Spring 2004 Judaic Studies offerings

Spring term courses begin the week of March 29 and end the week of May 31. Registration and fee information for credit or noncredit enrollment available at 503 725 4832. Full course descriptions available from the instructor.

NEW COURSES

Old and New Testaments, seen through the lens of US and European filmmakers. How does the modern medium of film reconstruct biblical narrative and moral discourse? Film critic for the Portland Alliance, Raab has taught Holocaust through Film and Israeli-Palestinian Film at PSU.

Psychology of Trauma
Psych 410/510
Dr. Aart Lovenstein
Monday 5:30 - 9:10 pm
Neuberger Hall 375
CRN 65256/65257 or non-credit

How do events such as Holocaust, terror, and combat impact victims, survivors, family, generations, and treatment providers? Taught through contemporary Jewish experience, students learn history and theory in preparation for internet interviews of family and affected Israelis (soldiers, settlers, Holocaust survivors, Arabs). Lovenstein worked in Israel before completing his Psy.D. (U Denver) and now practices in Portland.

American Jewish Literature: Exile, Assimilation, Representation, and Return
English 308U
Jacqueline Arante
MWF 10:15-11:20 am
Science 2 Room 166
CRN 64524 or non-credit

Examines transformations in Jewish identity from first settlement through film and literature, including works of Philip Roth, Allegra Goodman, and Woody Allen. Arante teaches PSU English and Writing courses.

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Conflict Resolution 407/507
Barbara Tint
1 credit course beginning April 23
Neuberger 222
CRN 65283/65284

Overview of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict through the lens of conflict resolution. Preparatory reading required for participation in class discussions and exercises.

The Bible and Literature
English 447/547
Deeanne Westbrook
MWF 9 – 10:05 am
Cramer Hall 221
CRN 64544/64545

How the Old and New Testaments shaped Western prose and poetry.

Spirituality And Religion
Humanities 399
Tuesday 5:30 – 9:10 pm
Science Bldg 2 Room 101
CRN 61464

A survey of spirituality in major religious traditions including Judaism, Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism. Features discussions with a rabbi, priest, imam, and adherents.

Women in the Middle East
International Studies 331U
Pelin Basci
Tuesday/Thursday 2 - 3:50 pm
Sixth Avenue Building Room 209
CRN 61501

Diversity of female experiences and "feminisms" in the contemporary Middle East, focusing on family, law, education, and work in Egypt, Turkey and Iran. Students focus on other cases to broaden understanding of women's national, religious, and ethnic experiences in the region.

1st Year Modern Hebrew
Hebrew 103
Ema Horowitz
Tuesday/Thursday 4:40 - 6:30
Science 2 Room 139D
CRN 64339 or non-credit

Third in a three-course sequence for study of grammar and syntax, literary texts, writing, and speaking. Prerequisite: Hebrew 102 or equivalent.

US Cultural History
History 432/532
David Horowitz
MWF 10:15 – 11:20
Lincoln Hall 331
CRN 64825/64826

The construction of culture through the dynamics of race, ethnicity, religion, region, and popular politics, including Tin Pan Alley, Hollywood, Motown.

History 487U/587 Palestine and Israel
Monday 5:30--9:10 pm
Jon Mandaville
Portland Center for Advanced Technology 128
CRN 61435/65270

19th and 20th century history of Palestine and Israel with attention to major cultural, socioeconomic, and political transformations. Surveys a range of interpretations by contemporary scholars.

The Middle East
Geography 364
Tuesday/Thursday 12 – 1:50 pm
Susanne Steinmann
Cramer Hall 418
CRN 61309

Spatial/social approach to the modern Middle East, addressing economic and political transformation of the region.

Law, Morality, and Genocide
Philosophy 407
Aleksandar Jokic
Thursday 5:30-9:10 pm
Neuberger 458
CRN 65264

Addresses international criminal law, including the Genocide Convention and whether it is possible to prove genocide in international tribunals, the comparability of the Holocaust and other instances of mass killing, political uses of genocide.

20th Century American Drama
Theatre Arts 471U/571
Richard Wattenberg
MWF 10:15-11:20 am
Neuberger 458
CRN 65210/65211

Survey of 20th Century American Drama, including ethnic playwrights such as Tony Kushner.

Writing a Jewish Woman’s Life
Writing 410
Jacqueline Arante
Tuesday 7 – 9 pm
Congregation Neveh Shalom
With tutorial to be arranged at PSU
CRN 66442

Biography and memoir are windows into the lives of modern Jewish women. Students read works that explore immigration and diaspora, family and home, self and identity in preparation for doing short biographies.

Registration and fee information for credit or noncredit enrollment in PSU courses is available at 503-725-4832. Full course descriptions are available directly from the instructor.