April 19, 2017 // Mitchell Duneier: “Ghetto: Invention of a Place, History of an Idea”
April 19 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Humanities 1, Room 210 | Free The Helen Diller Family Endowment Distinguished Lecture in Jewish Studies presents: Mitchell Duneier, the Maurice P. During, Professor of Sociology at Princeton University on “Ghetto: Invention of a Place, History of an Idea” Lecture at 4:00pm – Humanities 1, RM […]
The Politics of Belonging: Moroccan Communist Jews, French Empire, and Nationalisms in the 20th Century
April 26th, 4:00pm April 26th, 4:00pm Location: Stevenson Fireside Lounge Reception to Follow For accessibitiy concerns, contact pmreed@ucsc.edu This talk examines the place of Jews in colonial Morocco from the interwar period though to independence (achieved in 1956) and beyond. It is structured around one central question: how Moroccan Jews see themselves as emancipated citizens […]
UC Santa Cruz alum named executive director of largest international society of Jewish Studies
UC Santa Cruz alum named executive director of largest international society of Jewish Studies March 16, 2017 By Scott Rappaport UC Santa Cruz alumnus Warren Hoffman has been named the next Executive Director of the Association for Jewish Studies (AJS), the largest international society of students and scholars of Jewish studies. The recipient of a […]