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courtesy Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies

Greenfield Summer Institute is an annual symposium hosted by the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies at UW-Madison.

media release: UW-Madison’s George L. Mosse/Laurence A. Weinstein Center presents The 24th Annual Greenfield Summer Institute: Jews & Resilience

July 22-25, 2024

In the face of frequent adversity, how have Jewish communities managed to survive—and sometimes thrive—across the ages? At this year’s Greenfield Summer Institute, we will consider the many answers to this question. From immigration and flight, to witnessing, testimony, and restitution, Jews have developed countless ways to sustain their culture, religion, values, and livelihoods. Join us as speakers from different fields gather in Madison to explore Jewish resourcefulness, resistance, and resilience in a turbulent world. You can view the full schedule of events here.

As in past years, the Institute will take place in the comfortable setting of Grainger Hall, home of the UW School of Business.

Full registration package (in-person): $235

A la carte registration (in-person): $65 daily for Monday-Wednesday programming, $45 for Thursday programming, $25 for Thursday's closing lunch

Online attendance registration package (Zoom): $175

Note that the rates for the in-person options increase after July 8. 

Schedule of Events

For more information about each event, please see the full schedule of events here.

Monday, July 22

8:00am | Continental Breakfast & Registration

9:00am | “In the Aftermath of Trauma: Risk, Resilience, and PTSD” | Valerie Maine (Madison VA Hospital)

10:45 a.m. | “Jews and Resilience: Stigma and Its Discontents” | Ken Koltun-Fromm (Haverford College)

1:30pm | “Russian Jews and the Cincinnati ‘Tamale Trust’ of the Early 20th Century” | Jonathan Z. S. Pollack (Madison Area Technical College & University of Wisconsin-Madison)

3:15pm | “From Yiddish to Hebrew: Holocaust Survivor Filmmakers” | Rachel S. Harris (Florida Atlantic University)

Tuesday, July 23

8:00am | Continental Breakfast and Registration

9:00am | “‘I Don’t Care What I Am Called:’ Mary Antin, Jewish Resilience, and the Boundaries of Religious Identity” | Rachel B. Gross (San Francisco State University)

10:45am | “Ethnicity and Resilience in 1950s Israel” | Aziza Khazzoom (Indiana University Bloomington)

1:30pm | “Jews and Revolution: Enchantment, Disappointment, and Hope” | Tony Michels (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

3:15pm | Film Screening: Black Honey (2018) | Directed by Uri Barbash

Wednesday, July 24

8:00am | Continental Breakfast & Registration

9:00am | “From ‘Haus Doranna’ to ‘The Woman in Gold’: The Restitution of Jewish Property in Austria after the Holocaust” | Lisa Silverman (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

10:45am | “Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig” | Jordan Rosenblum (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

1:30pm | “‘Innovate or Die:’ Constructive Responses to Crisis in Jewish History” | Lauren B. Strauss (American University)

3:15pm | "Plague, Persistence, and Piety: Disease and Jewish Resilience in Early Modern Europe” | Joshua Teplitsky (University of Pennsylvania)

Thursday, July 25

8:00am | Continental Breakfast & Registration

9:00am | “Lost and Found: The Resilience of the Ten Lost Tribes in the Medieval Jewish Imagination” | David Shyovitz (Northwestern University)

10:45am | “Tenement Resilience” | Annie Polland (Tenement Museum)

12:00pm | Closing Lunch