Association for Jewish Studies c/o Center for Jewish History West th Street New York, NY - Phone: () - Fax: () - E-mail: [email protected] www.ajsnet.org Sara R. Horowitz, York University President Marsha Rozenblit, University of Maryland Conference Program Chair Rona Sheramy, Association for Jewish Studies Executive Director Th e Association for Jewish Studies is a Constituent Society of Th e American Council of Learned Societies. Th e Association for Jewish Studies wishes to thank the Center for Jewish History and its constituent organizations—the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, the Yeshiva University Museum, and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research— for providing the AJS with offi ce space at the Center for Jewish History. Copyright © 2007 No portion of this publication may be reproduced by any means without the express written permission of the Association for Jewish Studies. 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A SSOCIATION FOR JEWISH STUDIES 39TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE Program Book Contents Association for Jewish Studies Mission Statement.................................................... 4 Institutional Members................................................................................................... 5 Message from the Conference Chair........................................................................... 6 Conference Information............................................................................................... 9 Program Committee and Division Coordinators..................................................... 10 New Awards.................................................................................................................. 11 Award Recipients........................................................................................... 12–13 Hotel Floor Plans....................................................................................................... 14 Sessions at a Glance.................................................................................................... 18 Conference Program.................................................................................................. 23 Division Meeting Locations....................................................................................... 67 Film Festival Schedule................................................................................................ 68 Conference Exhibitors................................................................................................ 71 Advertising Index......................................................................................................... 73 Publishers...................................................................................................................... 74 Research Institutes and Fellowships....................................................................... 104 Gala Banquet Sponsors.............................................................................................. 123 Index of Participants................................................................................................. 135 Index to Sessions by Subject..................................................................................... 143 Association for Jewish Studies Founded in 1969, the Association for Jewish Studies is a learned society and professional organization that seeks to promote, maintain, and improve teaching, research, and related endeavors in Jewish studies in colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher learning. The Association for Jewish Studies is a constituent society of the American Council of Learned Societies. The Association holds an Annual Conference in December with sessions devoted to a wide variety of scholarly and professional matters. During each conference special interest groups, representing various disciplines within Jewish studies, meet to discuss subjects of particular concern to the participants. From time to time the Association has sponsored other scholarly and professional meetings. The regular publications of the Association are: AJS Review, a scholarly journal; AJS Perspectives, the magazine of the Association; and the online publication, Positions in Jewish Studies. In addition, the Association has published volumes of proceedings from its regional conferences on such subjects as medieval and mod- AJS Mission Statement ern Jewish religion, Jewish languages, and Jewish folklore. In 1992, the Associa- tion published a catalog entitled: Jewish Studies Courses at American and Canadian Universities. The AJS also maintains a website (www.ajsnet.org) with extensive resources for Jewish studies scholars, including a positions listing, a directory of Jewish studies programs and course syllabi, and a guide to grants. Membership in the Association, which currently stands at 1,600, is open to individuals whose full-time vocation is teaching, research, or related endeavors in academic Jewish studies; to other individuals whose intellectual concerns are re- lated to the purposes of the Association; and to graduate students concentrating in an area of Jewish studies. Members receive all regular publications without charge and are eligible for discounts on the registration fee at the Annual Conference. 4 AJS INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS Th e Association for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce the following Institutional Members for the 2007-08 membership year: Case Western Reserve University, Samuel Rosenthal Center for Judaic Studies The Center for Cultural Judaism Cornell University, Jewish Studies Program DePauw University, Jewish Studies Program Duke University, Department of Jewish Studies Foundation for Jewish Culture Georgetown University, Program for Jewish Civilization Hebrew College Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion Indiana University, Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program The Jewish Theological Seminary, The Graduate School Louisiana State University, Jewish Studies Program Michigan State University, Jewish Studies Program New York University, Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies Northwestern University, The Crown Family Center for Jewish Studies The Ohio State University, Melton Center for Jewish Studies Pennsylvania State University, Jewish Studies Program Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies Stanford University, Taube Center for Jewish Studies UCLA, Center for Jewish Studies The University of Arizona, Arizona Center for Judaic Studies University of Connecticut, Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life University of Denver, Center for Judaic Studies University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies University of Michigan, The Frankel Center for Judaic Studies University of North Carolina Asheville, Center for Jewish Studies University of Oregon, Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies University of Pittsburgh, Jewish Studies Program University of Tennessee, The Fern and Manfred Steinfeld Program in Judaic Studies The University of Texas at Austin, Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies University of Virginia, Jewish Studies Program University of Washington, Jewish Studies Program, Jackson School of International Studies United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Vanderbilt University, Program in Jewish Studies Washington University in St. Louis, Program in Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Studies Yeshiva University Yeshiva University Museum YIVO Institute for Jewish Research York University, Centre for Jewish Studies For further information on Institutional Membership, please contact Rona Sheramy, AJS Institutional Members Executive Director, at [email protected] or (917) 606-8249. 5 ASSOCIATION FOR JEWISH STUDIES A Message from the Conference Chair December 2007 Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to present the program for the Th irty-ninth Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies. Th is year, the AJS holds its conference for the rstfi time in Toronto, Ontario. Th is represents the fi rst AJS annual meeting both outside of the United States and in Canada. As it has been for almost four decades, the annual conference is the most visible of the organization’s activities. Th e program refl ects a great deal of creative energy and hard work on the part of many people, and I want to thank all participants for what promises to be a series of rich and rewarding sessions and plenary events. As even a cursory peruse of the program will show you, the AJS Annual Conference continues to fl ourish. We received a record high number of submissions, a sign of the creativity and serious work in Jewish Studies. Th is year’s conference is the largest to date, with more sessions and more time slots than ever before. In order to facilitate your experience at the conference, I invite you to read the following information pertaining to program events and functions. HOTEL, REGISTRATION, BADGES, MEALS All sessions will be held at the Sheraton Centre Toronto in downtown Toronto. Floor plans on pages 14 - 17 of this Program Book show their location and arrangement. Th e Sessions at a Glance table on pages 18 - 22 provides a summary of events with their locations and times. If you have not as yet registered for the conference, you may do so on-site in Toronto at the Conference Registration Desk located on the Lower Level