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The School of Criticism and Theory at Cornell University, a six-week summer program that serves as a hub for interdisciplinary inquiry in the humanities and social sciences, celebrated its 50th anniversary with events June 16-17.
Cornell Holocaust scholar Jan Burzlaff warns that AI flattens the irreplaceable details of human experience, echoing Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on protecting human dignity in the age of artificial intelligence. Burzlaff, a Jewish Studies postdoctoral associate at Cornell University, is available for expert comment.
Scholars in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences are redefining trauma research across humanities, examining delayed memory’s effects on individuals, culture and history. Their insights from many different academic disciplines, including literature, history, archaeology and psychoanalysis connect trauma, testimony and collective witness.
Samara Schiffman is majoring in Jewish studies, government and American studies.
In two new books, Daniel R. Schwarz considers France and the Holocaust – and how literature and film can correct erroneous depictions of history.
One hundred and fifty years ago, most of the world’s Jews lived in Europe or the Ottoman Empire. Yet by the middle of the twentieth century the United States was home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the world. Using the tools of social, cultural, and intellectual history, this course examines the lives of Jews in America from 1654 through the present, exploring how they adapted to life in the United States and how the United States adapted itself to the presence of Jews.
Full details for JWST 3860 - American Jewish History, 1654-Present
Start your journey by taking a class or studying a Jewish language like Hebrew or Yiddish. Tempted by more than one Jewish studies class? Consider pursuing a major in Jewish studies.
Yiddish Instructor, David Forman, holds a weekly Yiddish conversation hour on Zoom. Contact him for more information.
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Founded on the conviction that the record contained in the languages, literature, and history of the Jewish people, as these developed across the globe and over thousands of years, are an integral part of human heritage.
