2009 Conney Conference Schedule
Schedule for all four days of the 2009 Conney Conference. See map.
Tue. April 21
| Time | Presenter | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:30-6:30 | Reception | University Club |
Wed. April 22
| Time | Presenter | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration | Grainger Hall | |
| 9:00-9:30 | Douglas Rosenberg | Opening Remarks | Grainger Hall |
| 9:30-11:00 | Faith Jones, Sherry Mayrent, Ronald Robboy, Lee Williams | Yiddish Arts Panel | Grainger Hall |
| 11:00-11:15 | Break | ||
| 11:15-12:30 | Catherine Soussloff | Keynote - New Jewish Visual Studies: Historiographical Reflections | Grainger Hall |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch | ||
| 1:30-2:00 | Henry Sapoznik | The Czernowitz Conference at 100: A Critical Reappraisal | Grainger Hall |
| 2:00-3:00 | Ben Schachter, Rena Kraut | Talmudic Drawings: The Eruv Reincarnations of Klezmer | Grainger Hall |
| 3:00-3:30 | Josh Horowitz | Ko-Opting Klezmer | Grainger Hall |
| 3:30-4:00 | Paula Levine | The Wall-Performing Conflicts | Grainger Hall |
| 4:00-4:30 | Maya Escobar | Berlin’s Eruv | Grainger Hall |
| 4:30-5:00 | Sarah Young | One Nation (Under God?) | Grainger Hall |
| 5:00-7:00 | Dinner | ||
| 7:30 | Performance - Lisa Klug / Maya Escobar | Cool Jews | Chazen Museum |
Thu. April 23
| Time | Presenter | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30-9:00 | Matt Sienkiewicz | Chabad.Org | Grainger Hall |
| 9:00-9:30 | David Chack | My Father’s Dreams | Grainger Hall |
| 9:30-10:30 | Judith Joseph, S. Leviton | Shelter: Re-Imagining the Ketubah / Judaica: A Close Reading | Grainger Hall |
| 10:30-11:00 | David Harris | A New Ecology for the Jewish Arts | Grainger Hall |
| 11:00-11:15 | Break | ||
| 11:15-12:30 | Janice Ross, Karen Goodman, Judith Brin Ingber | Dancing in the Wrong Country-Auscruckstanz in Eretz Israel Gaby Aldor | Grainger Hall |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch | ||
| 1:30-2:00 | Adam McKinney, Shahanna Baldon | Shim’u Koleinu: Jewish Diversity Work and the Arts | Grainger Hall |
| 2:00-2:30 | Stephen Hazan Arnoff | Keynote - Beyond the Dog and Pony Show Beyond the Fringe | Grainger Hall |
| 2:30-3:00 | Danielle Abrams | Routine: The Blackface of the Borscht Belt | Grainger Hall |
| 3:00-3:30 | Ruth Weisberg | Creating Community | Grainger Hall |
| 3:30-4:00 | David Gorshein | Juggling Jews / Sara Felder | Grainger Hall |
| 4:00-5:00 | Community Discussion | Part I | Grainger Hall |
| 5:00-7:00 | Dinner | ||
| 7:30 | Film+Performance - Sally Gross, Nina Haft, Faye Lederman | New/Old World | Overture Center |
Fri. April 24
| Time | Presenter | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30-9:00 | Emily Sienkiewicz | Image of Eretz Israel | Grainger Hall |
| 9:00-9:30 | Paul Von Blum | Look at the Artists | Grainger Hall |
| 9:30-10:00 | Miri Talmon | Identity in Israeli Culture | Grainger Hall |
| 10:00-10:30 | Gaby Aldor | Dance Discussion Part 1 | Grainger Hall |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break | ||
| 10:45-12:00 | Community Discussion | Part II: Where Are We At? Future Directions | Grainger Hall |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch | ||
| 1:00-2:30 | Jodi Cohen | Telling Your Jewish Stories Workshop | Grainger Hall |
| 2:30-3:00 | Break | ||
| 3:00-4:30 | Marge Eiseman / Shirah Apple | Storahtelling Workshop | Grainger Hall |
| 5:00-7:00 | Shabbat evening meal* | Husnu’s Turkish restaurant |
* Following the presentation portion of the Conney Conference on Friday, April 24, there will be a Shabbat evening meal for all who want to participate at Husnu’s Turkish restaurant on State Street, which has many vegetarian options and Halal meat. Cost will be $20 or less. Those who desire to share a song, a story, or some other creative expression of Shabbat are welcome to do so. Please email Shirah Apple at shirahrapple@gmail.com if you would like to attend. We hope you will joining us for a relaxing and creative Shabbat evening.
George L. Mosse/Laurence A. Weinstein

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