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 SAA11585 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 18:59:51 -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 SAA28702; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 18:59:20 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by tortoise.oise.utoronto.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA04225 for js-network-outgoing; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 17:08:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 17:09:21 -0500 (EST) From: Lorenzo DiTommaso To: js-network@OISE.UTORONTO.CA Subject: Jewish Studies Newsletter: Positions (and More) 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 P125E0.CNM THE * JEWISH * STUDIES * NEWSLETTER positions & events in academic Jewish Studies Published by H-Judaic: The Jewish Studies Network ____________________________________________________________ Issue 8.003p1 [#8.013] * December 1998 * Readership = 6200+ for additional information: http://h-net.msu.edu/~judaic ____________________________________________________________ Table of Contents: * Positions - Jewish History/Director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies [Hartford] - Modern American Jewish History [Michigan State] * Conferences - Southern Jewish Historical Society Annual Conference - Call for Papers, Social Science History Association Annual Convention (Migration/Immigration Network) - Call for Papers, Social Science History Association Annual Convention (Labor Network) * Notices - Call for Papers, Book on "Home" - "Zise Khaloymes" Folksbiene Yiddish Theater ------------------------------------------------------------ POSITIONS ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Susan Gottlieb Subject: Jewish History/Director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies The University of Hartford invites applications for the position of Director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies. The Director will also occupy the Maurice Greenberg Chair of Judaic Studies in the Department of History. Established in 1985 by a major endowment, the Center is devoted to teaching and original research in Judaic Studies from the Biblical to the modern period. The Center presents public programs including lectures, symposia, and awards for academic attainments that bring the fruits of scholarship in Judaic Studies to the larger community. The successful candidate will be a historian holding a Ph.D. and with a strong record of teaching and scholarship. Preferred areas of specialization include the Jews of the Ancient Near East, Hebrew Bible, and the Jews of late antiquity. Administrative experience and the ability to work with the general community is desirable. Rank and salary commensurate with experience. EEO/AA/M/F/D/V Please send letter of application, a curriculum vitae and three letters of reference to: Professor Steven Rosenthal Search Committee Chair Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies University of Hartford 200 Bloomfield Avenue West Hartford, CT 06117 ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Kenneth Waltzer Subject: Position [T/T], Modern American Jewish History Tenure-track position, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. required. Primary research interest in modern American Jewish history. Undergraduate and graduate teaching responsibilities in American history, Michigan State University's core curriculum, and Jewish Studies. MSU is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Applications from women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged. Handicappers have the right to request and receive reasonable accommodation. Applications must include curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, and writing samples. These materials and letters of recommendation should be mailed to Henry Silverman, Chairperson, Department of History, 301 Morrill Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824. Please refer to position number A&L 854 in all correspondence. The deadline for applications is Feb. 1, 1999. Kenneth Waltzer for the Search Committee Kenneth Waltzer Director - Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts & Humanities College of Arts and Letters waltzer@pilot.msu.edu Michigan State University phone: 517-353-3560 (office) East Lansing, MI 48824-1044 fax: 517-432-1858 (office) Professor James Madison College Michigan State University phone: 517-353-9395 (office) East Lansing, MI 48825-1205 fax: 517-432-1804 (office) ------------------------------------------------------------ CONFERENCES ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Mark Bauman Subject: Southern Jewish Historical Society Annual Conference The program chair of the Southern Jewish Historical Society is currently seeking proposals for presentations to be given at the annual conference which will take place in early November 1999 in Richmond, Virginia. Short descriptions of individual papers and/or panels with brief c.v.'s of participants