Received: from mh2.sprynet.com (mh2.sprynet.com [165.121.2.53]) by m1.sprynet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA00507 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 20:25:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from tortoise.oise.utoronto.ca (tortoise.oise.utoronto.ca [142.150.96.236]) by mh2.sprynet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA26423; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 20:25:26 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by tortoise.oise.utoronto.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA12963 for js-network-outgoing; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 20:44:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 20:45:54 -0500 (EST) From: Lorenzo DiTommaso To: js-network@OISE.UTORONTO.CA Subject: Jewish Studies Newsletter: Jobs, Conferences, and Multimedia 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 P396D0.CNM THE * JEWISH * STUDIES * NEWSLETTER positions & events in academic Jewish Studies Published by H-Judaic: The Jewish Studies Network ____________________________________________________________ Issue 8.002p3 * November 1998 * Readership = 6200+ for additional information: http://h-net.msu.edu/~judaic ____________________________________________________________ Table of Contents: * Jobs - High School Teacher in Jewish History, grades 10 and 11 * Conferences - International Conference of the Leopold-Zunz-Zentrum zur Erforschung des europaeischen Judentum [Halle/Wittenberg] - Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins 36.2 [Pennsylvania] * Multimedia - _Babylonian Jewry_ 2 - Schoen Books Catalogue #83 - Inaugural Issue of the _Journal for MultiMedia History_ ------------------------------------------------------------ POSITIONS ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Cynthia Peterman Subject: High School Teacher in Jewish History, grades 10 and 11 Immediate Opening Available Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School Rockville, Maryland, just 20 minutes north of Washington DC. The Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School (CESJDS) is a community day school of over 1,000 students. With more than 400 students in our Upper School, we are preparing an expansion to a second campus next year. CESJDS classes are college preparatory, demanding critical thinking and a firm knowledge base. Our courses in Jewish history utilize college-level texts uniquely adapted to the needs and interests of a sophisticated adolescent population. In addition, we have a dynamic faculty who works together in a mutually supportive environment. Our Jewish history curriculum in grade 10 covers Modern Jewish History (from the 17th c. to the American Jewish community). The grade 11 course consists of one semester of Holocaust studies and one semester of Zionist philosophy and history leading to the establishment of the State of Israel. We are in immediate need of filling this position; interested candidates should contact Mrs. Cynthia Peterman, Chairman, Jewish History Department (301) 881-1404 x331. ------------------------------------------------------------ CONFERENCES ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Veltri Subject: International Conference of the Leopold-Zunz-Zentrum zur Erforschung des europaeischen Judentum - Halle/Wittenberg Topic: Religious Confession and the Sciences in the 16th Century Conference Convenors: Leopold-Zunz-Zentrum (Wittenberg) Seminar fuer juedische Studien (Halle) Institut fuer Geschichte der Medizin (Halle) Department of History (Princeton) Venue: LEUCOREA Foundation, Collegienstr. 62, 06886 Wittenberg, Germany Further information: Seminar fuer juedische Studien, Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg Tel.: +49 345-5524064/60; Fax: +49 345-5527200; Email: judaistik@orientphil.uni-halle.de winkelmann@orienphil.uni-halle.de veltri@orientphil.uni-halle.de Programme: Sunday, 6 December * Session 1: Astrology-Astronomy (Chair: Giuseppe Veltri) 19.00 Anthony Grafton (Princeton): Astrology and Hermeneutics Monday, 7 December * Session 2: Melanchthon (Chair: Juergen Helm) 9.00-10.00 Guenter Frank (Bretten): Melanchthon and the Tradition of Neoplatonism * Session 3: Sciences and Mathematics (Chair: Juergen Helm) 10.00-11.00 Gianfranco Miletto (Duesseldorf): Tradition and Innovation: Religion, Science and Jewish Culture between the 16th and 17th Centuries 11.30-12.30 Mauro Zonta (Naples/Rome): The Influence of Late-Medieval Jewish Religious Philosophy on 16th-Century European Physical Theories 14.30-15.30 Michael Gorman (Rome): Mathematics and Modesty in the Society of Jesus: The Problems of Christoph Grienberger * Session 3: Geography (Chair: Samuel Kottek) 15.30-16.30 Johann Maier (Weilheim): The Relevance of Geography for the Jewish Religion * Session 4: Medicine (Chair: Johann Maier) 17.00-18.00 Juergen Helm (Halle): Anatomical Education at the University of Ingolstadt Tuesday, 8 December * Session 4 cont'd (Chair: Johann Maier) 9.00-10.00 Samuel Kottek (Jerusalem): Jews between Sacred and Profane Science in Renaissance Italy: The Case of Abraham Portaleone 10.00-11.00 Eleazar Gutwirth (Tel Aviv): Language, Religion and Medicine in the Ottoman Empire: Genizah Manuscripts in Context 11.30-12.30 Andrew Cunningham (Cambridge): Was There a Protestant Anatomy? 13.30-18.00 Guided tour in Wittenberg Wednesday, 9 December * Session 5: Natural Sciences (Chair: Anthony Grafton) 9.00-10.00 Paul Richard Blum (Notre Dame, Indiana): The Jesuits and the Natural Sciences 10.00-11.00 Giuseppe Veltri (Halle und Wittenberg): Rabbi Loew and the Sciences 11.30-12.30 Michael Mueller (Halle): Science and Religion in Eastern Europe Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Veltri Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle Weittenberg Seminar fr Judaistik/Juedische Studien Reichardtstr. 