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IJS 2022听Autumn Lecture Series
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Categorically Jewish, Distinctly Polish
19听October 2022
With the Institute For Polish-Jewish Studies.
Moshe Rosman (Bar-Ilan University), Chair: Antony Polonsky (Brandeis), Discussant: Fran莽ois Guesnet听(UCL).听At this book launch Professor听Rosman听will discuss some principles that have guided his research and writing. He will describe how these shaped and gained expression in听Categorically听Jewish, Distinctly Polish.
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The听Holocaust听and听the听Exile听of Yiddish:听听A History of听the听鈥楢lgemeyne Entsiklopedye鈥�
26 October听2022
BOOK LAUNCH听with the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies.听Barry Trachtenberg (Wake Forest University),听Chair: Fran莽ois Guesnet (UCL),听Discussants: Antony Polonsky (Brandeis),听Sonia Gollance (UCL).听
This听is not only a story about destruction听and听trauma, but also one of tenacity听and听continuity, as听the听encyclopedia鈥檚 compilers strove to preserve听the听heritage of Yiddish culture, to document its near-total extermination in听the听Holocaust,听and听to chart its path into听the听future.
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Sefer听Yosippon:听rediscovering the Jewish past in the Middle Ages听
27 October 2022
A lecture when Tessa Rajak will talk about new views of听Sefer听Yosippon:听rediscovering the Jewish past in the Middle Ages. Chaired by IJS director Mark Geller (UCL)听
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The Scholems - a German-Jewish family听between听emancipation听and听destruction
3 November听2022
A fascinating exploration of the varied life听and听times of听The Scholems听- a German-Jewish听family听between听emancipation听and听destruction.听Jay Geller,听Professor of Judaic Studies at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland,听will talk about the four sons of听Arthur听and听Betty Scholem,听all of whom took different paths in the ensuing years of war, revolution, fragile democracy听and听persecution. In the 1930s, their journeys variously led to exile, imprisonment,听and听international renown.听Chaired by Michael Berkowitz of UCL.
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鈥楪emeinsam gegen Deutschland鈥�.听The Yiddish Press in听Warsaw听and听the Rise of National-Socialism in Germany听
9 November 2022
Anne-Christin听Klotz听(University of California, Berkeley),听Chair: Fran莽ois Guesnet (UCL),听Discussant: Antony Polonsky (Brandeis).听By analyzing the Warsaw Yiddish daily press听and听additional sources, we can focus on how Polish Jews acquired听and听disseminated subversive knowledge of the goings-on in听National听Socialist Germany in spite of censorship听and听repression in Germany听and听Poland alike,听and听also on how they initiated campaigns of protest听and听solidarity to the benefit of the people being persecuted.
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A听Go-Between听in the Third Reich - the life of Friedemann Boschwitz听
16 November 2022
Paul Michael Kurtz听(Ghent University),听Chair: Michael Berkowitz (UCL).听Friedemann Boschwitz (1909鈥�1974) was one of the last Jews to obtain a PhD during the Third Reich,听Boschwitz bound many worlds together: the German and the Jewish, theology and history, academia and the arts, left-wing politics and Zionist nationalism. His is a fascinating and groundbreaking story.听
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(Re)contextualizing Qohelet after two centuries of Modern Research.听Qohelet in its Hellenistic Jewish context
22 November 2022
Nili听Samet (Bar-Ilan University), Chair:听Mark Geller听(UCL).
This lecture attempts to explore some of the potential of studying Qohelet within its Hellenistic Jewish context, and therefore the intellectual history of its time and place.
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Samuel听Hirszenberg: A Polish Jewish Artist in Turmoil
29 November 2022
BOOK LAUNCH听with the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies.听
Professor听Mirjam听Rajner, Professor听Richard听Cohen,听Professor Fran莽ois Guesnet (chair) and Professor Antony Polonsky (discussant).听Samuel听Hirszenberg听was born into a traditional Jewish family in 艁贸d藕 in 1865.He gradually became attached to Polish culture and language as he pursued his artistic calling.听His work, which deserves to be more widely known, intertwined modernism and Jewish themes, and he influenced many later artists of Jewish origin.听
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Making听Space:听听The听Huqoq听Synagogue Mosaics and the Viewing Experience
1 December听2022
Ra'anan Boustan (Princeton),听Chair: Sacha Stern听(UCL).听This lecture considers the sophisticated visual strategies that were employed across the various zones within the synagogue鈥檚 mosaic program to structure and mediate the viewing experience. The composition, placement, orientation, and framing of the various mosaic panels or groups of panels in the synagogue conditioned how viewers would have moved through鈥攁nd thus experienced鈥攖he carefully differentiated spaces within the building. This analysis demonstrates the value of an approach to synagogue mosaics that foregrounds their physical placement within the broader architectural environment.听
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