Events
Michal Friedman to deliver the 13th Annual
Yedida Kalfon Stillman Memorial Lecture
Michal Friedman, Adjunct Professor of Jewish History at Carnegie Mellon University and a specialist in Sephardic and Spanish-speaking Jewish communities, and in Spanish history and culture, will speak on “Recovering Jewish Spain: Politics, Historiography and Institutionalization of the Jewish Past in Spain (1845-1935)" on Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the Robert S. Kerr Auditorium in the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History.
Friedman did her MA at OU with Yedida and Norman Stillman, and was Yedida’s teaching assistant before going to Columbia University where she received her Ph.D. (2012) which has been nominated for the prestigious Salo W. Baron Prize .
JERUSALEM: HISTORY OF A HOLY CITY / A CONTESTED CITY
A Presidential Dream Course with Professor Norman A. Stillman
Location: Sam Noble Museum—Robert S. Kerr Auditorium |
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LECTURE TITLE |
LECTURER |
Jan. 22
at 7 p.m. |
"Showplace of the East: The Archeology of Roman Jerusalem" |
Prof. Gary Rendsburg
Jewish History
Rutgers University |
Feb. 21
at 4:30 p.m. |
"Jerusalem, Islam & the Challenge of the Crusades: Evolution and Change in the
Holy City's Religious Symbolism” |
Prof. Suleiman Mourad
Religion
Smith College |
| March 28 at 7p.m. |
“The Ottoman Conquest of Jerusalem: Not a Military Project” |
Prof. Amy Singer
Middle Eastern & African History
Tel Aviv University
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April 16
at 7 p.m. |
“Jerusalem: Image and Symbol in Christian Art” |
Prof. Naomi Feuchtwanger Sarig
Interdisciplinary Studies
Tel Aviv University
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April 25
at 7 p.m. |
"Hitler's Little Helpers: Axis Agents in Palestine 1939-1945" |
Prof. Bernard Wasserstein
Modern European History
University of Chicago |
JuSt Lunch Brown-bag Lecture Series, Spring 2013
Time: Noon - 1:00 pm
Location: Room 109, Gittinger Hall,
760 Van Vleet (South) Oval, Norman Campus |
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LECTURE TITLE |
LECTURER |
| Feb. 6 |
“Excavating Israel's Ancient Past at Huqoq: What's to dig?”
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Professor Nina Livesey
Religious and Liberal Studies
University of Oklahoma |
| Mar. 6 |
"New York Jewish Intellectuals and Gender” |
Professor Ronnie Grinberg
University of Colorado |
| Apr. 3 |
“Returning to Stay? Jews in Germany after the Shoah”” |
Dr. Andrea Sinn, PhD
University of Munich
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| May 1 |
TBA |
Professor Shmuel Shepkaru
Department of History
University of Oklahoma
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Schusterman / Josey Program in Judaic and Israel Studies |
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Tel: (405) 325-6508
Fax: (405) 325-6521
email: judaicstudies@ou.edu
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University of Oklahoma
455 W. Lindsey, DAHT 403A
Norman, OK 73019 |
