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Featured Student
Seth Pringle
Seth Pringle is currently a Senior history major, graduating in December. From Colorado, his family has many ties to CU - he's actually been attending football games since he was 2!
In addition to working in the Athletic Department he is a member of Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity.
"Adding a Certificate in Jewish Studies to my B.A. in history has provided me with an opportunity to learn more about my own religion and culture," said Seth. "Looking at Judaism and Jewish culture through a history lens has helped me tie it all together!"
"I think a university should absolutely offer programs like the Jewish Studies Program where students have a unique opportunity to study cultures - their own and others. It's what a university education should look like."
Consider a tax-deductible gift to the Program in Jewish Studies to ensure we can continue to support and inspire students like Seth.
To make an on-line donation to the Program in Jewish Studies, visit www.cufund.org |
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Kol Mevaser - The Voice of Jewish Studies at CU-Boulder!
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Faculty Profile...
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We have heard from many of you that you would like to know more about the fantastic faculty we have at CU. As a new feature, we will be highlighting a member of the Jewish Studies Executive Committee and Affiliated Faculty for each issue. We are so fortunate to have such a talented and distinguished group that contributes so much to the Program in Jewish Studies and to the University of Colorado.
Paul Shankman is a professor of cultural anthropology who specializes in Samoa, Polynesia, ecological anthropology, political anthropology, theory and anthropology of the Holocaust. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1973.
Supported by the Dean of Arts & Sciences, Todd Gleeson and Associate Dean, Graham Oddie, Professor Shankman along with Zilla Goodman and a number of CU faculty were the orginating members of a committee that jump started the Certificate in Jewish Studies at CU. He served as the first acting director together with Zilla Goodman who served as the first associate director and Thomas Hollweck who was the first coordinator.
Professor Shankman came to Boulder as a visiting professor in 1973 and never dreamed a one year position could turn into a lifetime. We asked him a few questions about his teaching career and a few personal insights.
What was your favorite class in college?
Almost every Anthropology or Sociology class - I loved them all!
What inspired you to become a professor?
I have had great role models throughout my education. Many professors that were an inspiration and I always found university teaching allows for a lot of creativity and opportunities to grow both professionally and personally.
What areas of Jewish Studies do you enjoy learning about?
My interest in Jewish Studies began with my interest in the Holocaust. The Holocaust is one of those subjects that transcends narrow disciplinary boundaries. It is the genocide that we know the most about and there is much that we are still learning about the Holocaust and genocide more generally.
If you had to recommend one book to your students, what would it be?
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Powers.
On a fun note, what's your favorite place to visit and why?
Santa Monica Beach in Los Angeles because I love to body surf. I've been doing it for 50 years.
Professor Shankman is a professor of Anthropology at CU. He will be teaching ANTH4580 The Holocaust for Spring 2010. His most recent book, Trashing Margaret Mead: Anatomy of an Anthropological Controversy is due out this fall.
For more information on Professor's Shankman's work, visit www.colorado.edu/Anthropology/people/bios/shankman.html
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Students, Faculty, Staff and Members of the Community - Secure your space for MoVeRs: Jewish Mavericks, Visionaries, & Rebels...
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 SMASHING THE IDOLS: Teach-In and Launch of MoVeRs
Thursday, October 22 @ 7 PM
University of Colorado at Boulder
University Memorial Center
Room 235
Modeled after popular teach-in's from the 1960s, the evening will feature international, national and local leaders in the Jewish community. They will use the story found in Jewish and Muslim tradition of the Biblical patriarch Abraham smashing his father's idols and launching monotheism as the basis of examining how Jews throughout history have been breaking with conventional wisdom, rebelling against authority and blazing new trails. Who were they? What did they accomplish? What drove them?
Special guests for this event include:
Elissa Barrett, executive director of Progressive Jewish Alliance
Gavriel Goldfeder, Rabbi at Congregation Aish Kodesh
Victor Gross, Co-rabbi at Congregation Padres Levavot
Orly Halpern, Jewish American Israeli war correspondent and author
Josh Rose, Rabbi at Congregation Har-Hashem
David Shneer, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies & Associate Professor of History at CU-Boulder
Yisroel Wilhelm, Rabbi at the Chabad Jewish Student Center at CU
This event is free and open to the public but space is limited. RSVP's can be made online at www.jewishmovers.org.
Questions? Email Jamie.Polliard@colorado.edu or call 303.492.7143.
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A look at Aby Warburg with Prof. Elizabeth Sears October 9...
