAL STUDIES, ANNUAL CONFERENCE "The Holy Land in Word and Image from Late Antiquity through the Crusades" October 25, 1997 Many lands are considered holy in one context or another, but a small patch of western Asia was holy to three major religions throughout the Middle Ages. This conference seeks to bring together scholars concerned with how Jews, Christians and Muslims perceived, represented, and experienced the Holy Land. We welcome proposals for papers from any discipline, including, but not limited to: history, art history, literature, architecture, religion, archaeology, theology, cartography, liturgy, biblical studies, drama, musicology, etc. Please submit abstracts of no more than 300 words (typed, double-spaced) by June 1, 1997 to: Chair, Centre for Medieval Studies 1997 Conference 39 Queen's Park Crescent East Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C3 Canada or e-mail to: cms-conf@chass.utoronto.ca. --------- From: Ira Robinson Subject: ACJS 1997 Conference Schedule Memorial University St. John's, Newfoundland June 1-2, 1997 All sessions will be held in Room C4002 (Chemistry) unless otherwise noted. SUNDAY, JUNE 1 Session 1 - 9:15-10:30 25 YEARS LATER: THE LEGACY OF A.M. KLEIN (Joint Session with the Association for Canadian and Quebec Literatures) Chair: Adam Fuerstenberg (Ryerson University) Arnold Bennett (St. John's) "The Search for the Messiah in A.M. Klein's Second Scroll" Luke Tromley (Queen's University) "Sabotaging Utopia: Art and Repression in Klein's Late Fiction" Zailig Pollock (Trent University) "The Klein Project: Past, Present and Future" Session 1 will be held in room S2000. Session 2 - 11:00-1:00 JEWISH QUEBEC: HISTORY AND YIDDISHKEIT CHAIR: tba Michael Benazon (Champlain College) "Ostropol on the St. Francis: the Jewish Community of Sherbrooke, Quebec, a 120 Year Presence" Gordon Dueck (Queen's University) "From Victorianism to Zionism: the Jewish Establishment of Montreal, 1897-1902" Mervin Butovsky (Concordia University) "In Defense of Yiddishkeit: Yaacov Zipper's Journals" Adam Fuerstenberg (Ryerson University) "Crosscurrents and Contradictions: The Influence of Literary Criticism on Canadian Yiddish Poetry Between the Two World Wars" Session 3 - 2:00-3:00 THE JEWS OF NEWFOUNDLAND: MYTHS AND REALITIES Chair: tba Messod Salama (Memorial University) "A Sephardic Claim to Newfoundland: Preliminary Thoughts on the De la Penha Case" Robin McGrath (University of Alberta) "Jewish Identity in Newfoundland" Session 4 - 3:15-4:45 FROM EAST TO WEST Chair: Paula Draper (Toronto) Harold Troper (University of Toronto) "The Origins and Development of the Campaign for Soviet Jewry" Gerhard Bassler (Memorial University) "Alfred Valdmanis and the Admission of Latvian War Criminals to Canada, 1941-1954" Samuel Revvsky (Memorial University) "Reflections of the Son of a Minister of Jewish Affairs in Ukraine" Session 5 - 5:00-6:30 OPEN SESSION OF ACJS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair: Ira Robinson Evening Programme: "THE FAILURE" Dramatic Reading of a new Canadian play based on the poetry of A.M. Klein by Emmy-nominated film maker Arnold Bennett. Poetry by A.M. Klein Music by Jim Fidler, winner of Newfoundland best album award, 1996. Open discussion with author and cast led by Ira Robinson Location: THE THEATRE , 425 Topsail Road (School for the Deaf) Cost of tickets: $8.00 plus tax. MONDAY, JUNE 2 Session 6 - 9:00-11:30 CANADIAN JEWS AND JUDAISM Chair: tba Henry Green "The Israelization of North American Jewry" Faydra L. Shapiro (McMaster University) "In Order That People Even Hear: Jewish Outreach in an Israel Outreach Program" Richard Menkis (University of British Columbia) "A Twofold Transformation: Towards a History of Jewish Studies in Canada" Ira Robinson (Concordia University) "The Constitutions of Canadian Jewish Organizations" Session 7 - 11:45-1:00 JEWISH IDENTITY IN ONTARIO Chair: tba Martin Sable (University of Toronto) "Keeping the Faith: the Jewish Response to Compulsory Religious Education in Ontario's Public Schools, 1944-1990" Sadie Stren (Toronto) "The Role of the Rabbi in a Small Jewish Community" Session 8 - 1:30-3:30 ACJS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING --------- From: Leybl Botwinik (1388) Subject: Veltrat Sesye: World Council for Yiddish Session [English follows] Tsu di yidishe klubn un kultur-organizatsyes in yisroyl un in di tfutses. in onblik fun di dringende problemen vos shteyen haynt far der yidish-marokh in yisroyl un in der velt, firn mir durkh di yerlekhe farbreyterte baratung fun undser internatsyonaler ekzekutive, mit der bateylikung fun di forshteyer fun yidish klubn un organizatsyes in yisroyl un in der velt. di baratung vet forkumen in di teg fun 2tn un 3tn yuni, 1997, in beys-leyvik in tel aviv. mir betn, az yeder kultur-organizatsye oder klub zol deligirn 2 forshteyer. ***** To the Yiddish Clubs and Culture-organizations in Israel and Elsewhere. In light of the urgent problems facing Yiddish in Israel and around the world, we will hold our yearly, expanded session of the Executive of the World Council for Yiddish with the participation of representatives of Yiddish Clubs and Culture-organizations in Israel and around the world. The session will take place on the 2nd and 3rd of June, 1997, in Bit-Leivik, in Tel Aviv. We ask each culture-organization or club to delegate 2 representatives. Information/informatsye: winer@euronet.co.il Address/adres: Leivik House, 30 Dov Hoz St., POB 11676. Tel Aviv, Israel. --------- From: Tony Galt Subject: Practicing Places and Tourist Performances - Call For Papers Practicing PLACES AND TOURIST PERFORMANCES: Conference 6-7 April, 1998 The Tourism and Leisure Research Group at the University of Durham, England, are organizing a conference based in Collingwood College, Durham, that will bring together interdisciplinary approaches to the study of place in relation to tourism practices. Themes will include: *Consuming Landscapes *Travel ling Cultures *The Multivocality of Place *Manufactured Visions of Place For more details etc. contact Simon Coleman at s.m.coleman@durham.ac.uk or Dept. of Anthropology, 43 Old Elvet, University of Durham, DH1 3HN, England. Abstracts of paper proposals (asap, but by November 10 at latest, no longer than 400 words) to Simon Coleman. --------- ____________________________________________________________ Newsletter Editor: Susan Casper Discussion Group: Avi Jacob Hyman, Review Editor: Henry Abramson, Chair: Jonathan Sarna Jewish Studies On-Line Editorial Board: Henry Abramson, Josh Backon, Lewis Barth, Judith Baskin, Herb Basser, Bernard Cooperman, Alan Crown, Nathan Ehrlich, Yossi Galron, Penny Schine Gold, Avrum Goodblat, Joseph Haberer, Guy Haskell, Howard Joseph, Yitzchak Kerem, Richard Menkis, Jim Mott, Leslie Train, Tzvee Zahavy, Belarie Zatzman, Reena Zeidman ------------------------------------------------------------ Jewish Studies Network Homepage: http://h-net.msu.edu/~judaic ------------------------------------------------------------ this newsletter is published & distributed for members of H-Judaic@h-net.msu.edu - The Jewish Studies Network an affiliate of H-Net: Humanities On-Line and Shamash.Org ___________________________end part x_______________________