“Jewish Primitivism” – Samuel J. Spinner

Mergenthaler Room #426

at JHU Anthropology Department Fall 2023 Colloquium Series – Jewish Primitivism book by Dr. Samuel J. Spinner. In discussion with Clara Han (JHU), Andrew Brandel (University of Chicago), Talia Katz (JHU), & Naveeda Khan (JHU) Google Calendar iCalendar Jewish Primitivism Please contact Jenny Clarke for the Introduction of the book at [email protected]

Environmental Humanities Research Initiative Autumn Panel

Gilman 108

at Visualizing Human and Ecological Loss in Latin America (Gisela Heffes, Modern Languages and Literatures) Beeing and Time: Toward a Literary Entomology (Christiane Frey, Modern Languages and Literatures) Modified: Colonial Limits and Plant Life Relations in Transgenics Research (Nicole Labruto, Program in Medicine, Science, and the Humanities; Anthropology) Organized and Moderated by: Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei, Modern […]

Biblical Violence and the Virtues of a (Very) Plain Sense

at Confronted by ethically troubling texts and themes in the Hebrew Bible, modern and contemporary Jewish commentators have developed an array of strategies for addressing and “repairing” the plain meaning of such passages. This talk argues that these reparative attempts have their own consequences, drawing out the ethical, political, and philosophical virtues of a renewed […]

Language Night

at Join Modern Languages and Literatures (MLL) to learn more about our undergraduate courses and programs in Gilman Atrium on April 1st from 5 to 7pm. MLL offers Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Hebrew & Yiddish courses. Pizza and beverages provided. Google Calendar iCalendar

Against Joy

at The Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Program in Jewish Studies and the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures presents Dr. Sunny Yudkoff, Associate Professor of German and Jewish Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Yudkoff will be presenting “Against Joy: Yankev Glatshteyn and the threat of Yiddish FREYD” on April 10, 4-5:30pm, in Gilman […]