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2010-11 Endowed Lectures

All Endowed Lectures are free and open to the public

The Aaron Roland Endowed Lecture
Benjamin D. Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, Jewish Theological Seminary
The Bible and Kabbalah: Divergence and Convergence
Thursday, January 13, 2011 8:00pm
Levinthal Hall-SHC
Co-sponsored by the Stanford Humanities Center

The Clara Sumpf Yiddish Lecture Series
Jeffrey Shandler, Professor of Jewish Studies, Rutgers University

Monday, February 28, 2011 8:00pm
Bank Machines, Board Games, and Books: The Yiddish Consumer Culture of Contemporary Hasidim (English)
Koret Pavilion – Hillel at Stanford

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 12:00 noon
Singer on the Screen: The Image of Isaac Bashevis-Singer in Film and Television (Yiddish)
Bldg. 200 - Room 307

The Jewish Community Endowment Fund Lecture
David M. Stern, Moritz and Josephine Berg Professor of Classical Hebrew, University of Pennsylvania
Through the Pages of the Past: The Jewish Book in Its Historical Context
Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 7:00pm
West Room - Tresidder Memorial Union

The Shoshana and Martin Gerstel Conference Fund Symposium

Queer Jewish Religiosity in America: Directions and Trends
Organized by Professor Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert, Professor Steven Zipperstein, Susan Berrin, and Max Strassfeld
February 26–27, 2011

The Reception of David Grossman and Hebrew Literature in Europe and the United States
A collaboration between Stanford University and Ca’Foscari University (Venice)
Organized by Emanuela Trevisan Semi, Vered Karti Shemtov, Amir Eshel, and Noam Pines.
March 14–16, 2011

History and Responsibility: Hebrew Literature and 1948
Organized by Hannan Hever, Vered Karti Shemtov, Amir Eshel, and Nir Evron.
June 13–14, 2011
Co-sponsored with the Forum on Contemporary Europe, the Europe Center, the Freeman Spogli Institute, and the School of Humanities and Sciences