H.G. Adler: Life, Literature, Legacy. Plenary talks by: Prof. Jeremy Adler, King's College London. "The World of My Father's Memory Writing: The Gesamtkunstwerk of H.G. Adler. 4:30 p.m., Rm. 001 Vanier College. Prof. Lawrence L. Langer, scholar of Holocaust literature. "Holocaust Fact and Holocaust Fiction: The Dual Vision of H.G. Adler." 5:30 p.m., Rm. 001 Vanier College.
Jewish Teacher Education Shabbaton & Retreat with Nancy King, Storymaker— Nov. 9-11
Lecture by artist and musician Michaela Melian, "Memory Loops," part of Holocaust Education Week. 12:30 p.m. 7th Floor YRT Room 749. Memory Loopsis an audio artwork based on material from victims of National Socialism from which Melian has created collages of voices and music, thematically linked to the topography of Munich. The website memoryloops.net forms the […]
Jewish Teacher Education Brunch n' Learn - Leanne Matlow, "Anxiety in the Classroom," 10 a.m., Vanier Senior Common Room.
Book launch/reading, Nancy Richler, "The Imposter Bride," 4 p.m., 7th Floor lounge, YRT.
Lecture and book signing by Dr. Cornelia Wilhelm - "19th Century German-Jewish Immigration to the United States and the Emergence of the Independent Order of B'nai Brith as a Pioneer of a New Civil Jewish Identity." 4 p.m., 7th Floor lounge, YRT. Dr. Cornelia Wilhelm is Visiting DAAD Professor at Emory University in the Departments […]
Jewish Teacher Education Opening Dinner, 5:30 p.m., Vanier Senior Common Room - 010 Vanier College.
Dov Schwartz, Bar-Ilan University. "Philosophy versus Personality: Moderate Elements in the Messianic Lore of R. Menahem Mendel Schneersohn." 7th Fl. YRT Lounge, 7:30 p.m. Dov Schwartz is professor of Jewish Thought at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, where he is currently The Natali and Isidor Friedman Chair for "Teaching the Writings of Joseph Dov Soloveitchik." The author […]
Toronto book launch of Nazi Germany: Canadian Responses. 7 p.m., 7th Floor, York Research Tower. Four contributors to the book will comment: Professors Doris Bergen, University of Toronto, Richard Menkis, University of British Columbia, Harold Troper, University of Toronto, Michael Brown, York U niversity. The book is a project of the National Task Force on Holocaust […]
