The Louis J. Kuriansky
Fall 2004 Annual Conference
Among the Nations:
A Kaleidoscope of the Jewish Experience
Sunday,
November 7, 2004, 9:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
In the large auditorium at UConn, Stamford
10:10 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Celebrating 350 years of Jewish Presence in
the U.S.
Dr.
Hasia Diner
New York University
Jewish
History in the US: A Very Different "Galut"
(Diaspora)
11:10
a.m. - 12:00 noon
Dr. Gabriel
Schoenfeld
Senior
Editor, Commentary magazine
The Return of European
Anti-Semitism
12 Noon - 12:45 p.m.
Luncheon at the Rich
Concourse
12:50 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.
Dr. Richard
E. Rubenstein
George
Mason University
Jews and Muslims: Causes of
the Conflict & Prospects for Resolution
1:50 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Respondent: Dr. Mary Cygan
Symposium
Moderator of Symposium & Q.
& A:
Dr. Nehama Aschkenasy
Panelists: Dr. Mary Cygan, Dr. Hasia Diner
Dr. Richard E. Rubenstein, Dr. Gabriel Schoenfeld
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10:10
a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Dr. Hasia Diner |
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Jewish
History in the US:
A Very Different "Galut" (Diaspora)
Professor of American
Jewish History at New York University, her major interests
include American Jewish history, American immigration
history and women's history. Author of several books,
including A Time for Gathering : The Second
Migration, 1820-1880; Lower East Side Memories: A Jewish
Place in America; and Her works
Praise Her: A history of Jewish Women in America From
Colonial Times to the Present. She holds
a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois and is a Fellow
of the American Academy of Jewish Research.
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11:10
a.m. -12:00 noon
Dr. Gabriel Schoenfeld |
The
Return of European Anti-Semitism
Senior editor of Commentary
magazine, a former research assistant in the
office of Senator Daniel P. Moynihan, a Ph.D. in Government
from Harvard University and a Post-Doctoral Fellow at
Harvard's Russian Research Center. He was Senior Fellow
at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
and Editor, Post-Soviet Prospects. His essays
and op-ed pieces appear in Commentary, Wall Street Journal,
New York Times Sunday Book Review, The New Republic,
Der Spiegel, Washington Post, Boston Globe,
and others. His latest book is The Return
of Anti-Semitism.
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Lunch:
12 noon - 12:45 p.m. at the Rich Concourse
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12:50
p.m. - 1:40 p.m.
Dr. Richard E. Rubenstein |
Jews
and Muslims:
Causes of the Conflict & Prospects for Resolution
Professor
of conflict resoulution and public affairs at the Institute
for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University,
and expert on political and religious violence and terrorism.
A graduate of Harvard College and Oxford University
(Rhodes Scholar) and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
A prolific writer, his books include Aristotles's
Children: How Christians, Muslims, & Jews Rediscovered
Ancient Wisdom & Illuminated the Dark Ages and
When Jesus Became God,a featured
selection of the Book of the Month Club and the Catholic
Book Club.
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1:50 p.m. -
3:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion:
Respondent: Dr. Mary Cygan
Professor of History, Uconn, Stamford
Symposium
Q & A
Moderator of Panel Discussion
& Q&A:
Dr. Nehama Aschkenasy,
Professor of Comparative Literature & Director,
Center for Judaic & Middle Eastern Studies,
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PANELISTS
Dr. Mary Cygan, Dr. Hasia Diner, Dr. Richard E.
Rubenstein, Dr. Gabriel Schoenfeld
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