Conference Announcements
This section held announcements related to the Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture conference, which brought together scholars, artists, and community members for a week of talks and keynote sessions running from Monday, April 23rd through Saturday.
Full Program Confirmed
The week's program opened Monday, April 23rd with registration and a welcome talk by Douglas Rosenberg, followed by keynote presentations from Kalman Bland ("Evaluating Visual Culture in Judaism, Then and Now") and Liz Lerman ("Creation as a Daily Act: Jewish Identity in the 21st Century"). Sessions continued through the week at the Wisconsin Union Theater, UW Cinematheque, and Hillel in Madison, WI.
Talks on Jewish Art and Identity
Additional sessions during the conference week addressed Jewish visual culture, Jewish masculinity in postmodern dance, Jewish women in the arts, and revelation in art, presented alongside the keynote talks.
For further detail on individual sessions and times, see the full schedule. Background on the conference's goals appears on the About page.
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