will be greatly appreciated. Please contact: Catherine Kahn, Program Chair, Touro Infirmary Archives 1401 Foucher St. New Orleans, La 70115 e-mail: archives@baileylink.net --- Mark Bauman 2517 Hartford Dr Ellenwood, Ga 30294 (Atlanta Metropolitan College) ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Suzanne Sinke Subject: Call for Papers, Social Science History Association Annual Convention (Migration/Immigration Network) Fort Worth, Texas, 11-14 November 1999 The Migration/Immigration Network of the SSHA is calling for paper and panel proposals for the November 1999 SSHA convention in Fort Worth. The network chairs prefer complete panel proposals and these tend to get priority in placement on the program, but we will try to assemble panels or find places in already existing panels for individual paper proposals. We are especially interested in interdisciplinary and comparative panels with topics covering different countries and time periods. The deadline for submissions is 1 February 1999, but proposals which arrive early will have a better chance for inclusion under a new program policy. The co-chairs, Suzanne Sinke and Dorothee Schneider, encourage you to contact us by email for preliminary discussions of your plans. Complete paper and panel proposals can be sent directly to the SSHA web page at . Make sure to check the migration network box and they will be forwarded to the network chairs automatically. Some of the suggested areas for panels the network discussed at this year's meeting included: comparative Latino identity among immigrant groups in the U.S., emigration patterns, contemporary migration of Africans, symbolic ethnicities in festive culture, gender and migration theories, teaching migration/immigration, a roundtable on diasporas, why people leave, government sponsorship of ethnicity in diaspora, life cycle migration patterns, comparisons of migrants to North and South America, and the meaning of food in migrant identity. This list should be considered suggestive & not exhaustive. More concrete suggestions along with the organizers to contact include: Public opinion surveys about immigrants: Elliot Barkan Displaced persons: Annette van Rijn Repeat migrations: Inez Egerbladh Asian Indian women/family in diaspora: Bela Thacker We also encourage book roundtables and one on Jose Moya's "Cousins and Strangers" is already in planning. Preliminary discussions of topics and panels are welcome (the sooner the better): Suzanne Sinke Dorothee Schneider Clemson University University of Illinois (864) 656-4427 schndr@uiuc.edu ssinke@clemson.edu --- Suzanne Sinke Assistant Professor, Department of History Clemson University Clemson, SC 29634 ----------------------------------------------------------------- From: Cindy Hahamovitch Subject: Call for Papers, Social Science History Association Annual Convention (Labor Network) Fort Worth, Texas, 11-14 November 1999 The Labor Network of the Social Science History Association is calling for panel, roundtable, and workshop proposals for next year's conference in Forth Worth, Texas (November 11-14). The network chairs, Cindy Hahamovitch (the College of William & Mary in Virginia) and Greg Kealey (Memorial University, Newfoundland) prefer complete session proposals, and will generally give them priority when planning the program. Please note that the SSHA is especially interested in interdisciplinary and comparative panels. You may propose panels, roundtables, or workshops (for which participants read an article or set of documents in advance). The official deadline for panel and paper submissions is February 1, 1999, although you may begin submitting proposals immediately. This year, unlike previous years, there will be a system of rolling admissions for panels. Network chairs can accept panels for the program as soon as they are complete, even before the Feb. 1 deadline. This system will strongly favor panels that are complete and submitted early. It will also favor networks that can submit panels early. This year, panels may be submitted directly to the SSHA web page at http://www.ipums.umn.edu/~ssha . Instructions for submitting panels and papers are given there. Make sure to check the labor network box. A copy will then be forwarded to the Labor Network chairs automatically. The following are among the topics suggested at the Labor Network meeting for next year's labor-related sessions. If you would like to participate in any of these sessions or take responsibility for organizing one of them, please contact Cindy Hahamovitch or Greg Kealey right away. These sessions, like all others, must be submitted by Feb.1 to meet the call-for-papers deadline: Among the suggested topics for panels discussed at this year's Labor Network meeting were: the future of labor movement (roundtable); Labor Internationalism Today; Labor Rights as Human Rights; The Revival of Company Unions; Teaching Labor History (roundtable); Employers at Work; The History of the Jewish Labor Movement; and Labor on Film. Several book sessions were also proposed, however, we will not announce these until the authors confirm their willingness to participate. If you have questions about submitting a labor-related panel, please feel free to contact the labor network organizers: Cindy Hahamovitch Department of History The College of William & Mary P.O. 