34th Annual Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies 2009
Sunday May 17, 2009 to Thursday May 21, 2009
Encounters with the Past: Remembering the "Bygone" in Israeli Culture
Professor Yael Zerubavel
Director, The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish
Life
Professor of Jewish Studies and History
Rutgers University
Sunday, May 17 - Bridges to Antiquity
Begins at 6:30 p.m.
Moderator: UW Professor Gad Barzilai, Chair, Jewish Studies; JSIS; LSJ
Please join us for a kosher dessert reception honoring Mrs. Althea Stroum
and celebrating the naming of the Samuel & Althea Stroum Jewish Studies
Program following the first lecture. RSVP requested for only the first
lecture because of the special nature of this event. 206-543-4370;
jsis@u.washington.edu.
Lecture begins at 7:30 p.m.
Moderator: UW Professor Joel Migdal, JSIS, Jewish Studies
Thursday, May 21 - When the New Becomes Old
Lecture begins at 7:30 p.m.
Moderator: UW Professor Paul Burstein, Sociology, Political Science,
Jewish Studies
All lectures are held in 220 Kane Hall, UW Seattle Campus
Questions: 206-543-0138; jewishst@u.washington.edu.