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Center for Jewish Studies
Liminal Spaces and the Jewish Imagination II: The Venice Ghetto at 500 and the Future of Memory
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesEVENT PODCAST: This conference addresses the complexity of the Ghetto of Venice at 500, both as a concrete space and as a global metaphor – tracing its refraction across space and time. We bring together representations of the ghetto in art, literature, and photography while embracing the possibilities of digital methodologies. By conceiving of the ghetto […]
Todd Presner: “The Ethics of the Algorithm: Holocaust Testimony and Digital Humanities”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United States2016 Helen Diller Family Endowment Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies with Todd Presner "The Ethics of the Algorithm: Holocaust Testimony and Digital Humanities" With more than 52,000 testimonies, 100,000+ hours of video footage, and a database of some 6 million records, the Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive is the largest archive of Holocaust testimony in […]
Israeli Music Extravaganza!
Porter/Kresge Dining HallFeaturing award-winning singer Moran Arad with members of Brazilian Band SambaDá! Monday, March 7 at 8:30pm @ UCSC Porter/Kresge Dining Hall Doors open at 8:00pm Drums: Gary Kehoe Guitars: Nelsen Hutchison Bass: Etienne David Franc Saxophones: Anne Stafford Keyboard: Avi Tchamni Percussion: Noam Harel The show is FREE for all For more information, contact atchamni@ucsc.edu.
Tony Michels: “Soviet America: The Russian Revolution in Jewish Life”
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Russian Revolution of 1917 radically altered American Jewish politics. Whereas most Americans viewed the revolution as a threat to western civilization, Jews wished for the success of the Bolsheviks, who offered the only possibility of rescue from the mass slaughter carried out by anti-Communist forces. A minority of Jews went so far as […]
Murray Baumgarten Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies Investiture Ceremony and Reception
College 9/10 Multi-Purpose Room College Ten, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesPlease join Chancellor George Blumenthal in celebration of the: Murray Baumgarten Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies Investiture Ceremony and Reception College 9/10 Multipurpose Room, UC Santa Cruz Sunday, January 22, 2017 4 p.m. Light refreshments will be served RSVP HERE RSVP by January 6, 2017 Questions? Contact Jessica Guild at (831) 459-1274 or jguild@ucsc.edu HONOREES Professor Murray Baumgarten […]
Digital Space & Difficult History: Curating The African American and Holocaust Museums
Kresge Town HallDigital Space & Difficult History: Curating The African American and Holocaust Museums 2.22.17 from IHR on Vimeo. Event Photos: The new National Museum of African American History and Culture and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum both translate difficult, often traumatic, histories into museum exhibitions and invite audiences of all ages to contend with narratives of […]
Jewish Studies Open House
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesCome discover what makes the Jewish Studies program at UC Santa Cruz such a unique and vibrant educational opportunity. Meet Jewish Studies faculty and students, learn about classes, internship opportunities, and the Jewish Studies intellectual community. Wednesday, April 12, 3-5pm Hum 1, 210
The Helen Diller Family Endowment Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies
Stevenson Fireside Lounge Humanites 1 University of California, Santa Cruz Cowell College, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesThe Helen Diller Family Endowment Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies presents: Mitchell Duneier the Maurice P. During, Professor of Sociology at Princeton University on "Ghetto: Invention of a Place, History of an Idea" Lecture at 4:00pm - Humanities 1, RM 210 Reception to follow Parking - Free to attendees - Please follow "Diller Lecture" signs to […]
The Politics of Belonging: Moroccan Communist Jews, French Empire, and Nationalisms in the 20th Century
This talk examines the place of Jews in colonial Morocco from the interwar period though to independence (achieved in 1956) and beyond. It is structured around one central question: how Moroccan Jews see themselves as emancipated citizens in a future independent Moroccan state? From a period of ideological porosity during the interwar period, through the […]
UCSC Night at the Museum – Radical Jewish Politics: From Marx to Bernie
Museum of Art & History 705 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesUCSC Night at the Museum – Radical Jewish Politics: From Marx to Bernie from IHR on Vimeo. Event Photos: by Crystal Birns Join us for "UCSC Night at the Museum - Radical Jewish Politics: From Marx to Bernie" at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History As we mark the centennial of the […]