The IU Jewish Studies Graduate Student Association’s 2018 conference will focus on the theme of storytelling and narrative. What roles do stories and storytelling play in Jewish communities? What, if anything, makes a story or narrative Jewish? What do stories and narratives mean for their creators and audiences? How are stories and storytelling practices developed, transformed, translated, and performed over time and space? How does storytelling differ across communities? This conference aims to foster conversation on the nature, function, and diversity of Jewish stories and storytelling.
The conference will feature a keynote address on Thursday evening delivered by Professor David Shneer, the Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History at the University of Colorado; it will otherwise consist of themed panels of graduate students grouped according to research interests. Participants will deliver a 20-minute paper with faculty response and questions at the end of each panel.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
All conference sessions will take place in Global & International Studies Building, Room 4067
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 08 |
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8:45 - 9:25 |
Breakfast & Registration |
9:25 - 9:30 |
WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS |
PANEL I |
Israeli Identities in Popular Culture
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PANEL II |
Narratives on The Margins
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1:00 - 2:20 |
Lunch |
PANEL III |
Diaspora, Migration and Movement
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Solotkin Memorial Lecture and Keynote Address |
“Performance as Storytelling: The Radical Musical Life of Lin Jaldati”Professor David Shneer (University of Colorado Boulder) |
Friday, February 09 |
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8:45 - 9:00 |
Breakfast |
PANEL IV |
Music and/as Narrative
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PANEL V |
German-Jewish Identities in the Weimar Period
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12:25 - 12:35 |
CONCLUDING REMARKS, Professor Nathan Mastnjak (Jewish Studies, IU) |