Return-Path: Received: from tortoise.oise.utoronto.ca ([142.150.96.236]) by mx9.mindspring.com (Mindspring Mail Service) with ESMTP id sc8b28.nl2.37kbi17 Mon, 6 Mar 2000 17:08:07 -0500 (EST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by tortoise.oise.utoronto.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA17842 for js-network-outgoing; Mon, 6 Mar 2000 12:12:00 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 12:11:54 -0500 (EST) From: Lorenzo DiTommaso To: js-network@OISE.UTORONTO.CA Subject: JSN: Jewish Studies Newsletter [9.009p1] 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 THE * JEWISH * STUDIES * NEWSLETTER Positions & Events in Academic Jewish Studies Published by H-Judaic: The Jewish Studies Network ____________________________________________________________ Issue 9.009p1 * March 2000 * Readership = 6200+ for additional information: http://h-net.msu.edu/~judaic ____________________________________________________________ Table of Contents: * Positions - Hebrew Instructor [Oklahoma] - Director of Admissions [Gratz] * Calls for Papers and Conferences - AJS Call for Papers 2000 - Call for Notices, AJS _Perspectives_ - Call for Papers on Yiddish at 2000 MLA - Call for Papers (Book): Turkish Jewish Encounters - Seminar on Turkish-Jewish Encounters - Symposium: Jews and Christians in Ancient Rome [Baltimore Hebrew] - Session on American Jewish Liturgy - Annual Symposium for Yiddish Studies in Germany [Heinrich Heine] - Call for Author: Political Participation Among American Jews - Fourth Conference on Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity [San Francisco State] - Call for Papers: "Historicisms in Modernity" [Freie Universitaet Berlin] * Notices - Jerusalem Summer School [Hebrew University of Jerusalem] - Summer Yiddish Program [Vilnius] - Summer Research Associate Programme [Cornell] - Greenfield Memorial Evening [Israel Academy of Sciences] - New Sephardic Forum ------------------------------------------------------------ POSITIONS ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Jan Rauh Subject: Hebrew Instructor The University of Oklahoma has just opened a fulltime non-tenure track position for a Hebrew instructor for the academic year 2000/2001 with the possibility of renewal for 2001/2002. Candidates should have native or near native fluency in modern Hebrew and should be able to teach at the elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels. The ability to teach a course on Israeli or Jewish Literature in English would also be welcome, but is not a requirement. Candidates should be ABD or recent Ph.D. Salary will be commensureate with experience and rank. The University of Oklahoma has a dynamic and rapidly growing program in Judaic Studies and Hebrew that is directed by the Schusterman/Josey Chair of Judaic History and has three full faculty lines as well as seven faculty positions devoted in part to Judaic Studies. Interested candidates are urged to contact Professor Shmuel Shepkaru at Judaic Studies Program, University of Oklahoma, 455 W. Lindsey, DAHT 403A, Norman, OK 73019, or Shmuel.Shepkaru-1@ou.edu Jan Rauh, Secretary Schusterman/Josey Chair of Judaic Studies 455 W. Lindsey, DAHT #403A Norman, OK 73019 405-325-6508 ------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Dr. Marsha Edelman" Subject: Director of Admissions Director of Admissions: Immediate opening for creative self-starter with expertise in academic recruitment, related marketing strategies and current technological tools to direct Office of Admissions. Commitment to Jewish communal life and excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication and presentation skills required. Mail or fax rsum to Dean for Academic Affairs, Gratz College, 7605 Old York Road, Melrose Park, PA 19027, 215-635-7320 or respond off-line to MEdelman@Gratz.edu. EOE . ------------------------------------------------------------ CALLS FOR PAPERS AND CONFERENCES ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Aaron L. Katchen Subject: AJS Call for Papers 2000 The Association for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce that the Call for Papers for our 32nd Annual Connference, to take place December 17-19, 2000 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Boston's Back Bay, may be found on our web site http://www.brandeis.edu/ajs/. The due date for proposals is Thursday, March 30, 2000. Cordially, Aaron L. Katchen Executive Director *** Association for Jewish Studies David Berger, Ph.D., President Aaron L. Katchen, Ph.D., Executive Director MB 0001 Brandeis University P.O. Box 9110 Waltham, MA 02454-9110 email: ajs@brandeis.edu Voice: (781) 736-2981 FAX: (781) 736-2982 http://www.brandeis.edu/ajs ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Sara Lewis Subject: Call for Notices, AJS _Perspectives_ The next biennial issue of Perspectives, the Newsletter of the Association for Jewish Studies will go to press March 10. Please send announcements of conferences scheduled or Jewish museum opennings taking place between April 1 and November 15, 2000 for our Calendar. Announcements with a short description of the event should be sent to ajs@bhu.edu or by snail mail to AJS Perspectives, 5800 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore MD 21215. We would especially appreciate black and white