November 15, 2012 | 2:00-3:45 PM | Free & Open to the Public Stevenson Fireside Lounge, Room 177, UC Santa Cruz Directions and Parking Information Will’s most recent book of poems, Unsettled Accounts, won the 2009 Hollis Summers Poetry Prize and was published in February of 2010 by Ohio University/Swallow Press. On its basis, […]
November 7, 2012 | 3:30-5:00 PM | Free & Open to the Public Humanities 1 Building, Room 210, UC Santa Cruz Directions and Parking Information Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) is known for his vivid interpretation of themes from the Hebrew Bible. His reputation as a painter of histories, based on pictorial and literary sources, […]
It is with great enthusiasm that the Center for Jewish Studies announces that the following undergraduates have received Jewish Studies Undergraduate Research Awards for the 2011-2012 year: Savyonne Steindler, “Being Baal Yeshivah” Sarah Edelstein, “Spielberg’s Holocaust: A Critical Analysis of Schindler’s List” Pamela Ong, “The Land of Exile and Humanity” Alicia Barnett, “Keep It In […]
Sam Ball Will Present His Work With Two Graphic Novelists: Joann Sfar Draws from Memory and Ben Katchor: Pleasures of Urban Decay May 31, 2012 | 10:00 AM-12:00 PM | Free & Open to the Public Humanities 1 Building, Room 210, UC Santa Cruz Directions and Parking Information Sam Ball’s documentaries have been exhibited […]
Professor Weinberg will explore the nature of popular antisemitism in the Russian Empire during the trial of Mendel Beilis, a Kievan Jew accused of ritual murder in 1913. Concerned citizens sent letters to the prosecution during the trial in order to buttress the […]
Two weeks ago, author Jonathan Safran Foer (Everything Is Illuminated, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close) went on the Stephen Colbert show to promote his latest book New American Haggadah. Edited by Foer and translated by acclaimed writer Nathan Englander, the book is a new, alternative version of the Passover book used by Jews to celebrate […]
April 4, 2012 | 5:00-7:00 PM | Free & Open to the Public Humanities 1 Building, Room 210, UC Santa Cruz Directions and Parking Information Clive Sinclair has published 13 books of fiction, travel, and autobiography, some of which have been given prizes. Early in his career he was selected as one of the […]
History professor and co-holder of Neufeld-Levin Chair in Holocaust Studies to share his research A Holocaust survivor and native of Hungary, Peter Kenez is a scholar of the history of Russia and the former Soviet Union. He is currently working on a book-length study of the Holocaust–a comparative study of the prerequisites for mass murder […]
University of California, Santa Cruz, Emeriti group presents Emeriti Faculty Lecture by Peter Kenez, Professor of History, Co-Holder of Neufield-Levin Chair in Holocaust Studies UC Santa Cruz March 15, 2012 | 7:00-9:00 PM | Free & Open to the Public Music Recital Hall, UC Santa Cruz Directions and Parking Information A Holocaust survivor and […]
February 29, 2012 | 11:00 AM-2:00 PM | Free & Open to the Public Music Center, Room 131, UC Santa Cruz Directions and Parking Information Quartet for the end of times, 5th movement (1941) Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) Irene Herrmann – cello Ittai Rosenbaum – piano S’bernt (1938) Mordekhai Gebirtig (1877-1942) Liz Baseman – voice […]
