Gross Center Academic Symposium
CONTACT: The Movement and Meeting of Jewish People and Artifacts across Cold-War Boundaries
October 9 – 11, 2023 at the Gross Center
The Gross Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at 小米视频 is proud to announce its first scholarly symposium, funded with generous support from the S. Rubenstein Family Foundation and organized in partnership with the .
The symposium is the second in a two-part series, the aim of which is to publish an edited volume featuring contributions from the participants (and perhaps a few more!). The was held in May, 2022 at the (Steel Museum).
Keynote Address: Ann Hagedorn
October 9 at 6:00 PM (Hybrid: Friends Hall and Zoom)
Acclaimed author and journalist,聽,聽will speak about her latest book, (Simon & Schuster, 2021).
Born in Iowa, schooled in science at Columbia University, and as American as baseball, George Koval was the ultimate secret agent. Because he had security clearances to the Manhattan Project, he was able to pass invaluable classified information that helped Soviet scientists produce an atomic bomb years earlier than US experts had expected. The FBI only identified him several years after he had returned to the USSR, and in 2007, Vladimir Putin posthumously awarded him Russia鈥檚 highest civilian honor for his contribution to the Soviet atomic program.
This event is free and open to the public.
Light refreshments will be served.
Symposium
In the first symposium, scholars offered 20-minute presentations of their works in progress. At our Fall 2023 symposium, scholars will discuss and offer suggestions for how to improve upon pre-circulated chapter drafts.
The discussions will take place in the Special Collections Reading Room in the Peter P. Mercer Learning Commons (LC-216) are open to the public but will not be made available online. The schedule and list of papers will be made available in the near future.
Organizers
Jacob Ari Labendz, 小米视频, NJ, USA
Rebekah Klein-Pej拧ov谩, Purdue University, IN, USA
Participating Scholars
Jonathan Dekel-Chen, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Zuzanna Dziuban, Institute of Cultural History and Theatre Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Amy Fedeski, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada [not attending]
Brian Goodman, Arizona State University, AZ, USA
Anna Holzer-Kawa艂ko, Leo Baeck Institute, Jerusalem
Shaul Kelner, Vanderbilt University, TN, USA
Boris Morozov, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Kunduz Niiazova, Tel Aviv University, Israel
D贸ra Pataricza, 脜bo Akademi University in Turku, Finland
Anat Plocker, Stockton University, NJ, USA
Ran Zwigenberg, PennState, PA, USA
Zohar Segev, University of Haifa, Israel
Pawe艂 Sowi艅ski, Polish Academy of Science, Poland
Jonathan Zisook, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Tentative Schedule
Monday, October 9
16:30聽聽 Welcome Reception (York Room)
18:00聽聽 Keynote Address: Ann Hagedorn, Sleeper Agent (Friends Hall)
20:00聽聽 Dinner, TBD
Tuesday, October 10
9:00 聽 聽 Breakfast, York Room (Mansion)
9:40聽聽聽聽 Welcome to the Gross Center (GC)
10:00聽聽 Kunduz Niiazova
鈥淎 Modern Kyrgyz Dream of the Soviet Kyrgyz-Jewish Intellectuals and Artists Beyond the 鈥業ron Curtain鈥欌
Respondents: D贸ra Pataricza and Anat Plocker
10:30 聽 Rebekah Klein-Pej拧ov谩
鈥淔ostering Postwar Jewish Community from Slovakia to Canada鈥
Respondents: Kunduz Niiazova and Anat Plocker
11:00聽聽 Coffee Break
11:15聽 聽Jacob Ari Labendz
鈥淐zech-Jewish Cemeteries as Sites of Cooperation and Conflicting Priorities鈥
Respondents: Zohar Segev and Ran Zwigenberg
11:45聽聽 Jonathan Dekel-Chen
鈥淲andering Jews as Cold-War Pawns
Respondents: Boris Morozov and Ran Zwigenberg
12:30聽聽 Lunch, York Room (Mansion)
13:30聽聽 Visit to Art Museum, 鈥淣otes on Anarchaeology. Forgery, Iconoclasm, Displacement鈥
14:30聽聽 Anna Holzer-Kawa艂ko
鈥淐old War and Cultural Restitution: The Hebrew University Restitution Missions in Postwar Eastern Europe鈥
Respondents: Brian Goodman and Jacob Ari Labendz
15:00听听 Shaul Kelner
鈥淎merican Orthodox Rabbinic Travel to Aid Soviet Jews鈥
Respondents: Boris Morozov and D贸ra Pataricza
15:30聽聽 Coffee Break
15:45聽 聽D贸ra Pataricza and Vera 脕brah谩m
鈥淔rom Szeget to Jerusalem: the Arduous Travel of Imm谩nuel L枚w鈥檚 Library鈥
Respondents: Brian Goodman and Jacob Ari Labendz
16:15聽聽 Boris Morozov
鈥淟inks Between the State of Israel and Soviet Jews during the cold War and the Struggle for Aliya鈥
Respondents: Pawe艂 Sowi艅ski and Jonathan Dekel-Chen
16:45聽 聽Coffee Break
17:00聽聽 Anat Plocker
鈥溾楢 Dream of Belonging鈥: The Expulsion of Jews from Communist Poland鈥
Respondents: Shaul Kelner and Jonathan Dekel-Chen
17:30聽聽 Return to Hotel
18:40聽聽 Dinner, TBD
Wednesday, October 11
9:00聽聽聽聽 Breakfast, Alumni Lounge
9:45聽 聽 聽Zohar Segev
鈥淒iaspora Nationalism, Migration, and Cultural Revival: American Jewry and the Challenge of European Jewish Diaspora in the Shadow of the Holocaust and Cold War鈥
Respondents: Yoni Zisook and Rebekah Klein-Pej拧ov谩
10:15聽 聽Yoni Zisook
鈥淧assover for the Passed Over: Jewish Religious Life in the People鈥檚 Republic of Poland, 1968-1989鈥
Respondents: Kunduz Niiazova and Anna Holzer-Kawa艂ko
10:45聽聽 Coffee break
11:00聽 聽Ran Zwigenberg and Zuzana Dziuban
鈥淗olocaust Ashes on the Move: Incinerated Human Remains as Objects of Global Institutional Exchange鈥
Respondents: Pawe艂 Sowi艅ski and Zohar Segev
11:30聽 聽Brian Goodman
鈥淔rom Behind a Star: Philip Roth, Rita Klimov谩, and the American Reception of Ji艡铆 Weil鈥
Respondents: Anna Holzer-Kawa艂ko and Yoni Zisook
12:00聽聽 Coffee Break
12:10聽 聽Pawe艂 Sowi艅ski
鈥淛贸zef Lebenbaum 鈥 ‘a rooted cosmopolitan’ in Sweden, 1969-1989鈥
Respondents: Shaul Kelner and Rebekah Klein-Pej拧ov谩
12:30聽 聽Packed Lunches
Guests are invited to join the Ramapo Pride Fest, which will run until 4:00 pm
—聽 聽 聽 聽 Amy Fedeski
“When a Refusenik Becomes a Refugee: American Jews鈥 Interactions with Soviet Jewish Migrants during the 1970s”
Dr. Fedeski cannot attend the symposium and we will not be discussing this chapter.
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