Approaches to Jewish Secularism
Graduate Theological Union
Berkeley, CA
June 15-25, 2009
The Posen Foundation introduced its inaugural Posen Summer Seminar: Approaches to Jewish Secularism, an intensive 10-day seminar that presented a unique opportunity to work with, learn from, and engage with esteemed scholars who study and teach in this new field. The seminar was open to professors, independent scholars and advanced graduate students in Jewish Studies, social and intellectual history, political theory and philosophy, literary studies, and sociology of religion.
The 2009 seminar was led by David Biale, (University of California–Davis), Naomi Seidman, (Graduate Theological Union), and Susan Shapiro, (University of Massachusetts Amherst). The program consisted of discussion of common readings and presentations of participants' research. Time was reserved for participants to work on their own research.
2009 Seminar Fellows and Research Topics
The following fellows and their respective research topics related to Jewish
secularism and secularization were selected from a highly competitive
pool of applicants.
Karen Auerbach, University of Southampton
"Nusekh Poyln"? Secular Paths to Polishness among the Jewish Families of 16 Ujazdowskie Avenue in Post-War Warsaw
Avner Ben-Amos, Tel Aviv University
Secular Ceremonies or Religious Holidays?
Zionist Civic Rituals and the Construction of a Hebrew Cultural Space
Zachary Braiterman, Syracuse University
Ceremony: Aesthetics of Liberal Judaism and the Secularization of Religion
Yakir Englander, Shalom Hartman Institute
The Influence of Secularism on Haredi Thought in Israel: The Perception of Man and his Body
Kirsten Fermaglich, Michigan State University
"A Rosenberg by any Other Name"
Rachel Havrelock, University of Illinois at Chicago
Political Readings of the book of Joshua and the secularized implementation of its notion of holy war
Yuval Jobani, Princeton University
Three Basic Models of Secular Jewish Culture
Dalia Kandiyoti, City University of New York, College of Staten Island
After Sefarad: Cosmopolitanism and Modernity in the Contemporary Sephardic DiasporaWorld
Ellen Kellman, Brandeis University
Educating "Moyshe": Abraham Cahan and the Making of the Yiddish Reading Audience in America
Laura Levitt, Temple University
Religious Pluralism, Secular Jews, and Cultural Others: Rethinking the Terms of Inclusion
Nahshon Perez, UCLA
Jewish Secular Conversion, Cultural Choice, and Israel's law of return
Zehavit Stern, University of California, Berkeley - Graduate Theological Union
Eastern European Jewish Culture and the Appropriation of Folk Performance
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