The Program in Jewish Studies is delighted to host a variety of exciting events this 2024-2025听academic year.听
Past Events 2023-2024
War in Israel and Gaza: Analysis, Explanations, Memories
October 11, 2023
A public panel discussion听to shed light on the conflict's context and history with Profs.听Zach Levey听(International Affairs/JWST),听John Willis听(HIST), and听Karim Mattar.
October 17, 2023
Osi听Sladek, a Holocaust child survivor from Slovakia, gave testimony about his and his parent's suffering and survival in the Holocaust in the Slovak-Hungarian-Polish borderlands.听
Community Klezmer Workshop with Alicia Svigals
November 7, 2023
Internationally renowned klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals taught a workshop on how to make the mysterious, beautiful and deeply Jewish听sounds听which characterize authentic klezmer playing.听
Cine-Concert: "The Man Without a World"
November 9, 2023
A silent film with live music composed and performed by renowned klezmer violinist Alicia听Svigals and celebrated silent film pianist Donald Sosin.
Explaining Conflict and War in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank: Community Discussions with CU Faculty
November 29, 2023听
Community discussions with CU faculty experts on a range of sub-topics from antisemitism to the long history of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Know Your Nosh: Food, Jewishness & Identity
January 24, 2024
Embodied Judaism Exhibit Opening & Reception
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Reimagining Citizenship in Fascist Italy
January 29, 2024
A graduate student & faculty research colloquium, led by guest scholar Dr. Roberta Pergher. The event was听part of the Program in Jewish Studies' annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Program, co-sponsored by the Department of French and Italian.
听January 29, 2024
Annual听Holocaust Remembrance Day听program public lecture, by Dr. Mark Roseman.
The Zone of Interest
February 20, 2024
Film screening and panel discussion with CU Faculty.
Bridge Over the Wadi
February 26, 2024
A film screening and Q&A with director Barak Heymann
February 29, 2024
A听public talk by the renowned Jewish Studies scholar Prof. Shaul Magid
The Conversion of Sabbatai Tsevi
March 6, 2024
A Faculty & Graduate Student Research Colloquium,听led by Dr. Pawel Maciejko
Heretics and crypto-Christians: the controversies of Rabbi Jonathan Eibeschuetz
March 6, 2024
Annual Sondra & Howard Bender Visiting Scholar Public Lecture
Schmooze-A-Palooza
March 20, 2024
A听music festival featuring Hebrew-language students, alumni, faculty, and members of the broader public.
Love, Marriage, Sexuality: An Everyday History of Intimacy and Partnership under National Socialism (1930-1950)
March 21, 2024
Bi-lingual lecture by Prof. Thomas Pegelow Kaplan in the Erbdrostenhof, Muenster. This program was part of听the international conference "In Between Violence, Sexualisation & Intimacy:听Gender Perspectives on National Socialism and the Holocaust,"听organized by the , in cooperation with the Program in Jewish Studies,听and the LWL Institute for Westphalian Regional History M眉nster.听
2024 Undergraduate Research Showcase
Through our听Undergraduate Research Assistant Program, the Program in Jewish Studies provides CU Boulder undergraduate students with opportunities to collaborate with faculty on cutting-edge听research projects by asking new questions, producing new knowledge, and sharing their findings with diverse audiences. Students presented their work at a research showcase in April 2024.
Collecting Testimonies, Facing War and Genocide in Ukraine
April 1, 2024
A听presentation by Centropa founder Edward Serotta (Vienna, Austria).
April 15, 2024
A discussion of the path-breaking work on the German Jewish experience in the Third Reich by听Professor Guy Miron about听his study of the significance of space and time in German Jewish life and responses to persecution in Nazi Germany with Professor听Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, interim director of CU Boulder's Program in Jewish Studies.
Unraveling the Past, Confronting the Present, and Charting an Ethical Future in Medicine: The History and Legacy of the Pernkopf Atlas
May 7, 2024
As part of the 2024 Holocaust Genocide and Contemporary Bioethics Program,听distinguished scholars, Dr. Sabine Hildebrandt and Dr. Howard Israel, led a听discussion听examining the intersection of medical education, ethics, and historical听accountability.听
From Routine to Murder: Anatomy in Nazi Germany and its Legacies for Today
May 8, 2024
The Program in Jewish Studies, in collaboration with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus,听hosted Dr. Sabine Hildebrandt, co-chair of the Lancet Commission on medicine,听Nazism and the Holocaust, for a discussion on the history of anatomy in Nazi Germany and its听contemporary implications.
May 21, 2024
CU Boulder's Program in Jewish Studies and听Jews of Color: Histories and Futures听welcomed Dr. Helen Kim of Whitman College to join us for a conversation about Asian American Jewish experience.听
