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Jewish Studies Course Offerings --- 2009-2018 Carolina Center for Jewish Studies --- Jewish Studies Course Offerings --- 2009-2018 Jewish Studies Courses for Fall 2018 RELI 063: Archaeology of Qumran | Jodi Magness JWST/RELI 103: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Literature |David Lambert JWST/RELI 106: Introduction to Early Judaism | Jodi Magness JWST/ASIA/PWAD 235: Israeli Cinema: Gender, Nation, Ethnicity | TBA JWST/RELI 420H: Post-Holocaust Ethics and Theology | Andrea Cooper JWST/RELI 444: Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Judaism | Yaakov Ariel JWST 697: Capstone Course: Yiddish Literature and the Bible | Ruth von Bernuth MUSC 286: Music as Culture: Music, Sound, and Religion in the Middle East and North Africa | Michael Figueroa Language Courses: HEBR 101: Elementary Modern Hebrew I | Ana Sprintzik HEBR 203: Intermediate Modern Hebrew I | Ana Sprintzik HEBR 305: Advanced Modern Hebrew I | Ana Sprintzik COURSES IN JEWISH STUDIES Spring 2018 JWST 100/RELI 123: Intro to Jewish Studies, Andrea Cooper JWST/CLAR/RELI 110: New Testament Archaeology, Jodi Magness JWST/HIST 262: History of the Holocaust, Karen Auerbach JWST 357/ASIA 357/PWAD 362: The Arab-Jews: Culture, Community, and Co-existence, Yaron Shemer JWST/HEBR 436: Zionism and Language, Yaron Shemer JWST/SLAV/PWAD 465: Literature of Atrocity, David Pike JWST/FOLK 505: Jewish Folklore and Ethnography, Gabrielle Berlinger JWST/HIST 330H: Jesus and the Jews, Flora Cassen HIST 85H: Concentration Camp Survivors, Donald Reid HIST 276: Modern Middle East, Sarah Shields HIST 308: The Renaissance and the Jews, Flora Cassen HIST 485: Modern East European Jewish History, Karen Auerbach RELI 106: Early Judaism, Online through Friday Center RELI 242: New Religious Movements, Yaakov Ariel RELI 542H: Religion and Counter Culture, Yaakov Ariel Language Courses: HEBR 102: Elementary Modern Hebrew II, Hanna Sprintzik HEBR 102: Elementary Modern Hebrew II, Hanna Sprintzik HEBR 204: Intermediate Modern Hebrew II, Hanna Sprintzik Graduate Courses: RELI 812: Diaspora Judaism, Jodi Magness Fall 2017 courses – Undergraduate Courses: RELI 108: Classic Jewish Texts: From Bible and Dead Sea Scrolls to Kabbalah and Hassidism Evyatar Marienberg HIST 153: Jewish History Ancient to Modern Karen Auerbach RELI 211: Classical Hebrew I: A Linguistic Introduction to the Hebrew Bible Joseph Lam ASIA 235: Israeli Cinema: Nation, Gender, and Ethnicity Yaron Shemer GSLL/CMPL 270/JWST/RELI 239: German Culture and the “Jewish Question” Jonathan Hess AMST/JWST 253: American Jewish Women’s History Marcie Cohen Ferris FOLK 481: The Changing Lives of Jewish Objects Gabrielle Berlinger AMST/JWST 486: Shalom Y’all: The Jewish Experience in the American South Marcie Cohen Ferris CMPL 390 (001): Nazisploitation: Holocaust Perpetrators in Film & Image Danielle Christmas JWST 697: Jewish Studies Capstone: Jewish Languages Joseph Lam Capstone Seminar: Jewish Languages (Professor Joseph Lam, Dept. of Religious Studies) This course examines the myriad ways in which language, culture, and identity intersect through the prism of Jewish languages—that is, languages written and spoken by Jews throughout history. Drawing on insights coming out of the contemporary study of linguistic variation and sociolinguistics, the course poses a number of questions that arise at the confluence of language and society, such as: What makes a language “Jewish”? How are languages and scripts employed in defining one’s cultural identity? What are the historical forces that shape the development of Jewish variants of languages? The languages to be discussed in the course include Hebrew (from ancient to modern), Aramaic, Yiddish, Ladino, Judeo-Arabic, and others. Working knowledge of at least one Jewish language would be useful but is not required. Language courses: HEBR 101-001: Elementary Modern Hebrew I Ana Sprintzik HEBR 101-002: Elementary Modern Hebrew I Staff HEBR 203: Intermediate Modern Hebrew I Ana Sprintzik Graduate Courses: JWST 697: Jewish Studies Capstone: Jewish Languages Joseph Lam Spring 2017 courses – Undergraduate Courses: ASIA 53 (First-year seminar): Israeli Popular Music Hanna Sprintzik RELI 109: History and Culture of Ancient Israel Joseph Lam RELI 143: Judaism in Our Time Yaakov Ariel RELI 224H: Modern Jewish Thought Andrea Cooper HIST/JWST/PWAD 262: History of the Holocaust: The Destruction of the European Jews Karen Auerbach HIST 330: Jesus and the Jews: From the Bible to the Big Screen TFlora Cassen ASIA 425: Israeli-Palestinian Exchanges Yaron Shemer RELI 566: Jewish Legal Literature Evyatar Marienberg JWST 697: Capstone Course: The Holocaust, Memory and Historical Methodology Karen Auerbach This seminar will familiarize students with classic works of Holocaust historiography as well as with newer works