Lapidus Family Fund Lecture Archive
Lapidus Lecture in American Jewish Studies: Rachel Rubinstein
Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 4:30 pm
Location:
McCormick Hall, Room 101
Speaker(s):
Rachel Rubinstein
Professor of American Literature and Jewish Studies, Hampshire College
“The Yiddish Columbus: Critical Counter-History and the Remapping of American Jewish Literature”
Lapidus Lecture in American Jewish Studies: Josh Lambert
Tue, Nov 27, 2018, 4:30 pm
Location:
McCormick Hall, Room 101
Speaker(s):
Visiting Lecturer in American Studies; Academic Director, Yiddish Book Center
“Rebooting Jewish Television: Transparent, Streaming Media, and Foundation-Backed Culture”
Lapidus Lecture in American Jewish Studies: Lila Corwin Berman
Wed, Apr 18, 2018, 4:30 pm
Location:
Burr Hall, Room 219
Speaker(s):
Lila Corwin Berman
Temple University
“‘The Right and the Left Yell at Us, So We Must Be Doing Something Well’: The Depoliticization of American Jewish Politics and Philanthropy”
Lapidus Lecture in American Jewish Studies: Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
Wed, Apr 19, 2017, 4:30 pm
Location:
McCormick Hall, Room 101
Speaker(s):
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
University Professor Emerita, Professor Emerita of Performance Studies, New York University
“Theater of History: Performing the Past in American Jewish Museums”
Lapidus Lecture in American Jewish Studies: Pnina Lahav
Mon, Mar 23, 2015, 4:30 pm
Location:
Burr Hall, Room 219
Speaker(s):
Pnina Lahav
Professor of Law, Boston University
“Golda Meir: American Roots, Zionist Life”
Lapidus Lecture in American Jewish Studies: A Workshop with Julian Levinson
Sat, Feb 23, 2013, 12:00 pm
Speaker(s):
Julian Levinson, Samuel Shetzer Professor of American Jewish Studies, Associate Professor of English
University of Michigan
“In Defiance of Amnesia: Reading Postwar American Jewish Poetry”
Lapidus Lecture in American Jewish Studies: Jenna Weissman Joselit
Thu, Mar 29, 2012, 4:30 pm
Location:
East Pyne Hall, Room 010
Speaker(s):
Jenna Weissman Joselit
Charles E. Smith Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of History, The George Washington University
“Mr. Wyrick’s Tablets: America’s Embrace of the Ten Commandments”
Lapidus Lecture in American Jewish Studies: Julian Levinson
Wed, Feb 23, 2011, 4:30 pm
Location:
East Pyne Hall, Room 010
Speaker(s):
Julian Levinson
University of Michigan
“Filming the Judeo-Christian Synthesis: Biblical Epics and Cold War Culture”
Lapidus Lecture in American Jewish Studies: William Forbath
Tue, May 4, 2010, 4:30 pm
Location:
East Pyne Hall, Room 010
Speaker(s):
William E. Forbath
Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Law, University of Texas at Austin
“‘Hebrew’ Immigrants and Their ‘Jewish’ Advocates: Jews, Law, and Identity Politics in the Progressive Era”
Lapidus Lecture in American Jewish Studies: Josh Kun
Mon, Dec 1, 2008, 4:30 pm
Location:
James M. Stewart ’32 Theater, 185 Nassau Street
Speaker(s):
Josh Kun
Associate Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, Department of American Studies & Ethnicity, USC
“And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl: Music, Memory, and the Politics of Jewish-American History”