Symposium on Judeo-Latin literature and culture April 19-20 at UNL
Released on 04/08/2009, at 10:00 AM
Office of University Communications
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
WHEN: Sunday, Apr. 19, 2009, through Apr. 20, 2009
WHERE: Nebraska Union, 1400 R Street
The Harris Center for Judaic Studies and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present "Returning to Babel: Jewish Latin American Experiences and Representations" April 19-20 at UNL. All symposium events are free and open to the public, and will be held in the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St.
The question of Jewish presence in the history, cultures and societies of Latin America -- and the concern with the exclusiveness and marginality of the Jewish communities of Latin America -- is being reevaluated by scholars worldwide. Are notions such as otherness and exclusion still relevant with regard to discussing Latin-American Jews or Jewish Latin-Americans? Are there new representations of "Jewishness" within the Latin American context? This symposium will examine the prevalent paradigms in the area of Latin American Jewish studies from an interdisciplinary standpoint, comprising literature, culture, history, cinematography and visual arts. For more information, contact Cheryl Kruid at (402) 472-9561. A complete schedule follows:
Sunday, April 19: 1-2:45 p.m., Session I -- "Jewish Latin American Experiences: Past and Present," Raanan Rein (Tel Aviv University), Sergio Waisman (George Washington University), Edna Aizenberg (Marymount Manhattan College); 3-5:30 p.m., Session II -- "Literary Representations," Joanna Mitchel (Denison University), Ariana Vigil (UNL), Debora Cordeiro Rosa (University of Central Florida.); 6-8 p.m. -- film screening, "18J."
Monday, April 20: 9-10 a.m., special presentation -- "Borges and the Kabbalah: Seeking Access," Saul Sosnowski (University of Maryland) and visual artist Mirta Kupferminc (Buenos Aires, Argentina); 10:15-11:45 a.m., Session III -- "Jewish Experiences in Argentina and Brazil," Adriana Brodsky (St. Mary's College of Maryland), Alejandro Dujovne (UNC-Grupo de Estudios Judios), Carolina Rocha (Southern Illinois University); 12-1:30 p.m., Session IV -- "The Notion of Otherness and the Question of Integration," Nelson Vieira (Brown University), Lourdes Barranco (UNL), Dayana Soto y Caballero de Galicia (UNL).