2018 AJS Conference Program Book
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50TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE December 16–18, 2018 BOSTON 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011-6301 Phone: (917) 606-8249 Fax: (917) 606-8222 [email protected] www.associationforjewishstudies.org EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE STAFF President Warren Hoffman Christine Hayes Executive Director Yale University Michelle Katz Vice President/Membership Membership and Conference and Outreach Content Manager Jeffrey Veidlinger Karin Kugel University of Michigan Program Book Designer, Vice President/Program Website Manager, Noam Pianko AJS Perspectives Managing Editor University of Washington Amy Ronek Vice President/Publications Marketing, Communications, Robin Judd and Public Engagement Manager The Ohio State University Heather Turk Secretary/Treasurer Director of Events and Operations Kenneth Koltun-Fromm Amy Weiss Haverford College Grants and Professional Development Past President Manager Pamela S. Nadell American University The Association for Jewish Studies is a Constituent Society of The American Council of Learned Societies Copyright © 2018 No portion of this publication may be reproduced by any means without the express written permission of the Association for Jewish Studies. The views expressed in advertisements herein are those of the advertisers and do not necessarily reflect those of the Association for Jewish Studies. Contents About the Association for Jewish Studies . 4 Thank You to Our Donors . 6 Institutional Members . 8 Message from the President. .10 Message from the Executive Director. .11 Message from the Vice President for Program . .12 Logistics ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������14 Conference Information . .16 Program Committee and Division Chairs �������������������������������������17 AJS Awards . .19 Sponsors . .21 AJS Distinguished Lectureship Program . .23 Exhibitors. .24 Floor Plans. .26 Sessions at a Glance . .30 Conference Program . .46 Film Festival Schedule �������������������������������������������������������������������188 Index of Advertisers. .190 Index of Participants. .192 Index to Sessions by Subject . .201 About the AJS THE ASSOCIATION FOR JEWISH scholars, and museum and related STUDIES (AJS) was founded in professionals who represent 1969 by a small group of scholars the breadth of Jewish Studies seeking a forum for exploring scholarship. The organization’s methodological and pedagogical institutional members represent issues in the new field of Jewish leading North American programs Studies. Since its founding, the and departments in the field. AJS has grown into the largest learned society and professional The AJS’s major programs and organization representing Jewish projects include an annual scholarly Studies scholars worldwide. As conference, featuring more than 190 a constituent organization of the sessions; publications; professional American Council of Learned development opportunities; job, Societies, the Association for Jewish fellowship, and grant opportunities; Studies represents the field in and public programs. The AJS the larger arena of the academic publishes three primary publications: study of the humanities and social a peer-reviewed scholarly sciences in North America. The journal, AJS Review, published AJS’s mission is to advance research by Cambridge University Press; a and teaching in Jewish Studies at biannual magazine, AJS Perspectives, colleges, universities, and other that explores methodological institutions of higher learning, and and pedagogical issues; and AJS to foster greater understanding of News, the AJS’s digital newsletter. Jewish Studies scholarship among The AJS also operates “Positions the wider public. Its close to 2,000 in Jewish Studies,” the most members are university faculty, comprehensive listing of Jewish graduate students, independent Studies job opportunities. The AJS 4 administers the annual Jordan whose work supports the mission of Schnitzer Book Awards, which the AJS. recognize outstanding research in the field of Jewish Studies, as well In order to maintain a professional as the AJS Dissertation Completion and comfortable environment for its Fellowships, generously supported members, conference registrants, by a grant from Legacy Heritage and staff, the association requires Fund. The AJS engages the certain standards of behavior. These public through its Distinguished standards include, without limitation, Lectureship Program, which brings courtesy of discourse, respect for leading AJS scholars to audiences the diversity of AJS members and across North America, as well as conference attendees, and the through a new podcast series. ability to conduct AJS business and participate in the AJS conference Membership in the