2pm – Film: “Photographer”, Discussion led by Professor Mark Webber, York University 4pm – Intermission and Reception, sponsored by the Consulates General of Poland and Germany 4:30pm – Film: “Song of the Lodz Ghetto”, Comments and Discussion with David Kaufman, Film Director The films, discussions and reception are free of charge and open to the […]
The Face of the Ghetto: Pictures by Jewish Photographers from the Lodz Ghetto 1940-1944. Osgoode Hall Law Library, February 24-March 17, 2013 Hours: Monday-Thursday 8am-10pm Friday 8am-5pm Saturday-Sunday 10am-6pm The Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies and Osgoode Hall Law School will host a unique photography exhibition of rare photographs taken by photographers in the Lodz […]
Location: 7th Floor York Research Tower, Rm. 764 Time: 4pm-7pm Before the advent of the Holocaust, Europe’s Jews often cited the Armenian Genocide as a precedent for the Holocaust. The Turkish campaign to deny that the Armenian Genocide occurred and the proliferation of Holocaust films turned the tables around. This lecture looks at how the […]
Location: 7th Floor lounge, York Research Tower Time: 3:30pm-4:30pm Mia Spiro is currently a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow at the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies and a Visiting Scholar at Northwestern University’s Crown Center for Jewish Studies. She earned her MA and PhD from York University, as well as a graduate diploma in […]
H.G. Adler: Life, Literature, Legacy. Plenary talks by: Prof. Jeremy Adler, King’s College London. “The World of My Father’s Memory Writing: The Gesamtkunstwerk of H.G. Adler. 4:30 p.m., Rm. 001 Vanier College. Prof. Lawrence L. Langer, scholar of Holocaust literature. “Holocaust Fact and Holocaust Fiction: The Dual Vision of H.G. Adler.” 5:30 p.m., Rm. 001 Vanier College.
Jewish Teacher Education Shabbaton & Retreat with Nancy King, Storymaker— Nov. 9-11
Lecture by artist and musician Michaela Melian, “Memory Loops,” part of Holocaust Education Week. 12:30 p.m. 7th Floor YRT Room 749. Memory Loopsis an audio artwork based on material from victims of National Socialism from which Melian has created collages of voices and music, thematically linked to the topography of Munich. The website memoryloops.net forms the […]
Jewish Teacher Education Brunch n’ Learn – Leanne Matlow, “Anxiety in the Classroom,” 10 a.m., Vanier Senior Common Room.
Book launch/reading, Nancy Richler, “The Imposter Bride,” 4 p.m., 7th Floor lounge, YRT.
