THE CENTER FOR JEWISH STUDIES AT UC SANTA CRUZ
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and collaborations devoted to the exploration of Jewish culture and history
Phaedon Sinis to Lecture on the Music of the Ottoman Empire
November 29, 2012 | 12:00-1:45 PM | Free & Open to the Public Music Center, Room 131, UC Santa Cruz Directions and Parking Information On November 29, Phaedon Sinis will give a lecture on music in the Ottoman empire: its history and development, the interaction between Jewish and non Jewish musicians, and introduction to […]
Ethan Michaeli: "Between Memory and History: Growing Up in the Shadow of the Holocaust"
December 03, 2012 | 3:30-4:40 PM | Free & Open to the Public Humanities 1 Building, Room 210, UC Santa Cruz Directions and Parking Information The children of survivors must navigate between the intimate legacy of their parents’ experiences and their own encounter—via books, films, and other sources—of the Holocaust as a historical event. […]
William Wells: “Keeping Faith in Word and Spirit: Translating the Work of Two Jewish/Italian Poets”
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, […]