photos or other illustrations suitable for publication from museums or other Jewish institutions. Credit for photos will be given, of course. Thanks! Sara Lewis, Managing Editor AJS Perspectives ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Kathryn Hellerstein Subject: Call for Papers on Yiddish at 2000 MLA The Modern Language Association Discussion Group on Yiddish Literature has placed a call for papers for a panel of 4 papers in the MLA Spring, 2000 Newsletter. The papers chosen will be presented at the December 2000 MLA Convention in Washington, DC. All participants in convention sessions must be members of the MLA by 1 April 2000. "In, Out, and Around the Shtetl: Mapping Yiddish Literature." This session seeks to theorize, thematize, and locate Yiddish literary expression in relation to the matrix of the _shtetl_ and within an expanding Jewish constellation. The panel will be 1 hour and 15 minutes long, with 15 minutes allotted to each paper. Email a 1-page synopsis of your proposed paper and a statement of your academic affiliation and MLA membership by 24 March 2000, to: Kathryn Hellerstein (khellers@mail.sas.upenn.edu) and Jan Schwarz (schwarz1@uiuc.edu). ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Mehmet Tutuncu Subject: Call for Papers (Book): Turkish Jewish Encounters Dear all, We from SOTA (Research centre for Turkistan and Azerbaijan) are planning to produce a book on Turkish Jewish relations in the history - The working title would be: Jewish Turkish encounters. Papers are called for to deal with such areas Khazars, Karaims, Kyrymchaks, Donmeler (+ Sabbetaism) Jews in the Ottoman Empire Turkish republics and contemporary themes such as Turkish Israeli strategic alliance. Papers may deal with the history, politics, economics, and culture of the Turkish Jewish encounters in the history The book also seeks editions and/or translations of new unpublished documents. All papers should be approx. 4000 words, normally unpublished, and submitted in typed form in duplicate plus on disk Word.6.1 or 5.1. Please enclose a brief bio-bibliography. Deadline 15 June 2000. Statements of Intent, however, would be appreciated by 15 April 2000. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Mehmet Tutuncu Subject: Seminar on Turkish-Jewish Encounters On Wednesday, 29 March Special Chair of Jewish Studies and SOTA: Research centre on Turkestan and Azerbaijan are organizing a seminar with the title: Turkish jewish encounters. The seminar will be held in het Trippenhuis, Kloveniers-burgwal 29 Amsterdam between 10.30 - 16.00 hours. The working language will be English. Participation costs will be Dfl. 35 (incl. coffee, tea and a kosher lunch). Program: Prof.dr. Benjamin Braude, Boston University, Department of History: The Ottoman Empire and the Jews. Prof.dr. Ilbert Ortayli, University of Ankara, Department of Political Sciences: The Jews and the Turkish Republic. Mario Levi, auteur, Istanbul: Jews in Contemporary Turkey and Turkish-Jewish Relations Today After the session there will be opportunity for questions and discussion. Those who wish more information about the seminar (including registration procedures and applications) may contact me at: sota@wanadoo.nl ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Steven Fine Subject: Symposium: Jews and Christians in Ancient Rome Jews and Christians in Ancient Rome: A Symposium at Baltimore Hebrew University Sunday, March 26, 2000, 2:00-5:00 Sponsored by the BHU Program in the History of Jewish-Christian Relations Cosponsors: The International Catacomb Society The Walters Art Gallery Program: 2:00 John Hanson, St. Mary's Seminary and University, Jews and Christians in First Century Rome 3:00 Steven Fine, BHU, Jews in Ancient Rome: Archaeological and Rabbinic Sources 3:45 Gary Vikan, The Walters Art Gallery, Christians in Ancient Rome and their Art This symposium is in celebration of the exhibition: Vaults of Memory: Jewish and Christian Imagery in the Catacombs of Rome, organized by the International Catacomb Society, and permanently housed at BHU. The exhibition will be open for public viewing beginning March 26, and continuing indefinitely. For further information, call BHU at 410-578-6915, or visit us at www.bhu.edu Steven Fine Associate Professor, Rabbinic Literature and History, Baltimore Hebrew University 5800 Park Heights Avenue Baltimore, MD 21215 USA Fax: 410-578-6940 Ph: 410-578-6936 ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Mara Cohen Ioannides Subject: Session on American Jewish Liturgy I'm putting a session together for the 2000 MJSA on American Jewish Liturgy. If you are interested please contact me. Mara W. Cohen Ioannides English Dept. Southwest Missouri State University 901 S. National Springfield, MO 65804 USA mci667f@mail.smsu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ From: kant.