A Colloquium Marking the 350th Anniversary of Jewish Settlement in America
CO-SPONSORED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND BALTIMORE HEBREW UNIVERSITY
Thomas Jefferson Building
Room LJ 119
Tuesday, November 9, 2004
This event is free and open to the public.
Agenda
10:00 am Welcome
Session One: 10:15 - 11:45 am
The Academic Study of Judaism: Jewish Studies in American Universities, Hebrew Colleges and Seminaries
Chair: Rela Mintz Geffen,
President Baltimore Hebrew University
Judith Baskin
Knight Professor of Humanities
Director, Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies
University of Oregon
David Gordis
President, Professor of Rabbinics
Hebrew College, Boston, Massachusetts
Stephen Garfinkel
Dean of the Graduate School
Dean of Academic Affairs
Assistant Professor of Bible
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Lunch 11:45 - 1:30
Session Two 1:30 - 4:30
Jewish Libraries and Archives in America
Chair: Menahem Schmelzer
Senior Distinguished Scholar
John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress
Pearl Berger
Dean of Libraries
Yeshiva University
An Ancient Tongue in a New Land: Hebrew Learning in America
Chair: Arthur Lesley
Associate Professor of Hebrew Literature
Baltimore Hebrew University
Alan Mintz
Chana Kekst Professor of Hebrew Literature
Chair, Department of Hebrew Language
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Coffee Break 3:15 - 3:45
Popular Jewish Culture in America
Chair: Peggy K. Pearlstein
Area Specialist, Hebraic Section
Library of Congress
Jenna W. Joselit
Visiting Professor
Department of History
Princeton University
Baltimore Hebrew University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the Maryland Higher Education Commission and the Ministry of Education of the State of Israel.
