Jewish Studies Calendar

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025

  • Guy
    • 4:00 pm
    • 109 English Building (608 South Wright Street, Urbana, IL 61801)

    The Queer Potential of Lea Goldberg's "Losses"

    This lecture focuses on a shelved early novel written by one of the most prominent Hebrew (female) writers, Lea Goldberg (1911-1970). Goldberg worked on her novel, Losses (Avedot), during the mid-late 1930s, but was first published only in 2010, forty years after her death.

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

  • Tobias
    • 5:00 pm
    • Illini Union, Room 314A (1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801)

    Between Borders: The Great Jewish Migration from Eastern Europe

    This will be a conversation with Tobias Brinkmann about his recent book, Between Borders: The Great Jewish Migration from Eastern Europe. It tells and contextualizes the stories of Jewish migrants and refugees from Eastern and Central Europe before and after the First World War.

Tuesday, May 6, 2025