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 As part of MoVeRs:Jewish Mavericks, Visionaries & Rebels, the Program in Jewish Studies together with the German and Slavic Languages and Literature Department welcomes Professor Elizabeth Sears, art historian specializing in medieval art and iconography and director of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan.
Her first book, The Ages of Man: Medieval Interpretations of the Life Cycle, won the John Nicholas Brown Prize from the Medieval Academy of America. Dr. Sears has received a number of research fellowships, from such institutions as the Getty Research Institute and the British School at Rome, and has twice been a visiting fellow at Oxford University.
While in residence at the American Academy in Berlin, Sears worked on a book project on the influence and critical reception of Aby Warburg, the influential German-Jewish art historian who founded the Warburg Library of Cultural Sciences in Hamburg in the early twentieth century as both a private collection and a resource for public education.
Professor Sears will be at CU Friday, October 9 for two special events regarding the work and legacy of Aby Warburg:
Aby Warburg's Legacy and the Diaspora of
German-Jewish Art Historians
Friday, October 9 @ 9 AM
Fleming Law Room 170
Aby Warburg's Hertziana Lecture, 1929:
An Anatomical Demonstration of Methodology for the Study of Art
Friday, October 9 @ 3 PM
Fleming Law Room 155
Questions? Email Jamie.Polliard@colorado.edu or call 303.492.7143.
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Faculty Updates...
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Naomi Gale, visiting scholar at CU's Law School and the Department of Anthropology, will be presenting a a special lecture comparing the legal rights of LGBT Families in Israel and the United States on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at Noon in CU's Law School Room 204. For more information, visit http://lawweb.colorado.edu/events/details.jsp?id=2341
David Shneer together with Gregg Drinkwater and Joshua Lesser have co-edited Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible (forward by Judith Plaskow). Watch for a special Torah Queeries event near you:
Sunday, Oct. 11 @ 8 PM at San Francisco's Congregation Sha'ar Zahav
Sunday, Nov. 15 @ 4 PM at Denver's Jewish Community Center
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Learn more about CU Global Seminars...
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CU faculty teach amazing courses in various locations all over the world - providing great opportunities for study abroad during summer and winter sessions. The Program in Jewish Studies will be offering Venice: The Cradle of European Jewish Culture with Professor Robby Adler Peckerar for the Maymester 2010 session.
Faculty directors and Study Abroad Programs staff will share special information about the programs and how to register
Study Abroad Global Seminars Fair
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 from 3-5 PM
UMC Aspen Room
For more information, contact Study Abroad Program at 303.492.7741 or via email at studyabr@colorado.edu. |
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Events Around Town..
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Attn Students: JStreet is offering an opportunity for students to attend their 1st Annual Conference at reduced rates. The conference is October 24-27 in Washington, D.C.. Deadline for students applying for a stipend is this Friday, October 9. Visit www.jstreet.orgfor more information or contact Elizabet Wendt at elizabet@jstreet.org.
See Israel through your lens. B'YahadTrex is organizing their ZOOM IN trip to Israel for April 18-26, 2010. Join Israeli professional photographers, photo hobbyists, amateurs and pros for a trip that include fieldwork in the Ben Gurion village in the Negev, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and the West Bank. To learn more, contact byahadtrex@boulderjcc.org or visitwww.byahadtrex.org.
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado is hosting two events in October. Round two of the Jewish Family Tree Initiative: Workshop and Mentoring Series is Sunday, October 18 at 9:30 AM. October 25 at 9AM welcomes Lisa Arnold of the Generations Network for a lecture on Maximizing Ancestry. For more information visit www.jgsco.org.
Limmud Colorado is hosting a Eco-Judasim Taste of Limmud on October 25 from 1:30 -9 PM at Congregation Har HaShem in Boulder. To learn more or register, visit www.LimmudColorado.org or call 303.908.2785.
MACC's 2nd Annual JAAMM Festival begins Nov. 1. The Idan Raichel Project, a multicultural group of singers and musicians with a message of love, peace and tolerance will perform Thursday, Nov. 5 at 8 PM. For more information, visit www.maccjcc.org.
Menorah at the Boulder JCC is hosting A Night at the Jewish Casbah: Celebrating the Jews of Morocco. Sunday, Nov. 8 will be a cultural celebration featuring film, feast and live music with musician Rachid Halihal, master teacher and chef Carls Zarur and kabbalist and mime Samuel Avital. For more information visit www.boulderjcc.org or email kathryn@boulderjcc.org
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