Centre for Jewish Studies - Graduate Student Conference
CJS Graduate Student Conference
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Apr 12, 2011 from 08:30 AM to 06:00 PM |
| Where | Campbell Conference Facility, 1 Devonshire Place |
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Centre for
Jewish Studies
Graduate Student Conference
Campbell Conference Room,
Munk School of Global
Affairs,
1 Devonshire Place
Tuesday, April 12
8:30am-9:00am, Coffee and Tea
Opening Session
9:00am-9:30am, Welcome and Opening Remarks
Paul Franks, Senator Jerahmiel S. and Carole S. Grafstein
Chair in Jewish Philosophy, Graduate Director of the Centre for
Jewish Studies, Professor of Philosophy
Brian Corman, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and
Vice Provost of Graduate Education, Professor of English
9:30am-10:45, Keynote Address
Derek Penslar, Samuel J. Zacks Chair in Jewish History,
Professor of History
“‘New Maccabees’? Jewish Soldiers in Modern Europe”
10:45am-11:00am, Break
11:00am-12:00pm, A Discussion of Eastern European Jewry
Chair: Piotr Wróbel, Konstanty Reynert Chair in
Polish Studies, Professor of History
Svetlana Frunchak, Department of History, “The Fate of
Jewish Czernowitz in Postwar Ukraine: Heritage Preservation and
Construction of Ukrainian Urban Identity”
Daniel Rosenthal, Department of History, “‘You Only Die
One Death:’ Jewish Women, Suicide, and Jewish Public Discourse
in Interwar Poland”
12:00pm-1:30pm, Lunch
1:30pm-3:15pm, The Sounds of Silence, Discussion and
Revelation: Religion and Jewish Studies
Chair: John Marshall, Associate Professor of
Religion
Yael Machtinger, Socio-Legal Studies, York University,
“Sounds of Silence: A Socio-Legal Exploration of Siruv Get and
Iggun in Toronto”
Norman Tobias, Department for the Study of Religion,
“Jules Isaac and the Discussion of Catholic Attitudes towards
Jews and Judaism”
Chad Stauber, Department of Near and Middle Eastern
Civilizations, “Hallmarks of the Divine: Reveletory Topoi in
1QM”
3:15pm-3:30pm, Break
3:30pm-5:15pm, The Absurd, the Theological and the Profane
After Kant
Chair: David Novak, J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff
Chair of Jewish Studies, Professor of Religion
Anthony Bruno, Department of Philosophy, “Maimon to
Schelling: Quid Indicii?”
Karin Nisenbaum, Department of Philosophy, “Rosenzweig
and Schelling on the Ethical Significance of Theological
Categories”
Jason McKinney, Department for the Study of Religion, “On
the Profane Detour of Theology in the Weimar Republic”
Closing Session
5:15pm-5:45pm, Response to Papers
Jeffrey Kopstein, Director of the Centre for European,
Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Professor of Political Science
5:45pm-6:00pm, Closing Remarks
Hindy Najman, Director of the Centre for Jewish Studies,
Associate Professor of Religion
6:00pm, Dinner and Reception
