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Musica Ebraica
Israeli musicologist and pianist Assaf Shelleg to lecture at Washington University, Sept. 2
Aug. 25,
2009 --  "Embattled Israeliness, Embedded Jewishness: Jewish Influences on Israeli Music" is the focus of a lecture by visiting Israeli scholar Assaf Shelleg at 8 p.m., Sept. 2, in the Whitaker Hall Auditorium at Washington University.
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Disputed election
Iranian administration losing legitimacy, says expert
June 23,
2009 --
As the Iranian government continues to crack down on citizens protesting against the recent disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, an expert on Iran at Washington University in St. Louis says the Iranian administration wants the legitimacy of having won an election without actually having allowed a true election to take place.
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Windows on Iran
Iranian-American scholar posts daily updates on election-related turmoil in Iran
June 22,
2009 --
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An Iranian-American scholar at Washington University in St. Louis has been posting daily updates on election-related turmoil in Iran as part of her long-running electronic newsletter on cultural, political and social issues in Iran. Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures in Arts & Sciences, posts news, filled with cell phone videos and firsthand anecdotes from friends and academic contacts within Iran, at Windows on Iran Web site. She is available for media interviews on the day-to-day news reports she's receiving from contacts within Iran and for broader discussions of the cultural context of these events, including the role of women and the unique ways that this protest is being shaped by the use of cell phones, instant messaging and other online social media.
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'Deeply saddened by this event'
WUSTL statement on incident at Holocaust Museum
June 10,
2009 -- Washington University is dismayed and shocked to learn that an attack was made today at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. The university has a long-standing commitment to human rights and religious studies, including the Holocaust and Jewish studies, as well as being a sponsor of Holocaust lectures by experts from around the world.
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The birth of Christianity
Schäfer to give annual Cherrick Lecture in Jewish Studies
Feb. 24,
2009 -- Peter Schäfer, Ph.D., the Ronald O. Perelman Professor of Jewish Studies and director of the Program in Judaic Studies at Princeton University, will present the 2009 Adam Cherrick Lecture in Jewish Studies, "Why Did Baby Messiah Disappear? The Birth of Christianity From the Spirit of Judaism," at 7 p.m. March 19 in Wilson Hall, room 214.
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Finding the Six out of Six Million Lost
History, Family and Judaism
Oct. 30,
2008 -- Award-winning writer and critic, Daniel Mendelsohn, will give this year's annual Holocaust Memorial Lecture. His talk, "Finding 'The Lost': A Journey into the History, Family and Judaism," will focus on his quest to unearth the stories of his family members who perished during World War II. In his 2006 best-selling memoir, "The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million" Mendelsohn tells the story of his grandfather's brother, who stayed behind in Ukraine and was killed in the Holocaust after his siblings had emigrated to America.
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The vitality of Iranian life
"Jasmine and Stars: Reading More than Lolita in Tehran"
Feb. 1,
2008 --
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In her most recent book, "Jasmine and Stars," Keshavarz blends personal memoir with literary analysis and social commentary to break pervasive Western stereotypes of Iranians.
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'She represented the hope of a fresh break'
Anthropologist who lived in Pakistan comments on Benazir Bhutto's death
Dec. 27,
2007 -- The assassination of Benazir Bhutto is not only a great loss to Pakistan, but also a great loss to the world says a sociocultural anthropologist at Washington University in St. Louis who lived in Pakistan for six months and whose research focuses on Islamic movements in that country and in Afghanistan.
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Schusterman Lecture
Middle East expert Widlanski discusses 'Big Mouth' theory of global communication, Oct. 8
Sept. 20,
2007 -- Michael Widlanski, a former New York Times and Cox News reporter with 20 years experience in the Middle East, will discuss "The Big Mouth Theory: Communication Power in the Global Arena" as he delivers the second annual Schusterman Lecture at 7:15 p.m., Oct. 8, in Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall, Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis.
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Temple Treasures
Dead Sea cave archaeology is focus of Richard Freund lecture, April 20
April 9,
2007 -- Richard Freund, director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford, will discuss "Temple Treasures in the Dead Sea Caves: New Insights from Archaeology" at 11 a.m. April 20 in Room 301, Lab Sciences Building, Danforth Campus.
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