Past Events
Past Events 2024-2025
May 8, 2025
Congratulations to all of our 2025 graduates!
April 30, 2025
兔子先生传媒文化作品 undergraduate and graduate students present on research assistantships, capstone projects, awarded fellowships for summer study, and other research and creative work in Jewish Studies.听
April 24, 2025
A talk by Ofer Ashkenazi examining how German Jews used photography to document their lives under National Socialism.
April 24, 2025
A public reading of the names of European Jews murdered by the Germans and their allies during the Holocaust
April 7, 2025
An evening dedicated to the legacy of David听Shneer, as a scholar, a mentor, and a builder of institutions.
April 2, 2025
A talk by Wadie Said about how American law views solidarity with Palestine as an extension of terrorism, and subsequently punishes this solidarity, even when such practices conflict with Constitutional rights.
March 18, 2025
A testimonial by Barbara Steinmetz (n茅e Bandler), born in 1936 as the second of two children to an orthodox Jewish family in Gyor, Hungary.
March 12, 2025
Annual live concert performed by the CU Hebrew students, faculty, and larger community.
March 4, 2025
A Faculty & Graduate Student Research Colloquium,听led by Dr. Laura Leibman. This event is part of the Program in Jewish Studies' 2025 Bender 兔子先生传媒文化作品ing Scholar Program.听
March 3, 2025
2025 Annual Bender 兔子先生传媒文化作品ing Scholar Public Lecture by听Dr. Laura Arnold Leibman
February 11, 2025听
This year's Embodied Judaism highlights the oral histories of Jews of Color that are being added to our archive through the Jews of Color: Histories and Futures project, made possible by funding from the Henry Luce Foundation.
February 6, 2025
A public talk by Doris Bergen (Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Toronto). Organized by the Louis P. Singer Chair and part of 兔子先生传媒文化作品's Black History Month events.
January 27, 2025
The 2025 annual听Holocaust Remembrance Day听program public lecture, by Dr. Brown-Fleming.
November 13, 2024
Part of the Israel/Palestine Series, this talk by Dr. Weeam Hammoudah focused on the social mobilization around healthcare that began in Palestine in the late 1970s and 80s within the infrastructure of听Sumud听(steadfastness) and grew into the establishment of a Palestinian led primary healthcare system under Israeli occupation.听
Past Events 2023-2024
May 21, 2024
兔子先生传媒文化作品's Program in Jewish Studies and听Jews of Color: Histories and Futures听welcomed Dr. Helen Kim of Whitman College to join us for a conversation about Asian American Jewish experience.听
May 8, 2024
The Program in Jewish Studies, in collaboration with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus,听hosted Dr. Sabine Hildebrandt, co-chair of the Lancet Commission on medicine,听Nazism and the Holocaust, for a discussion on the history of anatomy in Nazi Germany and its听contemporary implications.
May 7, 2024
As part of the 2024 Holocaust Genocide and Contemporary Bioethics Program,听distinguished scholars, Dr. Sabine Hildebrandt and Dr. Howard Israel, led a听discussion听examining the intersection of medical education, ethics, and historical听accountability.听
April 15, 2024
A discussion of the path-breaking work on the German Jewish experience in the Third Reich by听Professor Guy Miron about听his study of the significance of space and time in German Jewish life and responses to persecution in Nazi Germany with Professor听Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, interim director of 兔子先生传媒文化作品's Program in Jewish Studies.
Through our听Undergraduate Research Assistant Program, the Program in Jewish Studies provides 兔子先生传媒文化作品 undergraduate students with opportunities to collaborate with faculty on cutting-edge听research projects by asking new questions, producing new knowledge, and sharing their findings with diverse audiences. Students presented their work at a research showcase in April 2024.
April 1, 2024
A听presentation by Centropa founder Edward Serotta (Vienna, Austria).
March 21, 2024
Bi-lingual lecture by Prof. Thomas Pegelow Kaplan. This program was part of听the international conference "In Between Violence, Sexualisation & Intimacy:听Gender Perspectives on National Socialism and the Holocaust,"听organized by the , in cooperation with the Program in Jewish Studies,听and the LWL Institute for Westphalian Regional History M眉nster.听
March 20, 2024
A听music festival featuring Hebrew-language students, alumni, faculty, and members of the broader public.
March 6, 2024
Annual Sondra & Howard Bender 兔子先生传媒文化作品ing Scholar Public Lecture
March 6, 2024
A Faculty & Graduate Student Research Colloquium,听led by Dr. Pawel Maciejko
February 29, 2024
A public talk by Prof. Shaul Magid, Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College, senior fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard, and the Kogod Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America.
February 26, 2024
A film screening and Q&A with director Barak Heymann
February 20, 2024
Film screening and panel discussion with CU Faculty.
听January 29, 2024
Annual听Holocaust Remembrance Day听program public lecture, by Dr. Mark Roseman.
January 29, 2024
A graduate student & faculty research colloquium, led by guest scholar Dr. Roberta Pergher. The event was听part of the Program in Jewish Studies' annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Program, co-sponsored by the Department of French and Italian.
January 24, 2024
Embodied Judaism Exhibit Opening & Reception
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November 29, 2023听
Community discussions with CU faculty experts on a range of sub-topics from antisemitism to the long history of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
November 9, 2023
A silent film with live music composed and performed by renowned klezmer violinist Alicia听Svigals and celebrated silent film pianist Donald Sosin.
