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Jews and Christians in Dialogue, Public Lecture on Interreligious Relations by Amy-Jill Levine (Sunday 19 May, 7.30pm H116)
May 4, 2013 – 3:32 pm
3 Lectures by Michael Steinlauf, author of Bondage to the Dead
May 4, 2013 – 3:29 pm
Dr Michael Steinlauf, Kronhill Fellow in Yiddish Culture, will be giving 3…
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Ending Mass Atrocities in the 21st Century, Monash Wallenberg Oration by Simon Adams (Thursday 28 Feb, 7.30pm, H116)
May 4, 2013 – 3:00 pm
In the half century after the Holocaust, ‘Never Again’ was never more…
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Formations of Memory: Documenting Holocaust Testimony, Public Lecture by Noah Shenker (Semester 1 Series, Thursday 7 March, 7.30pm H116)
May 4, 2013 – 2:30 pm
This talk by Dr Noah Shenker provides a comparative analysis of Holocaust…
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Yiddish in the Aftermath: Reading Archival Sources on the Holocaust, Public Lecture by Karen Auerbach (Semester 1 Series,Thursday 21 March, 7.30pm H116)
May 4, 2013 – 2:26 pm
Yiddish vocabulary that developed during the Holocaust reflected the experiences and preoccupations…
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Sender Burstin: Yiddish Melbourne Observed, Booklaunch (Sunday 28 April, 3.30pm, H116)
April 21, 2013 – 9:29 pm
Sender Burstin: Yiddish Melbourne Observed The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation at…
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The Holocaust, Human Rights and the Contemporary Museum, Research Seminar with Dr Avril Alba (Wednesday 17 April, 12-1pm, ACJC)
April 21, 2013 – 8:51 pm
The Holocaust, Human Rights and the Contemporary Museum Increasingly and internationally, Holocaust…
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Darling Ruth and Ophie Dear: The Long and Unlikely Interracial Friendship of Two American Women, 1925-1984, Research Seminar with Dr Clare Corbould (Wednesday 24 April, 12-1pm, ACJC)
April 21, 2013 – 8:39 pm
Darling Ruth and Ophie Dear: The Long and Unlikely Interracial Friendship of…
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New Lecturer in Israel and Middle East studies
April 11, 2013 – 2:41 pm
The ACJC has appointed Randall Geller as the inaugural Les and Eva…
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Rehabilitating the Child: The Buchenwald Boys in Postwar France, Public Lecture by Daniella Doron (Semester 1 Series, Thursday 11 April, 7.30pm H116)
April 10, 2013 – 8:35 pm
This talk will examine the rehabilitation efforts that surrounded a group of…
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The Coming of Age of a Post-Holocaust Community, Research Seminar with Dr Melanie Landau, Tuesday 5 March, 12-1 pm
March 4, 2013 – 12:18 am
Dr. Melanie Landau speaking on: The Future Is Bright! The Coming of…
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Listen to Online Lectures – ACJC Public Programs
March 1, 2013 – 3:36 pm
Follow the link here to listen to ACJC Public Lectures. The most…
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ATS2057 Genocide
February 2, 2013 – 10:33 pm
This unit examines the phenomenon of genocide and mass killing in history….
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Public Events
December 22, 2012 – 6:29 pm
All ACJC Public Events are free to the public. Bookings are not…
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Monash presenters at Association of Jewish Studies Conference
December 14, 2012 – 5:57 pm
The Association of Jewish Studies is holding its 44th Annual Conference on…
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Units
December 11, 2012 – 8:57 pm
Our units are accredited to various disciplines and Majors such as History,…
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New ACJC lectureship in Israel and Middle East Studies
December 11, 2012 – 8:50 pm
The ACJC is advertising for a two year Assistant Lecturer position in…
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The Alliance Israelite Universelle and Jewish Emancipation, Public Lecture by Jay Winter (Semester 1 Series, Thursday 18 April, 7.30pm H116)
December 10, 2012 – 7:46 pm
Now 150 years old, the Alliance has been and remains a unique…
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The Holocaust and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Public Lecture by Jay Winter (Monday 22 April, 6.15pm Wheeler Centre)
December 10, 2012 – 6:58 pm
The passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in December 1948 was…
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Hope and Fear: Y.L Peretz and the Dialectics of Diaspora Nationalism, Public Lecture by Michael Steinlauf (Kronhill Lectures, Monday 13 May, 7.30pm H116)
December 10, 2012 – 5:56 pm
Y. L. Peretz (1852-1915) is known as the father of modern Yiddish…
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Bondage to the Dead? Poland and the Memory of the Holocaust, Public Lecture by Michael Steinlauf (Kronhill Lectures, Thursday 16 May, 7.30pm H116)
December 10, 2012 – 4:59 pm
This lecture will examine Polish-Jewish relations over the past two decades, focusing…
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Jews and Christians in Dialogue, Public Lecture on Interreligious Relations by Amy-Jill Levine (Sunday 19 May, 7.30pm H116)
December 10, 2012 – 3:17 pm
This lecture will be delivered in two-parts: 1. Bearing False Witness: What are the…
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“Something Lost That Seeks its Name”: The Wanderings of Anski’s Dybbuk, Public Lecture by Michael Steinlauf (Kronhill Lectures, Monday 20 May, 7.30pm H116)
December 10, 2012 – 2:02 pm
S. Anski’s work about spirit possession, The Dybbuk: Between Two Worlds, became the…
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Menachem Begin’s Legacy and Israel’s Future, Monash Israel Oration by Daniel Gordis (Tuesday 4 June, 7.30pm H116)
December 10, 2012 – 1:40 pm
On the centennial of Menachem Begin’s birth in Poland, Daniel Gordis explores…
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A Global History of Genocide, Public Lecture by Ben Kiernan (Monday 29 July, 6.15pm Wheeler Centre)
December 10, 2012 – 12:56 pm
This lecture is the second in a three part series in partnership…
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Research Seminars
December 10, 2012 – 12:02 pm
The ACJC hosts regular Research Seminars with local and visiting international scholars….
