Conference: Israel in Time and Space, May 12, 2013, YU

Israel in Time and Space:  An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference in Israel Studies

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Keynote speaker:  Yael Zerubavel, Rutgers University

Israel, Cultural Memory, and the Transformations of a National Tradition

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Sunday, May 12, 2013, 9:00-5:00  Belfer Hall 1214, Yeshiva University, Washington Heights Campus, New York City

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The Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies and the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies invite graduate students and advanced undergraduate students to join us for a day of learning, community building and professional growth. This conference will explore Israel from a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives. Graduate students from universities across America will present papers addressing Israel in rabbinic memory, Israel in artistic representation, and Israel from the perspective of modern diaspora thinkers. For more information about the conference please contact Israel.studies@yu.edu.

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