February 26, 2008

Two back-to-back talks on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons

Black Writers and the Photograph in the Twentieth Century

Sara Blair On Wednesday, Sara Blair, Associate Professor of English at the University of Michigan, will lecture on "Black Writers and the Photograph in the Twentieth Century." Blair is co-editor with Jonathan Freedman, of "Jewish in America," a "rare and original work of cultural studies offers uncommon and engaging perspectives -- as well as provocative and humorous insights -- on what it means to be Jewish in America"




Transgressions of a Model Minority : Asians and Jews in Theory and Practice

Jonathan FreedmanOn Thursday, February 28, Jonathan Freedman, Professor of American Culture and English at the University of Michigan, will lecture on "Transgressions of a Model Minority: Asians and Jews in Theory and Practice." Freedman is co-editor with Sara Blair of "Jewish in America," a "rare and original work of cultural studies that offers uncommon and engaging perspectives -- as well as provocative and humorous insights -- on what it means to be Jewish in America"




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