Past Events

Date
Wed September 6th 2023, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Author of Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films (Yale Jewish Lives), film critic and author MOLLY HASKELL will join Eitan Kensky, the Reinhard Family Curator of Hebraica…

Date
Tue May 23rd 2023, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location
Studio 40
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 120, Stanford, CA 94305 ×

Josh Lambert joins us to discuss his recent book, The Literary Mafia: Jews, Publishing, and Postwar American Literature.

Date
Wed May 17th 2023, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Location
CCSRE Conference Room
450 Jane Stanford Way, Bldg 360, Stanford, CA 94305

Join the ongoing conversation about "Jews & Genre" with a discussion of Jewish "Gangster films." We will explore two films, the Coen Brothers' Miller's Crossing (1990), and Elaine May's…

Date
Tue May 16th 2023, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location
Lomita Mall South
450 Jane Stanford Way, Bldg 360, Stanford, CA 94305

Join authors and cultural critics Veronica Esposito and Adam Nayman for a conversation about the craft of criticism. What does it mean to be a professional critic?

Date
Thu May 11th 2023, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location
German Library, Pigott Hall (Bldg 260, Rm 252)
450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 260, Stanford, CA 94305

Come learn how queer Jews today are helping to decolonize the Yiddish language and to create a more inclusive future.