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Aftermath Conference: Public Symposium with Ben Kiernan, Hasia Diner, Richard Bessel (Sunday August 4, 5pm-7.30pm Bld K, Caulfield Monash)
December 10, 2012 – 11:50 am
The 3rd Dr Jan Randa Conference in Holocaust and Genocide studies brings…
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Hungering for America: Jewish Foodways in the Age of Migration, Public Lecture by Hasia Diner (Semester 2 Series, Thursday 8 August, 7.30pm H116)
December 10, 2012 – 10:44 am
Food has been not only important in Jewish culture and history. It…
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Peddlers: A New World Jewish History, Public Lecture by Hasia Diner (Semester 2 Series, Thursday 15 August, 7.30pm H116)
December 10, 2012 – 9:46 am
Peddlers, ordinary, unsung, and usually anonymous, Jewish men made up the foot…
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Walkers in the City: Jewish American Photographers, Public Lecture by Deborah Dash Moore (Semester 2 Series, Thursday 22 August, 7.30pm H116)
December 10, 2012 – 8:08 am
Beginning in the 1930s, Jewish photographers established a new mode of American…
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GI Jews: How World War II Changed a Generation, Public Lecture by Deborah Dash Moore (Semester 2 Series, Thursday 29 August, 7.30pm H116)
December 10, 2012 – 7:11 am
Whether they came from Sioux Falls, South Dakota or the Bronx, New…
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Hitler and the Decisions for the Final Solution, Public Lecture by Christopher Browning (Monday 23 September, 6.15pm Wheeler Centre)
December 10, 2012 – 6:05 am
This lecture reviews the long-running debate among historians over Hitler’s role in…
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Revisiting the Perpetrators: Why did they Kill? Public Lecture by Christopher Browning (Dr Jan Randa Lectures, Monday 30 September, 7.30pm H116)
December 10, 2012 – 5:11 am
This lecture looks first at how scholars in the past have tried…
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Holocaust history and testimony: The Survivor as Witness, Public Lecture by Christopher Browning (Dr Jan Randa Lectures, Monday 7 October, 7.30pm H116)
December 10, 2012 – 4:17 am
This lecture examines the complexities of survivor testimony as a form of…
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Holocaust denial in the courtroom: The historian as expert witness, Public Lecture by Christopher Browning (Dr Jan Randa Lectures, Monday 14 October, 6.30pm H116
December 10, 2012 – 2:14 am
Through the autobiographical lens of my own personal experience as an expert…
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ATS2632/3632 Post-Conflict: Justice, Memory, Reconciliation
December 9, 2012 – 10:35 pm
This unit examines the emergent histories of post-genocide and post-conflict societies. It…
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ATS4290 Holocaust Memories: Landscape, Mourning, Identity
December 9, 2012 – 10:32 pm
This unit will trace the changing contours of Holocaust memory from its…
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ATS2582/3582 The History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
December 9, 2012 – 10:29 pm
This unit will provide an historical analysis of the changing dimensions of…
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ATS3814/5 Yiddish Language, Culture and Literature 3A & 3B
December 9, 2012 – 10:25 pm
Yiddish 3A is a continuation of second year level Yiddish. The central…
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ATS1336/7 Yiddish Language, Culture and Literature 1A & 1B
December 9, 2012 – 10:22 pm
The central feature of Yiddish 1 will be the teaching of Yiddish…
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