Microcosms of the Holocaust

Microcosms of the Holocaust

Agenda

10 - 12 July 2017
University of Edinburgh
https://jewishstudies.div.ed.ac.uk/british-association-for-jewish-studies-annual-conference-2017-edinburgh-10-12-july-2017-jews-on-the-move-exploring-the-movement-of-jews-objects-texts-and-ideas-in-space-and-time/

BAJS Conference 2017: Jews on the move

BAJS scholars

From 10-12 July 2017 the British Association for Jewish Studies (BAJS), in cooperation with the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh organises the conference ‘Jews on the Move: Exploring the movement of Jews, objects, texts, and ideas in space and time’

Confirmed keynote speakers:

  • Professor Charlotte Hempel (Birmingham): People and ideas on the move: the evidence from Qumran
  • Professor Tony Kushner (Southampton): Jews as refugees: special or not?
  • Professor Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (New York / Warsaw): Expanded Geography: An Epilogue to the History of Polish Jews at POLIN Museum
  • Professor Hana Wirth-Nesher (Tel Aviv): To Move, to Translate, To Write: Jewish American Immigrant Voices

The deadline for paper and panel proposals is 31 January 2017. For more information, please visit the conference website.