Sam Ball: "Graphic Novelists on Film"
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 […]
Robert Weinberg: "Blood Libel in Late Imperial Russia: Popular Antisemitism, the Occult and the Trial of Mendel Beilis"
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 […]
UCSC Professor Joins Acclaimed Writers for New Passover "Users Manual"
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 […]