Fall 2021 Events

SEPTEMBER

Sept
14
Tue

 

The Paradoxes of Identity in a Time of Conversion

14 September 2021 / 5:30 - 7:00PM

Steven Kruger (CUNY)

UConn Stamford (+ livestream)

Sept
19
Sun

 

Mitka's Secret - Book Talk

19 September 2021 / 7:30PM

Joel N. Lohr, Lynn G. Beck, Steven W. Brallier, Avinoam Patt

Mandell JCC (+ livestream)

Sept
23
Thu

 

The Shifting Sands of Babyn Yar 80 Years On

23 September 2021 / 7:00PM

Dr. Martin Dean and Stu Abrams

Virtual

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OCTOBER

Oct
6
Wed

 

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The Eyzaguirre Lecture on "Eduardo Halfon and the Itinerary of Memory"

6 October 2021 / 3:00PM

Prof Marilyn Miller

Virtual

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Oct
7
Thu

 

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Eduardo Halfon in Conversation

7 October 2021 / 12:00PM

Eduardo Halfon and Marilyn Miller, moderated by Avinoam Patt

Virtual

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Oct
20
Wed

 

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Jewish Youth in Argentina

20 October 2021 / 7:00PM

Adriana Brodsky (St. Mary's College of Maryland)

Virtual

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Oct
26
Tue

 

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Voices of Survivors: How a Racist Attack in Germany Created an Unexpected Jewish-Muslim Alliance

26 October 2021 / 12:30PM

Esther Dischereit

Hybrid: Oak Hall 236 or via Zoom

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Oct
27
Wed

 

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Israel's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

27 October 2021 / 12:30PM

Avi Weiss, Suzanne Patt Benvenisti and Nadav Davidovitch
(all from Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel)

Virtual

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NOVEMBER

Nov
8
Mon

 

Maurice Sendak

EXHIBITION FORMAL OPENING & KRISTALLNACHT LECTURE

Vilde Khayes/Wild Things: Childhood in the Eyes of Maurice Sendak

8 November 2021 / 3:00 - 5:00 PM

Clara Nguyen (UConn Archives & Special Collections) and Dr. Avinoam Patt (Director)

HYBRID: Doris & Simon Konover Auditorium + Zoom Registration [here]

Nov
17
Wed

 

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"The Trials of Stella Goldschlag: Nazi Victim, Holocaust Survivor, and War Criminal?"

17 November 2021 / 12:30PM

Faculty Colloquium with Prof. Laura Jockusch (Brandeis University)

Virtual

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