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2013 Conney Conference Schedule

Schedule for all four days of the 2013 Conney Conference.

Tue. April 9

Time Presenter Form Title Location
5:00-6:30 Reception Performance: Jonathan Pollack and band The RAKHMONES Hillel
6:30– Dinner (on your own)

Wed. April 10

Time Presenter Form Title Location
8:30-8:45 Douglas Rosenberg Speaker Introductory Remarks Hillel
8:45-9:15 Naomi Graber Speaker “Colliding Disaporas: Kurt Weill’s “”Ulysses Africanus,”” Race, and Cultural Mobility” Hillel
9:15-9:45 Devora Geller Speaker (Un)Kosher? Authenticity and Identity in “Fiddler on the Roof” Hillel
9:45-10:15 Nate Sloan Speaker Hybridity, Authenticity, and Diasporic Identity in John Zorn’s “Masada” Hillel
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 Olin el al Panel An Exhibition on the “Eruv” Hillel
11:00-11:30 “” “” “” “”
11:30-12:00 “” “” “” “”
12:00-1:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00-1:30 Tara Kohn Speaker Beneath the Surface: Entangled Histories of Jewish Loss in Raphael Abramovitch’s “The Vanished World” (1947) Hillel
1:30-2:00 Marc Tasman Speaker Dark Tourist Seeks Lost Galitzianers’ Treasure Hillel
2:00-2:30 Nancy Nield Speaker At the Crossroads of Documentation, Apparition, and Diaspora: Gabrielle Rossmer’s Search for Lost Family Memory Hillel
2:30-3:00 Lillooet Nordlinger McDonnell Speaker Harry Adaskin: The Making of a Jewish Musician?
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-4:00 Josh Kun Keynote The Musical Adventures of Abie the Fishman Hillel
4:00-4:30 “” Keynote “” Hillel
4:30-5:00 “” Keynote “” Hillel
5:00-7:00 Dinner (on your own)
7:00-10:00 Dan Kaufman Performance Song Cycle, “Bella Ciao”
Co-presented by The Conney Conference on Jewish Arts and The Mosse Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies. Made possible by a generous contribution in memory of Ruth F. Brin, pioneering Jewish liturgist
Lathrop Hall

Thu. April 11

Time Presenter Form Title Location
8:30-9:00 Judith Joseph Speaker The Ketubah: Mirror to the Conjugal Diaspora Hillel
9:00-9:30 Stefanie Halpern Speaker “Yiddish Theater in America/Gender, Class, and Ethnic Performativity in H. Leivick’s Play, “”Shop”” Hillel
9:30-10:00 Karen Goodman Speaker In the Presence of an Absence: Teaching Yiddish Dance Now Hillel
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 Hannah Schwadron Panel Un/Jewish Moments, Love and Looking for Queerness: At Home (Out) in the World Hillel
11:00-11:30 Kathryn Alexander Panel “” Hillel
11:30-12:00 Sonia Crasnow Panel “” Hillel
12:00-12:45 Lunch (on your own and/or bring own lunch to breakout session)
12:45-1:30 Lisa Link Breakout Session Virtual Presentation with Lisa Link and Blanca Bonilla Hillel
1:30-2:00 Erika Hughes Speaker Joshua Sobol, Alma Mahler, and Polydrama Hillel
2:00-2:30 Lisa Peschel Speaker Theatrical Performance in the Terezin/Theresienstadt Ghetto: Newly Discovered Scripts Hillel
2:30-3:00 Katie Geha Speaker Phasing Dachau: Beryl Korot’s Video Tapestry Hillel
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-4:00 Judith Ingber Speaker The Jewish Diaspora and Ted Shawn: His Programming at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festivals Hillel
4:00-4:30 David Chack Speaker Acting out of Exile–Jewish Performance in “Angels in America” and “A Serious Man” Hillel
4:30-5:00 [open]
5:00-7:00 Dinner (on your own)
7:00-10:00 Bob Skloot Performance If the Whole Body Dies: Raphael Lemkin and the Treaty Against Genocide
Co-presented by The Conney Conference on Jewish Arts and The Mosse Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies. Made possible by a generous contribution in memory of Ruth F. Brin, pioneering Jewish liturgist
H’Doubler Theater, Lathrop Hall

Fri. April 12

Time Presenter Form Title Location
8:30-9:00 Gaby Aldor Speaker “Author Talk: “”And how does a camel dance–the voyage”” Gates of Heaven
9:00-9:30 Break
9:30-10:00 WORKSHOP SHOWING Gates of Heaven
10:00-10:30 “” Gates of Heaven
10:30-11:00 “” Gates of Heaven
11:00-11:30 COMMUNITY TALK-BACK Gates of Heaven
11:30-12:00 “” Gates of Heaven
12:00-12:30 “” Gates of Heaven