Jewish Political Thought beyond Borders
Discussions of Jewish politics today all too often become discussions of borders. This day-long workshop will resist this temptation, finding, interrogating, and fostering Jewish political thought where it crosses boundaries—whether spatial, temporal, or disciplinary. It seeks to highlight new resources and modes in political thought that escape, erode, and challenge established confines and impasses.
December 14, 2016, 9:30 am to 7:30 pm
420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
9:30–10:00 Coffee
10:00–10:30 Introduction
Welcome: Steve Weitzman
Opening remarks: Nitzan Lebovic
10:30–12:00 Spatial Boundaries
Chair: Elliot Ratzman, Swarthmore College/Katz Center
Jews and Separation Walls
Meirav Jones, Katz Center
Beyond Borders: Debates over the Status of
Jewish Refugees in post-1918 Europe
Tobias Brinkmann, Penn State University
Exile, Diaspora, Fugitivity
Vincent Lloyd, Villanova University/Katz Center
Respondent: Julie Cooper, Tel Aviv University/Katz Center
12:00–1:00 Lunch
1:00–2:30 Temporal Boundaries
Chair: Liliane Weissberg, University of Pennsylvania
Two Paradigms of Jewish Politics
John Ackerman, University of Kent/Katz Center
Neo-Pragmatism and Prophetic Time
Samuel Brody, University of Kansas/Katz Center
Arendt Going Augustinian
Nitzan Lebovic, Lehigh University/Katz Center
Respondent: Menachem Lorberbaum, Tel Aviv University/Katz Center
2:30–3:00 Break/Coffee
3:00–4:30 Disciplinary Boundaries
Chair: Giddon Ticotsky, Stanford University/Katz Center
Political Thought and Identity in East German Music Aesthetics and Historiography
Golan Gur, University of Cambridge/Katz Center
German-Jewish Philosophy and the Quest for “Theory”
Philipp von Wussow, Goethe University/Katz Center
Messianic Texts in Jewish Critical Theory: Discipline and Method
Zachary Braiterman, Syracuse University
Respondent: Marina Rustow, Princeton University
4:30–5:30 Roundtable
Moderator: Philipp von Wussow
Irene Tucker, UC Irvine/Katz Center
Sarah Hammerschlag, University of Chicago
David Myers, UCLA/Katz Center
5:30-8:00 Dinner
Event Location:
Katz Center, 420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia PA 19106
Event Date and Time:
December 14, 2016 (All day)
For fellows, Penn faculty, and invited guests only
RSVP:
Required
Event Contact:
Elizabeth Martin
Event Contact Email:
Event Contact Phone:
215-238-1290
