Hearing Israel: Music, Culture and History at 60
An International Conference
Sunday, April 13th, 2008 - Monday, April 14th, 2008
The conference may be over but you can see a few images from the conference by clicking here.
As the State of Israel marks its sixtieth anniversary in 2008, the University of Virginia Jewish Studies Program is hosting a unique conference on music in Israel. This unprecedented gathering will feature leading Israeli, American, and European scholars exploring Israeli music as a window into national identity, politics, religion, and culture. Alongside the academic sessions, the conference will also feature concert performances by Israeli musical legends Etti Ankri (pictured on the left) and Moussa Berlin as well as cellist Uri Vardi and the Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra.
The academic conference sessions will run Sunday, April 13, 9:00 AM – 1:15 PM and Monday, 9:00 AM - 6:15PM, with a keynote address by Professor Edwin Seroussi, Emanuel Alexandre Professor of Musicology, Chairman of the Musicology Department and Director of the Jewish Music Research Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, along with presentations by
- Nissim Calderon (Ben Gurion University)
- Motti Regev (Open University of Israel)
- Benjamin Brinner (University of California, Berkeley)
- Amy Horowitz (Ohio State University)
- Jehoash Hirshberg (Hebrew University)
- Barbara Johnson (Ithaca College)
- Abigail Wood (SOAS, University of London)
- Assaf Shelleg (Hebrew University/Tel Aviv University)
- David McDonald (Bowling Green State University)
- Galit Saada-Ophir (University of Toronto)
- Ronit Seter (Hebrew University)
- Amit Schejter (Pennsylvania State University)
- Francesco Spagnolo (Judah Magnes Museum/Hebrew University)
- Evan Rapport (New York University)
- Galeet Dardashti (University of Texas, Austin)
View a complete schedule of events.
All academic sessions are free and open to the public. No pre-registration is necessary.
Please note that parking at the Darden School of Business will be limited on Monday, April 14. A limited number of parking passes are available and interested parties should e-mail Kid Wongsrichanalai at the e-mail listed below.
Performance Tickets: TBA 434-924-3984
For information on the conference contact:
Kid Wongsrichanalai
kidw@virginia.edu
Concert Performances
Sunday, April 13
3:30-5:30 Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra Concert conducted by Kate Tamarkin, with cello soloist Uri Vardi, performing works by Bloch, Golijov, and Berlioz Location: Old Cabell Hall Auditorium
8:00-10:30 Evening concert of Israeli popular, folk, and religious music featuring the Etti Ankri Band and the Moussa Berlin Ensemble (pictured on the left).
Location: Abbott Center, Darden School of Business
For further details please click here.
Conference Organizers
James Loeffler, Assistant Professor of History
Joel Rubin, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Music Performance
Conference Advisory Committee
Alon Confino, Professor of Modern German and European History and Nathan and Ida Kolodiz Director of Jewish Studies
Gabriel Finder, Lecturer in History
Michelle Kisliuk, Associate Professor of Music
Conference Producer: Kid Wongsrichanalai
Assistant Conference Producer: Jasmine Hunter
The Hearing Israel Conference is supported by the University of Virginia Jewish Studies Program, the Gunst Family Foundation, the Posen Foundation, the McIntire Department of Music, the Corcoran Department of History, the Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Religious Studies, the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, the Middle Eastern Studies program, the University of Virginia Hillel, and the Cultural Affairs Department of the Embassy of Israel.