Past Events

Past Events 2023-2024

May 21, 2024

CU Boulder's Program in Jewish Studies and听Jews of Color: Histories and Futures听welcomed Dr. Helen Kim of Whitman College to join us for a conversation about Asian American Jewish experience.听

From Routine to Murder: Anatomy in Nazi Germany and its Legacies for Today

May 8, 2024

The Program in Jewish Studies, in collaboration with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus,听hosted Dr. Sabine Hildebrandt, co-chair of the Lancet Commission on medicine,听Nazism and the Holocaust, for a discussion on the history of anatomy in Nazi Germany and its听contemporary implications.

Unraveling the Past, Confronting the Present, and Charting an Ethical Future in Medicine: The History and Legacy of the Pernkopf Atlas

May 7, 2024

As part of the 2024 Holocaust Genocide and Contemporary Bioethics Program,听distinguished scholars, Dr. Sabine Hildebrandt and Dr. Howard Israel, led a听discussion听examining the intersection of medical education, ethics, and historical听accountability.听

April 15, 2024

A discussion of the path-breaking work on the German Jewish experience in the Third Reich by听Professor Guy Miron about听his study of the significance of space and time in German Jewish life and responses to persecution in Nazi Germany with Professor听Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, interim director of CU Boulder's Program in Jewish Studies.

2024 Undergraduate Research Showcase

Through our听Undergraduate Research Assistant Program, the Program in Jewish Studies provides CU Boulder undergraduate students with opportunities to collaborate with faculty on cutting-edge听research projects by asking new questions, producing new knowledge, and sharing their findings with diverse audiences. 麻豆淫院 presented their work at a research showcase in April 2024.

Collecting Testimonies, Facing War and Genocide in Ukraine

April 1, 2024

A听presentation by Centropa founder Edward Serotta (Vienna, Austria).

Women and children before a mass shooting by police officers in Lubny

Love, Marriage, Sexuality: An Everyday History of Intimacy and Partnership under National Socialism (1930-1950)

March 21, 2024

Bi-lingual lecture by Prof. Thomas Pegelow Kaplan in the Erbdrostenhof, Muenster. This program was part of听the international conference "In Between Violence, Sexualisation & Intimacy:听Gender Perspectives on National Socialism and the Holocaust,"听organized by the , in cooperation with the Program in Jewish Studies,听and the LWL Institute for Westphalian Regional History M眉nster.听

Schmooze-A-Palooza

March 20, 2024

A听music festival featuring Hebrew-language students, alumni, faculty, and members of the broader public.

Heretics and crypto-Christians: the controversies of Rabbi Jonathan Eibeschuetz

March 6, 2024

Annual Sondra & Howard Bender Visiting Scholar Public Lecture

The Conversion of Sabbatai Tsevi

March 6, 2024

A Faculty & Graduate Student Research Colloquium,听led by Dr. Pawel Maciejko

February 29, 2024

A public talk by Prof. Shaul Magid, Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College, senior fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard, and the Kogod Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America.

Bridge Over the Wadi

February 26, 2024

A film screening and Q&A with director Barak Heymann

The Zone of Interest

February 20, 2024

Film screening and panel discussion with CU Faculty.

听January 29, 2024

Annual听Holocaust Remembrance Day听program public lecture, by Dr. Mark Roseman.

Reimagining Citizenship in Fascist Italy

January 29, 2024

A graduate student & faculty research colloquium, led by guest scholar Dr. Roberta Pergher. The event was听part of the Program in Jewish Studies' annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Program, co-sponsored by the Department of French and Italian.

Know Your Nosh: Food, Jewishness & Identity

January 24, 2024

Embodied Judaism Exhibit Opening & Reception

听

Explaining Conflict and War in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank: Community Discussions with CU Faculty

November 29, 2023听

Community discussions with CU faculty experts on a range of sub-topics from antisemitism to the long history of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Cine-Concert: "The Man Without a World"

November 9, 2023

A silent film with live music composed and performed by renowned klezmer violinist Alicia听Svigals and celebrated silent film pianist Donald Sosin.

