Events and Activities 2022-23
PROGRAMME
For the time being, there will be no research seminar programme in Jewish or Israel studies. We are moving to a different model comprising public lectures, day conferences, and workshops:
The Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies
The 50 Jewish Objects Artist events
The Sherman Community Lecture in Jewish Studies
The Postgraduate Jewish Studies workshop
The Screen & Talk film programme
The Astaire Seminar Series 2022
OTHER JEWISH / ISRAEL STUDIES RELATED EVENTS
13 Dec 23. Nina Valbosquet will give a lunchtime seminar on 'The Vatican and the Holocaust. New findings from the Pius XII Archives.' (Closed to staff and students).
25 Oct 23. Jean-Marc Dreyfus (University of Manchester) will give a seminar on 'The rescue of a Jewish family in France. Researching one's own family history in the Holocaust.' (closed seminar).
14 June 23. Natalie Zemon Davis (Professor Emerita, University of Toronto and Princeton University) will discuss her scholarship and latest book, Listening to the Languages of the People. 4pm, Samuel Alexander Bldg Room, A7.
18 May 23. History research seminar. Prof. Anne Knowles, the Col. James C. McBride Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Maine, will present "How Can We Map the Holocaust." 4.15pm Zoom event.
26 April 23. Jewish & French Studies Seminar. Julia Elsky (Loyola University, Chicago) will discuss her book, Writing Occupation: Jewish Émigré Voices and Wartime France (2020), paying particular attention to Benjamin Fondane's rewriting of his poetry during the war. 4pm Zoom webinar.
24 April 23. Italian Studies seminar. Robert Gordon (Cambridge). Book Launch: Modern Luck: Narratives of Fortune in the Long Twentieth Century (UCL, 2023). Among other things this book considers the survival narrative of Primo Levi. 5pm in Samuel Alexander Building A7.
1 Feb 23. Bogdanow Masterclass. Wendy Lower (New York University). For University of Manchester students and staff. 4pm Zoom event.
1 Feb 23. Bogdanow Lecture 2 'Researching the Holocaust in Ukraine: New Approaches and Themes' Wendy Lower (Claremont McKenna) 6pm Zoom webinar. Further information.
31 Jan 23. Bogdanow Lecture 1 'Gender, Genocide and the Feminization of Hatred' Wendy Lower (Claremont McKenna) 6pm Zoom webinar. Further information.
24 Nov 22. Mia Spiro (University of Glasgow) 'Dybbuks: Crossing Borders and Identities in Post-Holocaust Jewish Fiction and Theatre'. Religions and Theology Research Seminar. 4pm-5.30pm on Zoom and in Mansfield Cooper 2.04. For Zoom access please email wren.radford@manchester.ac.uk or scott.midson@manchester.ac.uk.
19 Oct 22. Carlos Yebra López (University College London) 'Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) in the Internet Era: Opportunity and Oppression in Sefarad IV'. Spanish, Portugese and Latin American Studies Research Seminar. 4pm on Zoom (meeting ID: 375 636 0648) and in Samuel Alexander A101.
19 Oct 22. Lauren Banko, 'Rumours, Betrayals, Denunciations, and Deportation: Border Control and the Truth in the Interwar Arab Eastern Mediterranean'. History Research Seminar. 1pm-2pm in Samuel Alexander A102
13 Oct 22. George Brooke (University of Manchester) 'Performing Scripture in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament'. Part of the Ehrhardt Research Seminar Series. 2pm on Zoom and in Mansfield Cooper 4.08. Enquiries: todd.klutz@manchester.ac.uk.
27 June 22. Launch of Rylands Jewish Manuscripts online catalogue and digital exhibition. 27 Jun 2022, 14:00 BST at The John Rylands Research Institute and Library. Free event, booking required through Eventbrite.
16 June 22. Queer Jewish-Muslim Studies Workshop. 10.30-12.30 (Eastern Daylight Time) online. Further information.
13-14 Jun 22. Doctoral and Early Career research training in Jewish Studies. Zoom 9-1pm. Further information.
9-13 Jun 22. Screen & Talk series. 'The Brasch Family' online screening followed by an online live discussion panel on 13 June, 18.00 BST (British Summer Time). Further information.
19 May 22. Northern UK and Dublin Jewish Studies Partnership meeting. Zoom 10-12pm. Further information.
5 May 22. Sherry Ashworth (Manchester), ‘It's complicated: the relationship between Esther and Mordecai, mediated by Charles Dickens' Bleak House’. Part of the Ehrhardt Research Seminar series. On Zoom or dual-mode: Mansfield Cooper 2.04 + Zoom 2-4pm. Further information.
7 April 22. Screen & Talk series. 'The Commissar' screening and live discussion. 17.45 GMT, online. Further information.
17 Mar 22. Prof. David Tollerton (University of Exeter), “The Religious Challenges of Linking Holocaust Memory with Colonial Violence”. As part of the R&T Research Seminar series. 4pm. By Zoom only.
17 Mar 22. J. Thomas Hewitt (Aberdeen), ‘The Destiny of the Nations in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and the Pauline Epistles’. Part of the Ehrhardt Research Seminar series. On Zoom or dual-mode: Mansfield Cooper 2.04 + Zoom 2-4pm. Further information.
9 Mar 22. Dr Yael Almog (Assistant Professor in German, Durham University) ‘German/Exile: On the Jewish Longing for Europe’. German & Jewish Studies Research Seminar. Hybrid Event Samuel Alexander Building, Room A116 and on zoom 16.30 - 18.00. Further information.
3 Mar 22. Scriptural encounters series on Gender Diversity Dr Shanon Shah of Kings College London will present from an Islamic perspective. 1600-17:30 on zoom. Further information.
24 Feb 22. Maria Cioată (Manchester), 'Traditional Reactions to Modern Higher-Criticism: the Case of Dr. Moses Gaster' . Part of the Ehrhardt Research Seminar series. Zoom only 2-4pm. Further information.
9 Feb 22. Bogdanow Masterclass Prof. Marion Kaplan (New York University). For University of Manchester students and staff. 3pm Zoom event. Further information
9 Feb 22. Bogdanow Lecture 2 'Gender and the Holocaust'. Prof. Marion Kaplan (New York University). 6pm Zoom webinar. Further information.
8 Feb 22. Bogdanow Lecture 1 'Hitler's Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal, 1940-1945'. Prof. Marion Kaplan (New York University). 6pm Zoom webinar. Further information.
2 Feb 22. Screen & Talk series. 'Jacob the Liar' Screening and live discussion. The discussion panel includes Becker’s biographer Sander L. Gilman (Emory University); Sabine Hake (University of Texas); and the actor, director and author Blanche Kommerell, who shot to fame in her role as Rosa Frankfurter in Frank Beyer’s Jacob the Liar. The panel will be moderated by Cathy Gelbin (University of Manchester). 6.30pm Zoom webinar. Further information.
Archive: Previous CJS Research Seminars