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 (757) 221-3770 (cxhaha@mail.wm.edu) Greg Kealey Department of History Memorial University St. John's, Newfoundland Canada A1C 5S7 (709) 737-2478 (gkealey@morgan.ucs.mun.ca). ------------------------------------------------------------ NOTICES ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Warren Hoffman Subject: Call for Papers, Book on "Home" We are currently seeking submissions for a forthcoming book on the topic of "home" and "enforced psychic tourism" in the lives of Jewish/Jewish American Women Writers and/or texts by them. We are interested in the physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual "homes" anywhere in the world that Jewish/Jewish American women writers have sought or created, or attempted to create, in the realization of their marginalized position within Judaism. Examples could also include their experiences of anti-Semitism anywhere/everywhere in the world, even within U.S. borders. The topic of "Home" could also include the writer's response to a "pseudo-home," a place that seems like home, but serves only as a physical home that some people know (eg. newly adopted country, concentration camp, abusive household). In reality, it is not a home at all; its lack of true emotional or spiritual stability make it a fake home or sham. The topic of "enforced psychic tourism" could include analyses of Jewish women writers's sometimes "picturesque" descriptions during their and/or their characters' quests for a "home" in the course of sometimes lengthy flights from Anti-Semitism: from Pogroms and the Holocaust, from Russia and Eastern Europe, etc. Although they may be actually horrifying in nature, the writers still tend to describe people and places they encounter as if they were cultured, appreciative tourists. Submissions should be approximately 20 pages long. Send to: Dr. Phillipa Kafka 422 Meeker Street South Orange, New Jersey 07079 h(973-761-7349; fax (973-761-7374) and/or Warren Hoffman 308 South New Ardmore Avenue Broomall, PA 19008-2814 h(610-353-2832); fax (215-568-1944) ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky Subject: "Zise Khaloymes": the Folksbiene Yiddish Theater's newest production The Folksbiene Yiddish Theater. New artistic directors usher in the 83rd season with "Zise Khaloymes" ("Sweet Dreams") Written & directed by Eleanor Reissa Musical score & arrangements by Zalmen Mlotek & Frank London Starring Mina Bern & Ibi Kaufman With simultaneous English translations December 5th to January 31st Theater Four 424 West 55th Street (off 9th Ave.) New York, N.Y. Wednesdays & Thursdays, 2 & 8 P.M., Saturday, 8 P.M., Sunday 2 & 5:30 P.M. Special Christmas & New Year's Day shows at 1 P.M. This year's show is the world premiere of a contemporary musical by Eleanor Reissa about a young New Yorker, on the fast track of career and romance, haunted by the memory of her immigrant mother, a Holocaust survivor who remains ever present in her life. A funny and poignant look at the emotional legacy survivors pass on to their second generation kids, handled with great wisdom and warmth. The show features beautiful Yiddish music and a full 1990's set of characters, touching on dating, the singles scene, and career issues. The young multi-racial cast all speak Yiddish, with simultaneous English headphone translations. (In fact, the protagonist's best friend is an African-American woman who also sings in Yiddish in the play.) The part of the mother is played by the Yiddish theater star Mina Bern (who appeared in the film "Avalon" and is now making a movie with Robert DeNiro). It's a warm, funny Wendy Wasserstein-type piece, with a multi-racial cast speaking in Yiddish. Rest assured, you don't need to know Yiddish, or even be Jewish, to identify with the lead character's search for roots in the 1990's. Tickets: $25 and $30. Students: $10 (Box Office Only). Mother-Daughter 2 for 1 Weekday Specials. Plus... Generous Group Fund-Raiser Discounts. Order your tickets by calling Tele-Charge at (212) 947-8844 by December 5th, and get $5 off all tickets by mentioning the code SWDT4. Call Tele-Charge at (212) 239-6200 for all regular ticket orders. Or contact the Folksbiene Office at (212)213-02120. ____________________________________________________________ CHIEF EDITOR and DIGEST MODERATOR: Aviva Ben-Ur ASSOCIATE MODERATOR: Marsha B. Cohen MANAGING EDITOR: Avi Jacob Hyman CHAIR: Jonathan Sarna JEWISH STUDIES NEWSLETTER EDITOR and BOOK REVIEW EDITOR: Lorenzo DiTommaso WEBSITE: Avrum Goodblaat JEWISH STUDIES ON-LINE EDITORIAL BOARD: Henry Abramson, Josh Backon, Lewis Barth, Judith Baskin, Herb Basser, Marsha B. 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