November 7, 2023
Internationally renowned klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals taught a workshop on how to make the mysterious, beautiful and deeply Jewish听sounds听which characterize authentic klezmer playing.听
October 17, 2023
Osi听Sladek, a Holocaust child survivor from Slovakia, gave testimony about his and his parent's suffering and survival in the Holocaust in the Slovak-Hungarian-Polish borderlands.听
October 11, 2023
A public panel discussion听to shed light on the conflict's context and history with Profs.听Zach Levey听(International Affairs/JWST),听John Willis听(HIST), and听Karim Mattar.
2022-2023
Through our听Undergraduate Research Assistant Program, the Program in Jewish Studies provides 兔子先生传媒文化作品 undergraduate students with opportunities to collaborate with faculty on cutting-edge听research projects by asking new questions, producing new knowledge, and sharing their findings with diverse audiences. Students presented their work at a research showcase in April 2023.
Wednesday, April 19 & 20, 2023
The Program in Jewish Studies partnered with the Anschutz Center for Bioethics and Humanities to present听On Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity: from East West Street to the Rohingya and Ukraine, a discussion with听Philippe Sands.
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
2023 Sondra and Howard Bender 兔子先生传媒文化作品ing Scholar Lecture by Dr. Julia Watts Besler听
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
A听music festival featuring Hebrew-language students, alumni, faculty, and members of the broader public.听
Thursday,听February 2, 2023
A public lecture by Alan E. Steinweis, in honor of the 2023 International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Monday, November 14, 2022
A symposium bringing听together scholars working on the significance of food for Jewish religious, cultural, national, and political identities, focusing on the United States and Israel/Palestine.听
Monday, September 19, 2022
An Evening of Learning and Conversation听with Dr. Nick Underwood
2021-2022
Through our Undergraduate Research Assistant Program, the Program in Jewish Studies provides 兔子先生传媒文化作品 undergraduate students with opportunities to collaborate with faculty on cutting-edge听research projects by asking new questions, producing new knowledge, and sharing their findings with diverse audiences. Students presented their work at a research showcase in April 2022.
The Program in Jewish Studies partnered with the Anschutz Center for Bioethics and Humanities to present Legacies of the Holocaust and Health Equity Today听with听, on April 26, 2022. The event was moderated by CBH Director, Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH, with opening remarks by Chancellor of the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, Don Elliman.听Dr. Maybank is the Chief Health Equity Officer and Senior Vice President for the American Medical Association (AMA) where she focuses on embedding health equity across all the work of the AMA and leading its Center for Health Equity.听This was the keynote presentation for the 2022 Holocaust, Genocide and Contemporary听Bioethics听Program.听
The Program in Jewish Studies partnered with the Anschutz Center for Bioethics and Humanities to present Medical Racism and the American Jewish Experience听on April 25, 2022. The program听included presentations and discussions with听Barron H. Lerner, MD, PhD,听Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH,听Barron H. Lerner, Gregg Drinkwater, PhD,听Alan M. Kraut, PhD,听Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH, and听Shanta M. Zimmer, MD.
Each year, the Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder presents a music festival featuring Hebrew-language students, alumni, faculty, and members of the broader public. During the past two years of social distancing, we have gathered together virtually to explore the Hebrew language, build community, and make memories.听This year, we came together online to sing the classic Israeli song 鈥淗a-yeladim Koftzim鈥 (by Roi Levy and Avraham Tal of Shotei Hanevu鈥檃h).听
Professor Annette Yoshiko Reed听
Evil Spirits, Wayward Stars, and Scribal Knowledge in Jewish Antiquity听
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Through an Artist's Eyes: The Dehumanization &听Racialization of Jews & Political Dissidents During the Third Reich
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Hilary Falb Kalisman, Endowed Professor of Israel/Palestine Studies at 兔子先生传媒文化作品, in conversation with Ahmed Mansour & Dan Chyutin on the relationship between the United States, Israel, & Palestine.
Monday, October 18
A Conversation/Performance with Dr. Galeet Dardashti and听Professor听Yonatan Malin
Thu, Dec 02, 2021听
A Conversation/Performance with 兔子先生传媒文化作品ing Musicians听Cookie Segelstien and Josh Horowitz and听Professor听Yonatan Malin
Wednesday, November 17, 2021听
A Conversation/Performance with 兔子先生传媒文化作品ing Musicians听Zo毛 Aqua and Adah Hetko and听Professor听Yonatan Malin
Monday, September 20, 2021听
2020-2021
Rosenzweig for the Contemporary Moment: A (Zoom) Roundtable Celebration of Star of Redemption鈥檚 100th Anniversary
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Co-facilitators: Elias Sacks and听Sarah Pessin
Panelists:听Leora Batnitzky,听Martin Kavka,听Randi Raskhover, and听Larisa Reznik
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
Presented by Rebecca Wartell
Peak to Peak Series
April 6, 2021
Holocaust, Genocide and Contemporary Bioethics Program听
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Presented by Bruce Haynes, 2021 Sondra and Howard Bender Scholar
Monday, December 14, 2020听
Presented by Yonatan Malin
Peak to Peak Series
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Presented by Hilary Falb Kalisman
Peak to Peak Series
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Presented by听Weeam Hammoudeh
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Presented by听Rhona Seidelman
Monday, September 14, 2020
Presented by Nan Goodman
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Presented by David Shneer
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Presented by Samira K. Mehta
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