Schwartz-Reisman Graduate Student Conference in Jewish Studies
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Schwartz-Reisman Graduate Student Conference in Jewish Studies
“Resilience, Humour and Hope”
Featuring presentations by advanced PhD students in the Granovsky-Gluskin Collaborative Graduate Program in Jewish Studies
Date: April 26, 2021 (10AM-5PM)
**This event will be conducted via Zoom. To attend the lecture, please visit *this* link on Monday, April 26 at 10am.
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Program - Schwarz-Reisman Graduate Conference 2021.pdf
Keynote Panel
"Working at the Intersections of Jewish Studies and Africana Studies"
Danielle Christmas, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Roni Mikel Arieli, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Bryan Roby, University of Michigan
Kira Thurman, University of Michigan
Doris Bergen (Moderator), University of Toronto
Yu Wang (Moderator), Univeristy of Toronto
Graduate Student Panels
Jewish Communities in Central Europe: Genocides and Destruction in the 1900s
Chair: Sophie Edelhart (Germanic Languages and Literatures)
Jon Neufeld (History), “The Impact of the Austrian Vision of Mitteleuropa on Jewish Communities in Southeastern Europe, 1938-45”
Danijel Matijevic (History), “‘As Catholics, You Will Be Able To Stay in Your Homes’: Religious Conversion, Genocide against the Serbs, and the Destruction of the Jews of Vukovar, 1941-42”
Michal Mlynarz (History), “The Dynamics of Genocide in Industrial Towns: The Shoah in Drohobych”
Respondent: Tatjana Lichtenstein (History, U. of Texas at Austin)
Jews and Germans: Authenticity, Friendship, and Belonging
Chair: Mordechay Benzaquen (Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations)
Eriks Bredovskis (History), “Franz Boas and German Anthropology: The Pursuit of ‘originality’ and ‘authenticity,’ 1880-1890”
Michael Weaver (History), “Power, Politics, and Jewish-Christian Friendship in Germany, 1840-1870”
Respondent: Nisrine Rahal (History)
Kantian Morality and Judaism
Chair: Caitlin Hamblin-Yule (Philosophy)
Allison Murphy (Religion), “Kant's Definition of Morality and its Implications for Judaism”
Respondent: Kwesi Thomas (Philosophy)
Yiddishkeit and Questions of Identity
Chair: Katrin Zavgorodny (Art History)
Sara Yacobi-Harris (OISE), “Who is a Jew?”
Screenings
YidLife Crisis - Highlights from the award-winning web series and Jewish cultural brand founded by Jamie Elman and Eli Batalion
"Who Is a Jew?" A film produced and directed by Sara Yacobi Harris