association is in a nonthreatening, collegial open to individuals whose full-time atmosphere. AJS members and vocation is teaching, research, or conference participants who do related endeavors in academic not uphold these standards may Jewish Studies; to other individuals jeopardize their membership or whose intellectual concerns are conference participation. If you have related to the purposes of the any questions, please speak with an association; and to graduate AJS staff person at the conference students concentrating in an area registration desk; AJS Executive of Jewish Studies. Institutional Director, Warren Hoffman; the Vice membership is open to Jewish President for Program, Noam Pianko; Studies programs and departments, or the President of the Association foundations, and other institutions for Jewish Studies, Christine Hayes. 5 The AJS is grateful to the following Thank You to supporters who contributed to the AJS@50 Annual Fund since October 2017.* Donors to the Our Donors fund are updated monthly at associationforjewishstudies.org. Eliyana R. Adler Stephen Garfinkel Timothy Lutz Rebecca Alpert Jane Gerber Maud Mandel Robert Alter Barry Gittlen Vivian Beth Mann Howard L. Apothaker Karla Goldman Michael Meyer Eugene Avrutin Paul Golomb Phillip Munoa Zachary Baker Judith Hauptman Patricia Keer Munro Carol Bakhos Christine Hayes David N. Myers David A. Barish Joel Hecker Pamela Nadell Lawrence Baron Martha Himmelfarb Moshe Naor Judith R. Baskin Anne Golomb Hoffman Rachel Rafael Neis Sheila and Murray Warren Hoffman Ruth Olmsted Baumgarten Robin Judd Alexander Orbach Judit Bokser Liwerant Jason Kalman Annie Polland Anna Bulgakova Mark Kaplowitz Riv-Ellen Prell Richard Claman Samuel Kassow Kenneth Reisman Martin D. Cohn Ari Y. Kelman Meri-Jane Rochelson Lila Corwin Berman Hillel Kieval Eric Roiter Elliot Cosgrove Melissa R. Klapper Moshe Rosman Deborah Dash Moore Miriamne Ara Krummel Elizabeth and Elias Sacks Arnold Dashefsky Clifford M. Kulwin Myra Sacks Rachel Deblinger Gail Labovitz Joe Sakurai Tal Dekel Hartley Lachter Richard Samuel Sarason Lester Samuel Eckman Noah Leavitt Jonathan Sarna and Ruth Laurence L. Edwards Lori Lefkovitz Langer John Efron Erica Lehrer Lawrence H. Schiffman Jodi Eichler-Levine Laura Leibman David Sclar David Engel Mark Leuchter Kenneth R. Seeskin Noah Fabricant Laura Levitt Robert M. Seltzer Harriet Feinberg Lital Levy Sasha Senderovich Seymour N. Feldman Andrea Lieber Jeffrey Shandler Robert Fierstien James Loeffler Hershel Shanks Gabriel Natan Finder Howard N. Lupovitch Adam B. Shear 6 Jeffrey Shoulson Chava Weissler Anna Shternshis Steven P. Weitzman Elizabeth Silver-Schack Rebecca Lynn Winer Haim Sperber Laura Wiseman David Starr David J. Wolpe Eric J. Sundquist Gideon Zelermyer Lance Sussman Steven J. Zipperstein Magda Teter John Townsend AJS Legacy Society Members Norman A. Turkish Judith R. Baskin Katja Vehlow Michael Meyer Jeffrey Veidlinger Magda Teter Matthew Warshawsky Jonathan Sarna and Ruth Langer David Weinfeld JOIN THE AJS LEGACY SOCIETY In time for our 50th anniversary, the AJS is excited to announce the new AJS Legacy Society, a planned giving initiative, and we invite members and supporters to include a gift to the AJS in their estate plans. For more info on the society and how to join, please visit associationforjewishstudies.org/plannedgiving. Please support the AJS, your intellectual home. Your contributions sustain a rich array of AJS programs, resources, and publications and help keep membership dues and conference fees affordable. For further information, please go to associationforjewishstudies.org or contact Warren Hoffman at [email protected] or (212) 294-8301 ext. 6249. * As of October 1, 2018. 7 AJS Institutional Members 2018–2019 The Association for Jewish Studies is pleased to recognize the following Institutional Members: FULL INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS Boston University, Elie Wiesel Center for Touro College, Graduate School of Jewish Jewish Studies Studies Brandeis University University of Arizona, The Arizona Center Columbia University, Institute for Israel and for Judaic Studies Jewish Studies University of California, Los Angeles, Alan D. Cornell University, Jewish Studies Program Leve Center for Jewish Studies Duke University, Center for Jewish Studies University of California, San Diego, Jewish Graduate Theological Union, Richard S. Studies Program Dinner Center for Jewish Studies* University of Florida, Center for Jewish Harvard University, Center for Jewish Studies Studies Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of University of Maryland, The Joseph and Religion Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Indiana University, Robert A. and Sandra S. Studies Borns Jewish Studies Program University of Massachusetts-Amherst, The Jewish Theological Seminary, The Judaic and