that challenge old interpretations and methodologies. We will investigate debates about the origins and historicization of the Holocaust; the role of Hitler in decision-making and the Nazi bureaucracy; the development of antisemitism; the uses of sources, from archival documents to victim testimony; theories of genocide and colonialism; comparative genocide; memory and the “myth of silence”; and other themes. Readings will ask how historians can write a narrative reconstruction of events while “probing the limits of representation,” in the words of Saul Friedländer. Language courses: HEBR 102: Elementary Modern Hebrew II Hanna Sprintzik HEBR 204: Intermediate Modern Hebrew II Hanna Sprintzik HEBR 306: Advanced Modern Hebrew II Yaron Shemer Graduate courses: JWST 697: Capstone Course: The Holocaust, Memory and Historical Methodology Karen Auerbach GERM 875: Germans, Jews, and the Theatre Jonathan M. Hess Fall 2016 courses AMST/JWST 253: Jewish Women in America Marcie Cohen Ferris ASIA 435: The Cinemas of the Middle East and North Africa Yaron Shemer ENGL 129: Slavery and Holocaust in American Fiction and Film Danielle Christmas ENGL 447: Literatures of the Holocaust Danielle Christmas FOLK 505: Traditions in Transition: Jewish Folklore and Ethnography Gabrielle Berlinger GERM 56 (First-Year Seminar) Germans, Jews, and the History of Antisemitism Jonathan Hess RELI/JWST 103: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Literature David Lambert RELI 108: Classic Jewish Texts: From Bible and Dead Sea Scrolls to Kabbalah and Hassidism Evyatar Marienberg RELI 123/JWST 100: Introduction to Jewish Studies Andrea Cooper RELI 212: Classical Hebrew II Joseph Lam RELI 242: New Religious Movements in America Yaakov Ariel HIST 153: From Bible to Broadway: Jewish History to Modern Times Flora Cassen HIST 398: Antisemitism: History, Causes, Consequences Flora Cassen RELI 426H: The Sacrifice of Abraham Andrea Cooper JWST 465/SLAV 465/PWAD 465: Literature of Atrocity: The Gulag and the Holocaust in Russia and Eastern Europe Hana Pichova AMST 486/JWST 486: Shalom Y’all: The Jewish Experience in the American South Marcie Cohen Ferris PLCY 490/PWAD 690.001: U.S. – Israel Relations Sahi Tamari RELI 542: Religion and the Counterculture Yaakov Ariel RELI 603: The Bible in Translation David Lambert Language courses: HEBR 101-001: Elementary Modern Hebrew I Ana Sprintzik HEBR 203: Intermediate Modern Hebrew I Ana Sprintzik HEBR 305: Advanced Modern Hebrew I Yaron Shemer Maymester 2016: Beyond Hostilities: Israeli-Palestinian Exchanges and Collaborations in Cinema, Literature, and Music. Yaron Shemer. Spring 2016 courses: Undergraduate Courses: ASIA 357: Arab-Jews: Culture, Community, and Co-existence Yaron Shemer. GERM 225: Popular and Pious: Early Modern Jewish Literature Ruth von Bernuth GERM/CMPL 270/JWST 239/RELI 239: German Culture and the “Jewish Question” Jonathan Hess HIST 89 (First Year Seminar): Diaries and Memoirs of the Holocaust Karen Auerbach HIST/JWST 153: Jewish History Medieval to Modern Times Flora Cassen HIST/JWST/PWAD 262: History of the Holocaust: The Destruction of the European Jews Karen Auerbach HIST 390: Antisemitism and Islamophobia Flora Cassen, Sarah Shields PLSH/JWST 412: 20th-Century Polish Literature and Culture Eva Wampuszyc RELI 78 (First Year Seminar): Reading the Bible: Now and Then David Lambert RELI/JWST/CLAR 110: New Testament Archaeology Jodi Magness RELI 211: Classical Hebrew I: A Linguistic Introduction to the Hebrew Bible Joseph Lam RELI 224H: Modern Jewish Thought Andrea Cooper RELI 697/JWST 697: The Material Life of Jewish America Gabrielle Berlinger Language courses: HEBR 102: Elementary Modern Hebrew II HEBR 204: Intermediate Modern Hebrew II HEBR 306: Advanced Modern Hebrew II Yaron Shemer Fall 2015 courses: FOLK 490 – Special Topics: Traditions in Transition: Jewish Folklore and Ethnography Gabrielle Berlinger AMST/JWST 253 Jewish Women in America Marcie Cohen Ferris GERM 56 (First-Year Seminar) Germans, Jews, and the History of Antisemitism Jonathan Hess RELI 63 (First-Year Seminar) Archeology of Qumran Jodi Magness RELI/JWST 103: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Literature David Lambert RELI/JWST 106: Introduction to Early Judaism Jodi Magness RELI 123/JWST 100: Introduction to Jewish Studies Andrea Cooper RELI 242: New Religious Movements in America Yaakov Ariel HIST 398.001: Antisemitism: History, Causes, Consequences Flora Cassen RELI 420: Post-Holocaust Ethics and Theology Andrea Cooper JWST 465/SLAV 465/PWAD 465: Literature of Atrocity: The Gulag and the Holocaust in Russia and Eastern Europe Hana Pichova AMST 486/JWST 486: Shalom Y’all: The Jewish Experience in the American South Marcie Cohen Ferris PLCY 490/PWAD 690: U.S. – Israel Relations Sahi Tamari RELI 542: Religion and the Counterculture
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