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GEORGE L. MOSSE/LAURENCE A. WEINSTEIN
CENTER FOR JEWISH STUDIES
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL
Greenfield Summer Institute
Jews and the ArtsJuly 10–14, 2016University of Wisconsin–Madison
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The arts have been an important form of expression for Jews since antiquity. From the psalms and the design of the mishkan in antiquity to Biblical and Talmudic writing; from medieval illuminated manuscripts to Yiddish song; from the painting of Chagall and Lichtenstein to the museums and monuments commemorating Jewish culture—Jews have been a vibrant force in the world of the arts. The 2016 Greenfield Summer Institute will explore Jews’ relationship with the arts in all of their forms, and will address the question of whether there is a distinctly “Jewish” approach to the arts. Speakers will address the visual, plastic, and performative forms from the ancient world to contemporary times, and will consider how a Jewish approach to the arts—from the ban on graven images, to Jewish influences on Christian and Islamic art, to the notion of tikkun olam—has influenced the contemporary world.
Space is limited, so please register early.
Can’t make it for the whole Institute? You can register for each day’s lectures and events separately!
Registration deadline: July 10, 2016
Online registration: jewishstudies.wisc.edu/greenfield
The Greenfield Summer Institute is sponsored by the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies through the generosity of Larry and Roslyn Greenfield.
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SUNDAY, JULY 10_______________________________________________5:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.Arrival and appetizers at Fluno Center(601 University Avenue)
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Opening DinnerFluno Center
Welcome and opening remarks by Simone Schweber, Director of the Center for Jewish Studies
All lectures will be held at Grainger Hall, 975 University Avenue, unless otherwise noted.
MONDAY, JULY 11Productions of Identity
_______________________________________________ 8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m. Check in and pick up information packets _______________________________________________ 9:00 a.m.The ARC of Melissa Shiff’s ARTMelissa Shiff (York University)
In this talk, Shiff will speak about two of her reinvented Jewish rituals that blur the boundaries between performance art and ritual. She will also speak about her centennial of the Jewish Museum in Prague project, ARK. She will conclude her lecture with her current virtual reality project Imaginary Jewish Homelands. _______________________________________________ 10:45 a.m.Contemporary Art and Jewish Experience Leah Kolb (Madison Museum of Contemporary Art)This talk will examine a number of contemporary Jewish artists who create work that, while rooted in recognizably Jewish subjects, transcends the specificity of a Jewish
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experience to reflect on broader, more universal themes. The focus will be on artists who mobilize time-based media to explore notions of historical and collective memory, the psychological weight of oppression, and the slipperiness of (political) borders._______________________________________________1:30 p.m.The Art of Trash: Jewish Artists and Scrap MaterialsJonathan Z. S. Pollack (Madison Area Technical College)
The trade in scrap, second-hand, and surplus materials has been an industry associated with American Jewish entrepreneurs since the late 19th century. Scrap dealers founded Jewish communities, large and small, in the industrial Great Lakes area and across the country. Reflecting the connections between Jews and scrap, Jewish artists like Louise Nevelson and Wallace Berman created influential works of art composed of scrap materials. In a broader sense, repurposing scrap into art is part of a larger Jewish tradition of “making do” with available materials._______________________________________________3:15 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.The Jewish Impact on American Popular Music in the Twentieth Century (location TBD)Ben Sidran (Jazz musician and producer)
Musician Ben Sidran will give a talk and performance on the Jewish influence on American popular music.
TUESDAY, JULY 12The Business of Collecting_______________________________________________9:00 a.m.Munich Was Radiant: The Fate of the Nazi-Looted Collections of Alfred Pringsheim and Michael BerolzheimerBarbara C. Buenger (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
This talk discusses two Jewish private collectors, Alfred Pringsheim (father-in-law to Thomas Mann) and Michael
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Berolzheimer, and how they made vital contributions to the city’s cultural and intellectual life. It looks at how new research has recently illuminated the full story of looting and still-incomplete recovery of works from these collections and helps us consider their histories within the larger context of Nazi art looting and restitution history. _______________________________________________10:45 a.m. Rudolf Mosse: Businessman, Art Collector, PhilanthropistJohn Tortorice (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
This lecture examines efforts to trace and restitute the art collection of Rudolf Mosse that was expropriated by the Nazis in 1933, and dispersed. Rudolf Mosse was largely responsible for inventing the economic and technical framework of the modern newspaper. His art collection, housed in the Mosse Palais in Berlin, was the largest private art collection in Berlin at the turn of the twentieth century. He was the grandfather of George L. Mosse.