2 D-06114 Halle (Saale). Tel. ++49 345 552 4060/61 Fax ++49 345 552 7200 ++49 345-552 7566 Email: veltri@orientphil.uni-halle.de ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Robert Kraft Subject: Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins 36.2 Topic for 1998-1999: 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 SECOND MEETING OF 1998-99 will be held on Thursday, December 3, from 7-9 pm in the Lounge on the second floor of Logan Hall at the University of Pennsylvania. Persons wishing to dine with other participants prior to the meeting should meet at 6 pm at Logan Hall (southeast of Locust Walk and 36th Street Walk). We normally eat at the Food Court in the building at 3401 Walnut Street, although any change of plans will be posted in a note on the main, 36th Street door to Logan Hall. Program for 3 December 1998: Laura Hebert, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University "The Temple Becomes the Cathedral: The Final Victory of Christianity at Aphrodisias" Suggested Readings: Robin Cormack, "The Temple as the Cathedral," _Aphrodisias Papers_, vol. I (Ann Arbor, 1990), pp. 75-88. Kenan Erim, _Aphrodisias: City of Venus Aphrodite_ (New York and Oxford, 1986). ----- Future Meetings: 21 January 1999 Steve Friesen, University of Missouri-Columbia: "Asiarchs and Provincial High-Priesthoods: Breaking into the Vicious Circle" 18 February 1999 Steve Fine, Baltimore Hebrew University: "'Find, Open, Read and Observe': Judaism in the Synagogues of Asia Minor during Late Antiquity" 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, University of California, 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------ MULTIMEDIA ------------------------------------------------------------ From: babylon@babylonjewry.org.il Subject: _Babylonian Jewry_ 2 The second issue of our research journal, _Babylonian Jewry_ (Journal for Research in the History and Culture of Babylonian Jewry), has been available since Spring 98. 175 pages in Hebrew, 47 in English. Published by the Research Institute of Babylonian Jewry Edited by Dr. Zvi Yehuda Details and Table of Contents on our web site: http://www.babylonjewry.org.il/research/pub23.htm email:babylon@babylonjewry.org.il The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center Or-Yehuda, Israel URL: http://www.babylonjewry.org.il e-mail: babylon@babylonjewry.org.il ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Kenneth Schoen Subject: Schoen Books Catalogue #83 We are booksellers who specialize in out of print and new books in Judaica, the Shoah and also the Middle East. We issue catalogues monthly via snail mail or e mail. Catalog 83 is currently being mailed. We welcome assisting scholars in their bibliographic searches and book wants. Thanks Shalom Kenneth Schoen Schoen Books 7 Sugarloaf Street South Deerfield, Mass 01373 USA 413-665-0066 ------------------------------------------------------------ From: jmmh@csc.albany.edu Subject: _Journal for MultiMedia History_ The Department of History at the State University of New York at Albany is pleased to present the first issue of the _Journal for MultiMedia History_. We are the first peer-reviewed electronic journal that presents, evaluates, and disseminates multimedia scholarship. This free online journal can be found at the following Web site: http://www.albany.edu/jmmh This exciting journal offers a new vision for presenting historical research. Adhering to the highest research standards and utilizing the most innovative multimedia technologies, The Journal for MultiMedia History (JMMH) combines audio, visual, and hyperlinked materials with thoughtful historical analysis. By exploiting the almost magical potential of digital code, authors can explore and present a range of scholarly source materials impossible to incorporate into traditional texts. The journal also provides in-depth reviews, including audio and visual clips and links, of multimedia resources such as CD-ROMs, videos, and Web sites. We are privileged to have a distinguished editorial board that includes Steven Brier, co-founder of the American Social History Project (ASHP), City University of New York (CUNY), currently assistant provost for Technology and Instructional Media at the Graduate School and University Center, CUNY; Joshua Brown, creative director of the ASHP and acting director of the ASHP/Center for Media and Learning, City University of New York; Mark Kornbluh, director of H-NET, Michigan State University; Carolyn Lougee, chair, Stanford University History Department; Roy Rosenzweig, head of the Center for New Media at George Mason University; and Richard Hamm, University at Albany, State University of New York; and the founding editors,Gerald Zahavi and Julian Zelizer of the University at Albany. Susan McCormick, a doctoral student in our department, has offered her expert guidance throughout this process as the managing editor of the JMMH. We hope you enjoy The Journal for MultiMedia History and look forward to receiving your comments and scholarly contributions at jmmh@csc.albany.edu Gerald Zahavi and Julian Zelizer, Founding Editors, the Journal for Multimedia History http://www.albany.edu/jmmh Department of History, University at Albany http://www.albany.edu/history Phone: (518)442-4488 Fax: (518)442-3477 E-mail: jmmh@csc.albany.edu ____________________________________________________________ Chief Editor: Aviva Ben-Ur Digest Moderator: Aviva Ben-Ur Managing Editor: Avi Jacob Hyman Review Editor: Henry Abramson Chair: Jonathan Sarna Newsletter Editor: Lorenzo DiTommaso New Books 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