Spring 2002 Lunch & Learn Series

Five Wednesdays 12:00 - 1:30pm

In the MPR on the 1st floor, at UConn Stamford

Masterworks of the Hebraic Literary Genius II:
An exploration of the art of Jewish story-telling from the Bible to modern literature

Dr. Nehama Aschkenasy

Thursday, March 7


The George and Elizabeth Melamid Family Fund Lecture

Deception and Trickery in the Biblical Narratives
(Genesis 27-29, 38)

Dr. Nehama Aschkenasy

Thursday, March 14


The Maria and Ishier Jacobson Lecture


The Dead Sea Scrolls as Classics of Hebrew Literature
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Dr. Lawrence Schiffman

Thursday, March 21


The Morman and Milton Mann Lecture

Mirashic and Hasidic Elements in Modern Tales: S.Y. Agnon's Art


("Agunot" and other stories)

Dr. Nehama Aschkenasy

Thursday, April 11


The Hyacinthe Hoffman Lecture

Geopolitics and Gender-Politics in Israeli Stories

(Amoz OZ, "Nomad and Viper"; Savyon Liebrecht, "A Room on the Roof")

Dr. Nehama Aschkenasy



Registration for Spring 2002 Lunch & Learn
Please make your check of $50 for the entire five-session series (including lunch) to : Judaic Studies, UConn, Stamford, and mail to Center for Judaic & Middle Eastern Studies UConn, Stamford, One University Place, Stamford, CT 06901-2315

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