Zoom Seminar "Jews in South Africa: New Directions in Research" (UCL/University of Cape Town)

H-Judaic Zoom Seminar "Jews in South Africa: New Directions in Research" (UCL/University of Cape Town)

Discussion published by Martina Mampieri on Tuesday, September 22, 2020

UCL, Institute of Jewish Studies in partnership with the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Cape Town

JEWS IN SOUTH AFRICA: NEW DIRECTIONS IN RESEARCH

Where we are, future directions (Monday 12 October, 5-7pm UK time)

Gideon Shimoni (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Respondents: Shirli Gilbert (University College London), Antony Polonsky (Brandeis University), Eli Lederhendler (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Jews and Consumerism (Wednesday 14 October, 5-7pm UK time)

Deborah Posel (University of the Free State)

Respondents: Adam Mendelsohn (University of Cape Town), Hasia Diner (New York University), Tony Kushner (University of Southampton)

SA Jewish identity (Thursday 15 October, 10-11.45am UK time)

Roni Mikel-Arieli (Yad Vashem), Joshua Alston (University of Leeds), Rebecca Margolis (Monash University), Irwin Manoim (Independent scholar, Johannesburg), Kerri Serman (University of Cape Town)

Respondent: David Slucki (Monash University)

South African Jewish Orthodoxies (Monday 19 October, 4-5.45pm UK time)

David Fachler (University of Cape Town), Milton Shain (University of Cape Town), Sara Hirschhorn (Northwestern University), Asher Lubotzky (Indiana University Bloomington), Abby Gondek (FDR Library)

Respondent: Jonathan Judaken (Rhodes College)

Jewish history in SA public life (Wednesday 21 October, 6-8pm UK time)

Mitchel Hunter (University of the Western Cape), Karen Milner (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg), Gavin Morris (South African Jewish Museum), Tali Nates (Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre)

Citation: Martina Mampieri. Zoom Seminar "Jews in South Africa: New Directions in Research" (UCL/University of Cape Town). H- Judaic. 09-22-2020. https://networks.h-net.org/node/28655/discussions/6465692/zoom-seminar-jews-south-africa-new-directions-research Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1 H-Judaic

Chair: Shirli Gilbert (University College London)

Jews and Others (Thursday 22 October, 2-3.45pm UK time)

Gavin Beinart-Smollan (New York University), David Gross (University of Stellenbosch), Roni Mazal (University of Michigan), Shimon Lev (Independent scholar, Jerusalem), Veronica Belling (University of Cape Town), Respondent: Eric Goldstein (Emory University)

Chair: Karina Simonson (Vilnius University)

The discussion sessions are based around pre-circulated academic papers. Anyone who wishes to attend sessions should contact Sara Ben-Isaac at [email protected] and she will send a link to access the papers. Zoom links will be provided nearer the time.

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