Symposium Program (printable PDF) - ASU Jewish Studies

a research symposium at Arizona State University | November 6-8, 2011Sponsors• American Council of Learned SocietiesACLS Conference Grant for East European Studies is supported with funds administered by the U.S. Department ofState under terms of the Research and Training for Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former SovietUnion Act of 1983 (Title VIII).• Center for Jewish Studies• Elizabeth Langland Vice Provost and Dean of New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences• Institute for Humanities Research• Center for Critical Inquiry and Cultural Studies: Philosophy, Rhetoric and Literature Cluster• School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies• New College Graduate Programs at the West campus• Project Humanities: Humanities at the Crossroads: Perspectives on PlaceNeal Lester Dean of Humanities, College of Liberal Arts and SciencesMichael Crow President, Arizona State University• Division of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies at the West campus• gift in memory of the Beck FamilyAdditional Support• Arizona State University Art Museum• Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict• The Melikian Center: Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies• School of Social Transformation• Department of EnglishAdditional Community Support• Roni Zee Artistic Director and Board Member, Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival• Janet Arnold Producing Director, Arizona Jewish Theater Company• Rabbi Yosef Garcia Congregation Avdey Torah Hayah• Rabbi Evon Yakar Temple Chai• Howard Hendler Trustee, Phoenix Art Museum• Oliver Ike Vice President of Theatrical Distribution, Festivals and Public Relations, Seventh ArtReleasing, Los Angeles• Erik Greenberg-Anjou film director, New York• Robert F. Benjamin Ph.D. and playwright, New Mexico• Post-symposium events on 9 November, 2011, are sponsored and hosted by Heritage and Memory: Sitesof Transgenerational Trauma, Moral Reminders, and Repair – a project sponsored by the 2011-2012seed grant from Institute for Humanities Research (IHR) at Arizona State University.