_______________________________________________1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Exploring the Chazen Museum of Art (750 University Avenue)Film, Woman in Gold (optional)
Participants will attend a docent tour of the Chazen Museum and observe the Herbert Kliebard Judaica Collection on display.
The docents will introduce visitors to both representative and unusual examples from the Chazen’s art collection, including art from ancient times to the 21st century. This will include a visit to Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Chazen Collection, a temporary exhibition that displays woodblock prints rarely on view.
Maria Saffiotti Dale (Curator of Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts at the Chazen Museum) will greet
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Greenfield guests and answer questions about a selection of the Herbert Kliebard Judaica Collection. This collection includes objects of Jewish ritual art of predominantly European origin dating from the 17th to the 20th centuries.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13Picturing Experience
_______________________________________________9:00 a.m.The Aliyah: A Photographer’s Perspective on the Raw Emotion of ImmigrationStephanie Lifshutz (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
This presentation explores Lifshutz’s series of photographs documenting her family’s immigration to Israel in August 2015, and the complexity surrounding the subject through her point of view as a Jewish woman, a photographer, and also someone left behind. _______________________________________________10:45 a.m.“Conversational Art” and the Jews—The Case of Adi NesPhilip Hollander (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Practitioners of “Conversational Art” view art as something forged in conversation with a larger reservoir of preexistent images, concepts, and ideas, and best understood through attention to these conversations. This talk will explore Israeli photographer Adi Nes’ work within the context of ongoing conversations with Western painting and photography, Israeli history, and the Hebrew Bible._______________________________________________1:30 p.m.The Rabbinical Subject and the Female ArtistMaya Balakirsky Katz (Touro College)
This talk examines a singular series of life portraits of a Hasidic rebbe rendered by artist Gertrud Zuckerkandl before the Second World War. Zuckerkandl cast new light
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on the modern rabbinical portrait and her portraits reveal not only a fascinating story of Hasidic cosmopolitanism in the 1930s, but the challenges that female Jewish artists faced at the time in Vienna. _______________________________________________5:30 p.m.Closing DinnerSteenbock’s on Orchard at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery330 N. Orchard Street
THURSDAY, JULY 14Graphic Arts: A Novel Approach_______________________________________________9:00 a.m.Jewish American Comic ArtPaul Buhle (Brown College)
From Yiddish comic strips to comic books, and from underground comix and alternative comics to cutting edge comic art today, Jewish American artists have determinedly raised issues of poverty, class, gender, peace, and war for audiences across the generations. Paul Buhle will describe sections of this history, including sections that overlap with his own history in comics and the peculiar story of Wisconsin comic art._______________________________________________10:45 a.m.Judaism and the Graphic Book: The Case of SpinozaSteven Nadler (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Ben Nadler
Steven Nadler and his son, Ben Nadler, will discuss their book Cogito: The Wondrous Beginnings of Modern Philosophy (Princeton University Press) and the creative process of illustrating a graphic history of philosophy, Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza in particular, in the seventeenth century.
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REGISTRATION/PAYMENT INFORMATION
Fees > The fee for the Greenfield Summer Institute is $195 for all programming, including the opening and closing dinners. Registration received after June 25 will be subject to a fee increase. For information about programming or kosher meal options, please contact the Center for Jewish Studies at 608-890-3572.
A la carte pricing > $50 to attend lectures and afternoon activities on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday $35 to attend lectures on Thursday morning$30 opening OR closing dinner for Greenfield registrants$30 to attend opening OR closing dinner for those not attending Greenfield (i.e., additional friends and family)
Registration Online > Participants are encouraged to register and pay online with a credit card at jewishstudies.wisc.edu/greenfield.
Registration By Mail > You may still register by mail using the form on the next page and mailing it to the address below with a check for $195, payable to UW-Madison. CALS Conference Services 640 Babcock Drive, Madison, WI 53706 FAX: 608-262-5088For registration questions, call 608-263-1672 or email [email protected]
Please be sure to register only once!
Confirmation of your registration, as well as information about the lectures, housing, specific events, and parking will be sent to you after your registration has been processed. This information will be sent via e-mail if you register online, and via US Mail if you register via mail.
Parking > Underground parking is available in Grainger Hall. Information about access to parking will be sent after your registration has been received.
Lodging > The Institute has blocked rooms at several nearby hotels. A list of hotels, with information about discounted rates, is available on our website and will also be sent after your registration has been received.
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