2021 Autumn IJS Public Lectures
IJS 2021 Autumn Lecture Series
14 October 2021
Lecture from Prof Sarah Abrevaya Stein (UCLA) presented in cooperation with the Sir Martin Gilbert Learning Centre
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording recording link not available.
19 October 2021
Online book launch with Marek Tuszewicki (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) in collaboration with the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/Zwh0cBunf17bfOQaquIANuFUE4Y7PYmc-fF5m7swzf7zWjfqElbYgXZEJuLVPGOg.c0GaFUUVJxDwvGwl
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21 October 2021
Michael Goldmeier Memorial Lecture with Shirli Gilbert (UCL). South Africa was not a significant destination for refugees fleeing Hitler’s Germany. The fates of these refugees are nonetheless worthy of study, in particular because of the distinctive relationship between the Nazi ideology they left behind and the racist practices they encountered in their new homeland. This talk will look at the experiences of German-Jewish refugees who came to South Africa, exploring how their earlier encounters with antisemitism informed their engagement with South African racism before and during apartheid.
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/fTiK0jLRtedAYgE728zw4yK1Dj5ju2KRdfzcpLp_snYgoIc0ccRx2MCBohemlI2h.CAfWy4LeHRxhZXC9
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28 October 2021
Launching London Yiddishtown by Vivi Lachs (Queen Mary, University of London), chaired Sima Beeri (UCL)
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/oj5VO-n03JWtbz9FJvo2o5khac3rjDRj-Xt81CIXJwv87aW0gfaSZtGzepd9KVtJ.SeI9zVMtxhVO76XA
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4 November 2021
Virtual book launch of It Could Lead to Dancing: Mixed-Sex Dancing and Jewish Modernity with Dr Sonia Gollance
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/Ib3yys_fjuofXkuqeDxa3Q3oMbqmnHR-A7Ll1OPpNgqQY3W8usp-D5VjsRi2ITs.KdGN0SSpZXAhd6H3
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11 November 2021
Virtual book launch for Hasidism Beyond Modernity by Dr Naftali Lowenthal (UCL)
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording link: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/wUBcf3jNRf72mX3yDSgeJ9XR3iWIe6SmanQZQJlysMu_wCUZUO5EXackCfKXx5D5.WEsD_X_2hOeAMxaQ
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16 November 2021
Virtual book launch for Yiddish Writers in Weimar Berlin: A Fugitive Modernism by Marc Caplan (Dartmouth) chaired by François Guesnet (UCL)
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/zzY1i6L-ujU3i0uq3DgW3yxgayeoph0ujPYsyiJ7m5lhMS5Y25glpsU3pq2kKYjK.mQrHTNvYSEAfHywY
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30 November 2021
Thomas Römer (Collège de France) on the importance of the Ark (of God, of Yhwh, of the Covenant) in the Hebrew Bible and more specifically on the so-called Ark narrative in the books of Samuel.
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/0o9TCzb8676fmvkyrk6GS_shINCb_cYn3fkZOdaz4fPiWXOI3sCHvmzd_xhFaMiV.6ecAhiJkGrOuiNa8
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7 December 2021
In collaboration with the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies with Professor Natalia Aleksiun and Professor Antony Polonsky (Chair)
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/wj_TgcTW0q1gHV8isSgAYFUvIAlF3-KIGSXLxcAVA9ZkU0Gx8FofV1S1Mxxs7sWE.Ri537w0xDsnwj4pp
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9th December, 2021
This Fritz Thyssen Foundation funded project investigates Saadya Gaon’s literary production on the calendar. Nadia Vidro (UCL)
Recording: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/wvJMKQm9tmI4gYVXmKboBBDp2sPLONIKvgNWTaRtp5lGJZmyrdjuwlwgJhYCW8Fz.uD460Oe0JmgHQQJa
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16 December 2021
David Jacobson (AIAS) discusses his book on Herod Agrippa II, the last king to assume responsibility for the management of the Temple in Jerusalem.
Published by: Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, Institute of Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Recording: https://ucl.zoom.us/rec/share/v-bWfyCPgKaNsKBw0VHv3Lb69QPpTXmvY-ZavGpPgYSTAxcHsDeWLv9R-lg7bOmC.tLESlciJ65_lEFJa
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Ada Rapoport-Albert seminar series on contemporary Hasidic Yiddish
This online seminar series is devoted to all aspects of Hasidic Yiddish language and linguistics, both historical and contemporary. Seminars and roundtable discussions will be held on Zoom one evening a month from August 2020 to July 2021. The series will include participants from a wide variety of academic backgrounds including linguistics, Yiddish studies, and Yiddish pedagogy, with speakers from within and outside Hasidic Yiddish-speaking communities. Talks are free and open to the public. The series comprises an element of our ongoing AHRC-funded research project on contemporary Hasidic Yiddish based in the UCL Departments of Linguistics and Hebrew & Jewish Studies. It is dedicated to the memory of Professor Ada Rapoport-Albert (1945-2020) and her scholarly work on the history of Hasidism.
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