The UC Davis Jewish Studies Program is pleased to announce the second event in the New Directions in Jewish Studies 2023 Lecture Series: "Our Rosenzweig, Ourselves: Or, What Does Gender Critique Want?" with Larisa Reznik and Mara Benjamin, responding, Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 12 PM PDT via Zoom. Please find a poster, abstract, and registration link below.
The UC Davis Jewish Studies Program is pleased to announce the first event in the New Directions in Jewish Studies 2023 Lecture Series: "(Sex)worker, Migrant, and Daughter: Migratory Prostitution and Jewish Economy in Eastern Europe, 1870-1939," with Aleksandra Jakubczak and Naomi Seidman, responding, Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 10 AM PST via Zoom. Please find a poster, abstract, and registration link below.
Launched in 2020, the "New Directions in Jewish Studies" Lecture Series at UC Davis is a one-of-a-kind program that aims to promote the work of scholars doing cutting edge research in Jewish Studies outside the tenure track. This year's three lecturers were selected from a large pool of applicants of extraordinary range and quality, and each will present their research in a virtual talk in 2023. Congratulations to Dr. Aleksandra Jakubczak, Dr. Larisa Reznik, and Dr. Daniella Farah!
The UC Davis Jewish Studies Program is pleased to present a screening and discussion of Gay Days with renowned Israeli filmmaker Yair Qedar, Thursday, November 17 at 5:00 pm in SSH 2203 Andrews Conference Room.
GayDays is the first documentary about the birth of the LGBT movement in Israel.
The UC Davis Jewish Studies program and the Department of Classics are please to present "Christian Nationalism and the Making of the White Evangelical Bible," with Jill Hicks-Keeton and Cavan Concannon. The event will occur in two parts:
October 6 at 5 pm PST, Sproul Hall 912: "Christian Nationalism and the Making of the White Evangelical Bible"
Jill Hicks-Keeton (Oklahoma) and Cavan Concannon (USC) will speak about the complex intersection of politics and religion in contemporary American culture.
The UC Davis Jewish Studies Program invites you to the final lecture of David Biale before his retirement on Thursday, June 2 at 12 pm PDT. The event will be streamed via Zoom.
The UC Davis Jewish Studies Program invites you to celebrate our students and faculty!
Please join us for a reception and presentation of the Don Kunitz Awards for Excellence in Jewish Studies and a celebration of our faculty's achievements this academic year!