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de Subject: Annual Symposium for Yiddish Studies in Germany 28-30 August 2000 The third Annual Symposium for Yiddish Studies in Germany will take place from 28 to 30 August 2000 at the Heinrich Heine University in Duesseldorf. With this symposium both programs in Yiddish Studies in Germany continue their combined effort to offer a forum for scholars and students of Yiddish where they can present their research and exchange ideas. Scholars and students from Germany and abroad are invited to attend and take part. Those who would like to present a paper (in Yiddish or German) should send an abstract to the organizers. We will post more detailed and regularly updated information on the internet (http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/jiddisch/). We will also be happy to answer questions by fax (0211-81-12027) or e-mail (jiddisch@phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de). Participants can register at the addresses below. There is no conference fee. Erika Timm und Marion Aptroot Prof. Dr. Erika Timm FB II - Jiddistik Universitaet Trier Universitaetsring 15 54286 Trier fax: 0651-201-3909 e-mail: bielawski@uni-trier.de Prof. Dr. Marion Aptroot Abteilung fuer Jiddische Kultur, Sprache und Literatur Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf Universitaetsstr.1 / Geb. 23.03 40225 Duesseldorf fax: 0211-81-12027 e-mail: jiddisch@phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Raymond Smith Subject: Call For Author: Political Participation Among American Jews The reference book series "Political Participation in America" is seeking an author for a volume on political participation among American Jews in the areas of social movements, interest groups, electoral politics, protest politics, and political office-holding. The volume will be part of the larger series, which will be released by the academic publisher ABC-CLIO of Santa Barbara, California. Additional volumes in the series will highlight different religious, racial/ethnic, and other sociodemographic categories. Those who would like to learn more should contact the series editor, Raymond A. Smith. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Ralph Mathisen Subject: Fourth Conference on Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity "Travel, Communication and Geography in Late Antiquity" The Society for Late Antiquity announces the Fourth Conference on Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity, "Travel, Communication and Geography in Late Antiquity", to be held at the Downtown Center of San Francisco State University, San Francisco, 8-11 March 2001. We welcome 20-minute presentations on all kinds of travel (religious pilgrimages; travel for official, commercial, or military purposes; travel for pleasure; journeys of the soul), on various kinds of communication (inter-religious or inter-cultural communication; written, spoken, or visual communication; pedagogy; linguistic change; communication between the human and the divine), and on any aspect of geography and especially its interrelationship with travel and communication (e.g., land vs. sea vs. river travel or communication; travel and communication between highland and lowland; the psychology of distance, geology, and/or geography; geography of the heavenly city). Submissions are encouraged from across a wide variety of disciplines and methodological perspectives, including, but not retricted to, those of archaeology, communication studies, economics, geography and geology, history, language and literature, militaria, psychology, religious studies. We would particularly welcome presentatoins which 'journey' across 'disciplinary frontiers' (e.g., case studies for interdisciplinary research on the topics above) or presentations which discuss--again within the context of the conference theme--disciplinary methodology and theory (i.e., research paradigms, collection and analysis of data, how assumptions affect research, models of human behavior, how knowledge about life in Late Antiquity is created). Finally, presenters should not feel confined to discuss only travel or communication or geography; on the contrary, they should try to see these topics as interdependent. It is our intention to make every effort to seek a publisher for the conference proceedings. Please direct all inquiries concerning the program, and send abstracts of not more than 500 words via e-mail, FAX, or post, to Prof. Linda Ellis, Department of Classics, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132-4162 (FAX: 415-338-1775; e-mail: ellisl@sfsu.edu). Abstracts are due 1 October 2000. For all other matters contact Prof. Frank L. Kidner, Department of History, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132-4155 (e-mail: fkidner@sfsu.edu). Schedule of Events: 1 October 2000 Abstracts due 15 November 2000 Program set and presenters notified 15 January 2001 Pre-registration begins 8-11 March 2001 Conference assembles ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Anna Minta Subject: Call for Papers: "Historicisms in Modernity" "Historicisms in Modernity: History as a Vehicle and Sign of Identity and Ideology in the Architecture of the Twentieth Century" is an international symposium scheduled for November 24-26, 2000 at the Free University Berlin, co-organized by the Departments of Art History of the Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel and the Free University Berlin. The conference will explore the complexities of historical architecture in the twentieth century in its stylistic and political-territorial contexts, particularly as a parallel phenomena to modern and avant-garde movements. References to history in architectural style serve as sources for inspiration and reinsurance and support conflicting constructions of national and cultural identity. The conference will analyze the instrumentalization of history and traditions in architecture in a European as well as global context. We invite proposals for presentation on topics such as history, the construction of social and historical memory, national and cultural identity, and traditions, in relation to the built environment and architectural style. The symposium will include five panels: 1. Historicisms and the built environment; building typologies: Which building typologies are preferred in the twentieth century for representing national, cultural, and religious identity? How are functions of buildings and their stylistic designs (and decorations) used to construct certain references to history? 