Received: from sprynet.com (mh.sprynet.com [165.121.1.59]) by m1.sprynet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA04205 for ; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 11:58:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tortoise.oise.utoronto.ca (tortoise.oise.utoronto.ca [142.150.96.236]) by sprynet.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id LAA18776; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 11:58:24 -0700 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by tortoise.oise.utoronto.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA12267 for js-network-outgoing; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 09:41:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 09:42:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Lorenzo DiTommaso To: js-network@OISE.UTORONTO.CA Subject: Jewish Studies Newsletter: Calls for Papers and Notices Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-js-network@OISE.UTORONTO.CA Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Jewish Studies Newsletter Status: X-PMFLAGS: 34078848 0 1 P28800.CNM THE * JEWISH * STUDIES * NEWSLETTER positions & events in academic Jewish Studies Published by H-Judaic: The Jewish Studies Network ____________________________________________________________ Issue 8.001p2 * October 1998 * Readership = 6200+ for additional information: http://h-net.msu.edu/~judaic ____________________________________________________________ Table of Contents: *Calls for Papers - On the Fringes [Anthology] - Levinas Conference *Notices - New Mailing List for Classical Hebrew Studies - Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins 36.1 - Jewish Studies Colloquium [U. of Washington] ------------------------------------------------------------ CALLS FOR PAPERS ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Tobin Belzer Subject: On the Fringes Are you a Jewish woman under 30? On the Fringes: An Anthology of Young Jewish Women's Voices needs your autobiographical and/or critical essays and poetry. This anthology will bring your thoughtful, complicated and provacative lives from the fringes to the center. Co-editors Julie Pelc and Tobin Belzer intend to include young Jewish women of diverse cultures, religious denominations, political viewpoints and sexual orientations. It will be published by The State University of New York Press. Send two copies of a double-spaced, 20-page essay or no more than five poems to: Tobin Belzer 334 Harvard Street #F2 Cambridge, MA 02139 Tobin@brandeis.edu 617.492.0088 Julie Pelc 3 Kent Court #3 Somerville, MA 02143 jpelc01@emerald.tufts.edu Please include a one sentence description of yourself. (Could include: name, age, background, location, profession, hobbies, passions, especially things that relate to your essay). The deadline for submission is January 1, 1999 (this might be extended, ask!) Please note: not all submissions will result in publication. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Laura Duhan Kaplan Subject: Levinas Conference When: March 17-20, 1999 Where: Walsh University, North Canton, Ohio Face to Face with the Real World: Contemporary Applications of Levinas: A unique gathering of philosophers, clergy, and community members to explore practical applications of the thought of Emmanuel Levinas. Cosponsored by the Wilkof Jewish Studies Project, Temple Israel, Shaaray Torah Synagogue, and the Canton Jewish Federation. The conference will be followed by an optional Shabbaton (weekend Sabbath celebration) sponsored by the community. I. Suggested topics Scholars are invited to submit papers that apply Levinas's ideas to particular practices. A great deal of work has already been done to explicate and critique the theories of Levinas, and to relate those theories to the theoretical works of other thinkers. At this conference, we hope to avoid duplicating that work. We are looking for papers accessible to an audience of highly educated generalists on a variety of topics. Here are some sample topics, drawn from recently published or presented papers on Levinas. These are only suggestions, and this is not a comprehensive list. Please surprise us with your ideas! - "Levinas on Technology and Nature" - "Ethics and Trauma: Levinas, Feminism, and Deep Ecology" - "Responsible Subjectivity: Levinas and Humanistic Psychology" - "Lacan and Levinas: Towards an Ethical Psychoanalysis" - "Levinas and the Hippocratic Oath: A Discussion of Physician-Assisted Suicide" - "Escape From Solipsism: Levinas and the Ethical Imperative of Parenting" - "The Violence of the Face: Peace and Language in the Thought of Levinas" - "After the Death of God: Emmanuel Levinas and the Ethical Possibility of God" - "Levinas and the Idea of Black Philosophy" - "Levinas and Classroom Teaching of Multicultural Literature" - "Reading Holocaust Literature after Levinas" II. Paper submission guidelines Papers should be approximately 20 minutes reading time. The deadline for receipt of papers has been extended to November 1, 1998. Please send 3 copies of your paper plus a short (100-150 word) abstract to: Dr. Laura Duhan Kaplan Department of Philosophy University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC 28223 III. Conference Schedule (Tentative) Academic sessions will take place on Wednesday through Friday March 17-19. For those who want to stay over Friday and/or Saturday night, the conference theme will be continued during an optional Shabbaton (weekend Sabbath celebration) hosted by the community. The community will arrange housing within walking distance of synagogue services for those who request it. Conference Activities: *Wednesday evening March 17: Opening reception *Thursday morning and afternoon March 18: Opening plenary session, concurrent sessions including scholarly papers and introductory seminars *Thursday evening March 18: Plenary session: Wilkof Jewish Studies Lecture *Friday morning March 19: Concurrent sessions of scholarly papers *Friday lunch and afternoon: Plenary session: Interdenominational Clergy Institute, including lunch and a lecture on the theological work of Levinas Shabbaton Activities: *Friday evening: Kabbalat Shabbat (Welcoming the Sabbath) Services at the Reform Synagogue *Saturday morning: Morning Services, including Torah Service and discussion of Levinas's _Time and the Other_, at the Conservative Synagogue *Saturday evening: Havdallah (ending of sabbath ceremony) and closing reception IV. Contact information For information about the program, contact: Professor Laura Duhan Kaplan Department of Philosophy University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC 28223 704-547-2780 ldkaplan@email.uncc.edu For information about local arrangements, contact: Professor Laurence F. Bove Department of Philosophy Walsh University North Canton, Ohio 44720 330-490-7223 bovel@alex.walsh.