JWST 371 - The Fishman Seminar

Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)

The course is offered by the Fishman Fellow in Jewish Studies, appointed annually to lecture on his/her scholarly concerns in the field of Jewish history, texts or culture. Students are encouraged to take note of the fact that each Fishman Seminar is uniquely offered and is not repeated. Since the topic changes every year, the course may be taken for credit more than once.

Topic for 2020/21b: The Sephardic Heritage: Language, Arts, and Culture: This course explores the fertile intellectual, artistic, religious and cultural landscape of Sephardic Jews (Jews originating in Babylonia, emigrating to Spain in the early Middle Ages, and therefrom in 1492). Our focus is upon the Sephardic heritage of Bosnia, as a distinctive but interdependent strand in the rich and diverse tapestry of traditions—Christian, Muslim and Jewish—that comprises the wider Bosnian culture. Each meeting illuminates an aspect of the architecture, literature, art, and music of Sephardim of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the 16th century through the present, and challenges students to consider development of the Sephardic culture within the multilingual and multireligious context of the region. Aleksandra Buncic.

Second six-week course.

One 2-hour period.

Course Format: CLS