2. Historicisms and memory; reconstruction and the preservation and protection of monuments: How do discussions of history, cultural traditions, and national identity influence architecture, town planning, and the preservation of monuments, particularly in post-war periods when planning is exposed to the tensions of new beginning and continuing traditions? Where and how is history remembered and interpreted to create sites of memory? 3. Historicisms and traditions versus modernity in architecture: Quoting history in architectural style does not automatically express an anti-modern attitude, but can also become part of the self-definition of modernity. What is the understanding of modernity in the twentieth century, and what role do notions of nostalgia and irony play in this understanding? 4. Historicisms and the construction of national and cultural identities: How are historicisms symbolically instrumentalized to construct a cultural/national unity in opposition to the cultural or national others'? Are traditions and history part of an architectural and cultural revival or survival? 5. Transporting historicisms in architectural style as an articulation of politics, identities, and the definition of Heimat'/homeland and exile: In states of colonialism and exile, architectural traditions and memory are quoted out of their original geographical context. How are architectural historicisms modified and interpreted in new geographical contexts? What symbolic influence do they have in the process of national and cultural self-definition in a new and "unnatural" environment? Further information: http://www.uni-kiel.de/kunstgeschichte/historismen Submit proposals of max. 500 words and brief CV (German or English) to: Anna Minta, Kunsthistorisches Institut der Universitaet Kiel, D ^ 24098 Kiel; Fax: ++49-431-880 4628, Email: aminta@kunstgeschichte.uni-kiel.de. Deadline for submission: April 17, 2000. ------------------------------------------------------------ NOTICES ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Isaiah Gafni Subject: Jerusalem Summer School The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Institute for Advanced Studies announces The 10th Jerusalem Summer School in Jewish Studies, on: JEWISH LITURGY AND SYNAGOGUE LIFE 26 June - 5 July, 2000 This year's school will address the history and development of Jewish liturgy from its earliest and formative stages to contemporary attempts at forging new and innovative forms of prayer. Seminars will examine the historical and theological contexts in which normative jewish liturgical texts were created and disseminated. Specific topics of inquiry will include: the relationship of prayer to poetry; prayer as a mystical experience; the development of musical contexts for liturgical expression; the evolution of liturgical texts from Qumran and the talmudic/geonic periods through the Middle ages; varieties of liturgical development among specific Jewish communities; a comparative study of Christian and Jewish liturgies; prayer as the religious expression of elite and non-elite groups within the Jewish community; contemporary liturgy and the challenge of feminism. A day-long trip to ancient synagogues in the Galilee will attempt to provide a sense of the physical and social environments in which liturgical texts were produced and employed. The school is intended for advanced graduate and post-doctoral students. Scholarships covering substantial portions of travel and accomodation are available to qualified candidates. For application forms write to: The Jerusalem Summer School, Institute for Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram 91904, ISRAEL. Fax: 972-2-6523429. E-mail: advanc@vms.huji.ac.il Application deadline: 20 April 2000 Website address: http://www.as.huji.ac.il/html/jewish2000.html ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Sharon Jan Bernstein Subject: Summer Yiddish Program in Vilnius The Jewish Community of Lithuania The University of Vilnius Yung Yidish of Jerusalem proudly present The Third Annual Vilnius Program in Yiddish 2 - 28 July 2000 An Intensive One Month Summer Course in Yiddish Language, Llterature and Culture In Vilnius, Lithuania. University Accredited Courses under the Academic Directorship of Professor Dovid Katz. A Unique and Authentic Cultural Program. Four Weeks of Immersion in Living Yiddish Culture. Open to Applicants of All Ages and Backgrounds In Partnership with Borderland Center of Sejny, Poland Center for Stateless Cultures, Vilnius University Dora Teitelboim Foundation of