BU Today Interviews EWCJS Director Nancy Harrowitz on “Auschwitz” Exhibit
Visitors examine some of the more than 700 artifacts on display. Nancy Harrowitz, Director of the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies, recently visited the traveling exhibition “Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away,” currently on display in Boston through September 2. The exhibit, which includes over 700 artifacts from the Nazis’ largest concentration camp, […]
Professor Harrowitz’s Interview on the ‘Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away’ Exhibit
Read Professor Nancy Harrowitz’s interview with The Christian Science Monitor about the powerful “Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away” exhibit, currently on display in Boston. Professor Harrowitz, Director of the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies at Boston University, discusses how this exhibit actively fights against Holocaust denial by presenting physical evidence and survivor […]
Deeana Klepper Interviewed for Humanists at Work
Deeana Klepper, Professor of Religion and History, was recently interviewed about her new book, Pastoral Care and Community in Late Medieval Germany: Albert of Diessen’s Mirror of Priests. She discusses her inspiration and research for the book and the importance of history in contemporary conversations. Read the full interview and learn more about her research […]
Director Nancy Harrowitz on Inside Higher Ed
Read Inside Higher Ed’s article featuring an interview with Professor Nancy Harrowitz, Director of the Elie Wiesel Center. Photograph from the recent Capitol Hill hearing on university responses to antisemitism, from Inside Higher Ed. Photo credit to Kevin Dietsch.
Yitzhak Rabin Lecture Featuring Professor Pnina Lahav
The Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies was pleased to host this year’s Yitzhak Rabin Lecture on April 25th featuring Professor Pnina Lahav. Lahav, a Professor of Law, Emerita, and a member of the Center, delivered a talk titled “The Only Woman in the Room: Writing the Life of Golda Meir.” “The Only Woman in […]
“Serves No Purpose: Spinoza’s Denaturalization of Sovereignty,” with Dr. Gilah Kletenik
For our third BUJS Forum of the year, Dr. Gilah Kletenik, a Postdoctoral Associate at the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies, spoke about Spinoza and the “denaturalization of sovereignty,” the subject of her current book project Sovereignty Disrupted: Spinoza and the Disparity of Reality. In her talk, titled “Serves No Purpose: Spinoza’s Denaturalization of […]
Community Participation #3
Our final week of the retrospective includes more messages from those impacted by the work of Elie Wiesel, including words from Mayor Marty Walsh and former President Barack Obama. #1 Professor Stephen Esposito, Associate Professor of Classical Studies and First Semester Core Curriculum Coordinator at Boston University. “Some 60 years ago, Elie Wiesel, at the age […]
Community Participation Week #2
Our community participation continues this week, with more messages about Elie Wiesel’s impact in the lives of so many. #1 Sonari Glinton, Business Desk Correspondent at NPR West, penned this thoughtful and moving piece about his professor Elie Wiesel following his passing. Read his NPR piece here: http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/07/14/484558040/forgetting-isnt-healing-lessons-from-elie-wiesel #2 Ariel Burger served as Professor Wiesel’s teaching fellow […]
Judaism WAS a Civilization: Towards a Reconstruction of Ancient Jewish Peoplehood.
On the afternoon of December 4, 2017, Professor Jonathan Klawans (BU Department of Religion) spoke at the fall semester’s BUJS Research Forum. Elie Wiesel Center Director Michael Zank introduced Professor Klawans to a large and engaged audience of scholars and students. Klawans presented his sabbatical research on Mordecai Kaplan and Jewish antiquity with his talk […]
Modern Mediterranean Identities: Catholic Pasts and Futures in France
The Modern Mediterranean Identities series reconvened on November 17, 2017 in the EWCJS library, this time focusing on “Catholic Pasts and Futures in France.” Professor Zank welcomed the audience over lunch, and thanked Professor Kimberly Arkin for her continued work to make the series possible. Professor Arkin introduced Professor Elayne Oliphant, Assistant Professor of Anthropology […]