Community Klezmer Workshop with Alicia Svigals

November 7, 2023

Internationally renowned klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals taught a workshop on how to make the mysterious, beautiful and deeply Jewish听sounds听which characterize authentic klezmer playing.听

October 17, 2023

Osi听Sladek, a Holocaust child survivor from Slovakia, gave testimony about his and his parent's suffering and survival in the Holocaust in the Slovak-Hungarian-Polish borderlands.听

War in Israel and Gaza: Analysis, Explanations, Memories

October 11, 2023

A public panel discussion听to shed light on the conflict's context and history with Profs.听Zach Levey听(International Affairs/JWST),听John Willis听(HIST), and听Karim Mattar.

2022-2023

2023 Undergraduate Research Showcase

Wednesday, April 19 & 20, 2023

The Program in Jewish Studies partnered with the Anschutz Center for Bioethics and Humanities to present听On Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity: from East West Street to the Rohingya and Ukraine, a discussion with听Philippe Sands.

Hope and Grief in the Age of Climate Change: Queer Disability Politics and Ancient Jewish Story

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

2023 Sondra and Howard Bender Visiting Scholar Lecture by Dr. Julia Watts Besler听

Schmooze-A-Palooza

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

A听music festival featuring Hebrew-language students, alumni, faculty, and members of the broader public.听

The German Resistance to Hitler and the Holocaust

Thursday,听February 2, 2023

A public lecture by Alan E. Steinweis, in honor of the 2023 International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Know Your Nosh: Food, Jewishness, & Identity

Monday, November 14, 2022

A symposium bringing听together scholars working on the significance of food for Jewish religious, cultural, national, and political identities, focusing on the United States and Israel/Palestine.听

Yiddish Paris: Creating a Jewish Nation Between Two World Wars

Monday, September 19, 2022

An Evening of Learning and Conversation听with Dr. Nick Underwood

2021-2022

2022 Undergraduate Student Research Showcase

Through our Undergraduate Research Assistant Program, the Program in Jewish Studies provides CU Boulder undergraduate students with opportunities to collaborate with faculty on cutting-edge听research projects by asking new questions, producing new knowledge, and sharing their findings with diverse audiences. 麻豆淫院 presented their work at a research showcase in April 2022.

Holocaust, Genocide & Contemporary Bioethics Program

The Program in Jewish Studies partnered with the Anschutz Center for Bioethics and Humanities to present Legacies of the Holocaust and Health Equity Today听with听, on April 26, 2022. The event was moderated by CBH Director, Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH, with opening remarks by Chancellor of the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Don Elliman.听Dr. Maybank is the Chief Health Equity Officer and Senior Vice President for the American Medical Association (AMA) where she focuses on embedding health equity across all the work of the AMA and leading its Center for Health Equity.听This was the keynote presentation for the 2022 Holocaust, Genocide and Contemporary听Bioethics听Program.听

The American Jewish Experience in Medicine Program

The Program in Jewish Studies partnered with the Anschutz Center for Bioethics and Humanities to present Medical Racism and the American Jewish Experience听on April 25, 2022. The program听included presentations and discussions with听Barron H. Lerner, MD, PhD,听Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH,听Barron H. Lerner, Gregg Drinkwater, PhD,听Alan M. Kraut, PhD,听Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, and听Shanta M. Zimmer, MD.

2022 Virtual Schmooze-A-Palooza

Each year, the Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder presents a music festival featuring Hebrew-language students, alumni, faculty, and members of the broader public. During the past two years of social distancing, we have gathered together virtually to explore the Hebrew language, build community, and make memories.听This year, we came together online to sing the classic Israeli song 鈥淗a-yeladim Koftzim鈥� (by Roi Levy and Avraham Tal of Shotei Hanevu鈥檃h).听

Sondra & Howard Bender Visiting Scholar Public Lecture

Professor Annette Yoshiko Reed听
Evil Spirits, Wayward Stars, and Scribal Knowledge in Jewish Antiquity听
Thursday, February 24, 2022

2022 Holocaust Remembrance Day

Through an Artist's Eyes: The Dehumanization &听Racialization of Jews & Political Dissidents During the Third Reich
Thursday, January 27, 2022

Israel/Palestine Series

Hilary Falb Kalisman, Endowed Professor of Israel/Palestine Studies at CU Boulder, in conversation with Ahmed Mansour & Dan Chyutin on the relationship between the United States, Israel, & Palestine.
Monday, October 18