Nationality Room Scholarships for Summer 2016

Yes, it is already time to think about next summer.  Click to enlarge the photo for all the Nationality Room Scholarships.

New MA program in Jewish Studies at Columbia

Read all about it:

http://www.iijs.columbia.edu/masters-program

Fall 2015 Jewish Studies Events: MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Friday September 4, 2015, 9:00-10:30 am

Cathedral of Learning Commons Room

Jewish Studies Program Back to School Meet and Greet with Coffee and Donuts

for Faculty and Undergraduates

Tuesday September 30, 2015,  4:30 pm

at Carnegie-Mellon University

"The Invention of the German National Landscape by Jewish Filmmakers, 1918-1968"

Lecture by Ofer Ashkenazi (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

For more information:  http://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/modlang/

Thursday October 8, 2015,   8:00 pm         

at Pittsburgh Public Theater, Downtown                

PittArts & Hillel-JUC night at The Diary of Anne Frank       

with an introduction by Rachel Kranson (University of Pittsburgh)

For more information: http://www.pittarts.pitt.edu/index.php

Saturday October 10-Sunday October 11, 2015    

"Found in Translation:  A  Conference on the World History of Science, 1200-1600 CE"

This international conference addresses Islamic, Latin, Hebrew, African, Chinese, South Asian, Eurasian, and American scientific endeavors,  traditions, and interactions.

For more information:  worldhistoryofscience@pitt.edu

Monday, October 19, 2015, 4:30-6:30 pm

602 Cathedral of Learning

"From Jewish to Black: The Strange Career of the Word Ghetto"

Lecture by Daniel B. Schwartz (George Washington University)

Tuesday October 20, 2015, 12 noon-1:30 pm         

4217 Posvar Hall                 

"Europe's Jews: Past, Present, Future?"       

EUCE/ESC  "Conversations on Europe" Series Roundtable

Ron Linden (Political Science, University of Pittsburgh), Moderator and Guests

Monday October 26,  7:00-8:30 pm           

English Nationality Room, 144 CL                

"The America that Greeted the Diary of Anne Frank:  Postwar Jews and the Memory of the Holocaust"                 

Lecture by Hasia Diner (New York University)

Coffee with Professor Diner for interested graduate students, 3-4 pm, RSVP to Rachel Kranson (kranson@pitt.edu) if interested in attending.

Thursday October 29-Friday October 30, 2015         

“History and its Discontents: Commemoration in Italy and the Francophone World” 

Conference in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Department of French and Italian. http://frit50.pitt.edu/the-conference-real-and-virtual/

Thursday November 5, 2015, 7:00 PM      

Studio Theatre, Basement of Cathedral of Learning          

Performance and Lecture "The Mitzvah Project"with Roger Grunwald

Thursday December 3, 2015, 7:00-8:30 pm

Location TBA

“The Mystery of the Hebrew Detective”

Lecture by Dror Mishani, Israeli literary critic and best-selling mystery novelist.

Study Abroad in Latin America

Looking for a spring study abroad program?  Click on the picture for more info.