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ NOTICES ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Jim West Subject: New Mailing List for Classical Hebrew Studies We are glad to announce the start of a mailing list called *HEBRAISTICUM* on October, 1st. *HEBRAISTICUM* is an open mailing list on topics and issues of interest in the whole field of classical Hebrew, i.e. Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew Epigraphy, Hebrew Sirach and Hebrew Language of the DSS. It is intended to support an European Network for Classical Hebrew, that is to encourage scholarly interaction and exchange of information in the field of Classical Hebrew in an uncomplicated manner and in a fast medium. *HEBRAISTICUM* is a project of the *Mainzer Arbeitskreis fuer althebraeische Sprache* at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz. Conference languages are German, English, or French. To subscribe, please send the message "subscribe hebraisticum" in the body of an e-mail message to: majordomo@mail.uni-mainz.de. For further information contact listowner J.F.Diehl: jdiehl@mail.uni-mainz.de. best regards reinhard g.lehmann -- Dr. Reinhard G. Lehmann Lecturer for Classical Hebrew and Aramaic Johannes-Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz D - 55099 Mainz tel: +49 - 6131 - 39 3284 mailto:lehmann@mail.uni-mainz.de http://www.uni-mainz.de/~lehmann ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Robert Kraft Subject: Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins 36.1 Topic for 1998-9: Religious Identities in Asia Minor in the 1st through the 4th Centuries CE Chairpersons: Susan Marks (University of Pennsylvania) smarks@ccat.sas.upenn.edu Beth Ann Pollard (University of Pennsylvania) elisi@ccat.sas.upenn.edu Coordinator: Robert Kraft (University of Pennsylvania) kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu The Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins in its 36th year, will explore the topic of "Religious Identities in Asia Minor in the 1st through the 4th Centuries CE " in 1998-99. Speakers from universities across the country will address issues concerning varieties of Christianity, Judaism and "paganisms" in this geographic region and time frame. These talks will deal with a variety of evidence and approaches ranging from textual to archaeological. This topic presents interesting opportunities and challenges to scholars interested in issues of religious identity. Considering these identity issues in a specific geographical and chronological context supplies focus and coherence to the topic at hand. Asia Minor was a crossroads of varying political and cultural perspectives for vying Greek, Hellenistic and Roman ideals in this time frame. Religious movements intersected and articulated complex understandings of their internal and external relationships and identities. Scholarship has long focused strongly on the political and economic history of this region, but has only recently turned to a concern for the people and their religious approaches. FUTURE MEETINGS: 3 December 1998: Laura Hebert, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University "The Temple Becomes the Cathedral: The Final Victory of Christianity at Aphrodisias" 21 January 1999: Steve Friesen, University of Missouri-Columbia "Asiarchs and Provincial High-Priesthoods: Breaking into the Vicious Circle" February 1999: Steve Fine, Baltimore Hebrew University 18 March 1999: Martha Himmelfarb, Princeton University "Judaism in 1st-4th Century Asia Minor: An Overview of the Problems and Possibilities for Further Research" 22 April 1999: Susanna Elm, UC Berkeley "Gregory of Nazianzus on the Bishop: Imagining an Ideal-- Orations 1-3, 6, and 42+ 43" For detailed directions to the meetings and for further information, visit the PSCO web site: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/psco/ PSCO: An Interdisciplinary Humanities Seminar under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Religious Studies, 201 Logan Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Robert A. Kraft, Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania 227 Logan Hall (Philadelphia PA 19104-6304); tel. 215 898-5827 kraft@ccat.sas.upenn.edu http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/kraft.html ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Loryn Paxton Subject: Jewish Studies Colloquium The Jewish Studies Program at the University of Washington's Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies presents: Michael Alexander, 1998-99 Cole Fellow "The Jazz Singer and the Jews," Thomson Hall 317, 3:30 p.m. October 27, 1998 In 1927 Al Jolson starred in the first talking film, "The Jazz Singer." Using video clips, the 1998-99 Cole Fellow, Michael Alexander, discusses the Jewish fascination with jazz music and blackface minstrels in the 1910s and 1920s. What did the Jewish press think about the fact that Jews were so very involved in the American music business, and what did it think about the fact that Jews were the most popular blackface performers? (Irving Berlin, Little Georgie Jessel, Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice and others may make appearances throughout the lecture.) Michael Alexander is completing his Ph.D. in the Department of Religious Studies at Yale University. His thesis, "Jazz-Age Jews," studies three famous Jews of the 1920s and how the Jewish public reacted to their fame. The first study is of the Jewish gambler Arnold Rothstein and the fixing of the World Series in 1919 (The Black Sox Scandal). The second study recounts how Felix Frankfurter involved himself with the defense of the Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti. The third tells of the release of the first talking film "The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson. For more information call 543-4243. To request disability accommodations contact the Office of the ADA Coordinator at least 10 days in advance of the event. 543-6450 (voice); 543-6452 (TDD); 645-3885 (FAX); access@u.washington.edu (e-mail) loryn paxton po box 353650 Comparative Religion/Jewish Studies, University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 e-mail: lpaxton@u.washington.edu phone: 206-543-4243 (Monday, Wednesday noon - 5 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday 8a.m.-1 p.m.; closed Friday) ____________________________________________________________ Managing Editor: Avi Jacob Hyman Review Editor: Henry Abramson Chair: Jonathan Sarna Newsletter Editor: Lorenzo DiTommaso 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 Goodblatt, 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