Coral Gables, Florida Open Society Foundation of Vilnius Program in Yiddish Studies, Oxford University Program in Judaic Studies, Vilnius University Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum of Lithuania Zhitlovsky Foundation of New York Applications will be processed on a first-come first-serve basis. Classes will be closed when maximum enrollment is reached. A $100 deposit must be paid to secure your place. If we are unable to process your registration due to full booking, the deposit will be refunded. Checks should be made payable to: VILNIUS PROGRAM IN YIDDISH. Please address inquiries and application forms to: Justinas Vancevichius Coordinator, Vilnius Program in Yiddish Pylimo 4 Vilnius 2001, Lithuania fax: +370 2 22 79 15 e-mail: info@yiddishvilnius.com For more information, including faculty, courses, and more, visit our website at ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Anna M. DiStefano Subject: Summer Research Associate Programme The Institute for European Studies sponsors the Summer Research Associate program to provide access to the library collections at Cornell University and to facilitate research in any area of European Studies. Summer Research Associates will receive free housing and library privileges for a period of one or two weeks in the month of June, 2000. Full-time or part-time faculty at any U.S. college or university may apply. Preference will be given to applicants whose research makes use of the special collections at Cornell, and who are not in close geographical proximity to Ithaca, New York. Guidelines and application forms available on the IES web site and from the IES outreach office. All applications must be received by April 1; notification by May 1. Guidelines Applications from faculty in all fields of European Studies will be considered. Cornell University Library is an EU Depository; special collections include the Slavic and East European Collection, the Fiske Icelandic Collection, and extensive collections in medieval and Renaissance studies, the Reformation, 18th century France and England, witchcraft and the history of science, as well as many other specialized holdings. Other resources on campus include the Catherwood Library of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, the Cornell Costume Collection, and the Johnson Museum of Art. Further information on the special collections at Cornell may be obtained by visiting the Cornell Libraries website at http://campusgw.library.cornell.edu/. Application dossiers should include: 1) the completed cover sheet. 2) a brief (1-2 page) description of your proposed research project, including the sources you plan to consulted at Cornell University. Please specify intended use of any special collections. 3) 1 letter of recommendation 4) a current curriculum vitae. Anna M. DiStefano ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Avital Pinnick Subject: Greenfield Memorial Evening Lectures and presentation to mark the fifth anniversary of Prof. Jonas C. Greenfield's death and the completion of the volume of his collected articles. Sponsored by the Israel Academy of Sciences and the Orion Center, Hebrew University. Program in Hebrew 6:30 pm, Israel Academy of Sciences, Jerusalem Monday, March 13, 2000 Introductory remarks: Prof. Shaul Shaked (Hebrew University) Dr. Esther Chazon (Hebrew University) Prof. Shalom Paul (Hebrew University) Prof. Michael Stone (Hebrew University) Lectures: Prof. Menachem Kister (Hebrew University): "God's Sovereignty over the World: Legal Formulations and Theology" Prof. Hanan Eshel (Bar-Ilan University): "Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek in Economic Documents from the Judaean Desert." The program has also been posted on the Orion Web site. ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Moise Rahmani : Charles David Isbell Faydra Shapiro Anna Urowitz-Freudenstein MANAGING EDITOR: Avi Jacob Hyman CHAIR: Jonathan Sarna JEWISH STUDIES NEWSLETTER EDITOR and BOOK REVIEW EDITOR: Lorenzo DiTommaso WEBSITE: Avrum Goodblatt JEWISH STUDIES ON-LINE EDITORIAL BOARD: Henry Abramson, Josh Backon, Lewis Barth, Judith Baskin, Herb Basser, Aviva Ben-Ur, Marsha Cohen, Bernard Cooperman, Alan Crown, Nathan Ehrlich, Yossi Galron, Penny Schine Gold, Avrum Goodblatt, Joseph Haberer, Guy Haskell, Howard Joseph, Yitzchak Kerem, Peter Margolis, Richard Menkis, Barry Mesch, Jim Mott, Leslie Train, Tzvee Zahavy, Belarie Zatzman, Reena Zeidman --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jewish Studies Network Homepage: http://h-net.msu.edu/~judaic --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Jewish Studies 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. H-Judaic is affiliated with the Hebrew College of Boston . This important service to the worldwide Jewish scholarly community is made possible by our members' generous contributions. Please mail your gift to H-Judaic at Hebrew College, 43 Hawes Street, Brookline MA, USA, 02446. Thank you! H-Judaic welcomes recently-published scholarly books on topics in Judaism from the ancient world to the modern. Please send books for potential review to: Lorenzo DiTommaso, H-Judaic Book Review Editor, Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario CANADA, L8S 4K1. ____________________________________________________________________