PROGRAM Keynote Speaker Sunday Papers Monday Papers PRACTICAL MATTERS Maps Parking Organizer Contact Info	Sovereigns and Subjects:  Jewish Political Thought & Experience in the 20th Century February 24-25, 2008 University of Washington, Seattle
	Jewish Studies Program Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities
	Sunday, February 24th All events on Sunday will take place at UW Hillel (4745 17th Ave. NE) Directions 1st Panel (2pm -3:15pm):  Rabbinic Political Thought in the Modern World             Moderator:   Bob Stacey (UW) Speaker:  Charlotte Fonrobert (Stanford)  “Replacing the Nation – Judaism, Diaspora and the Neighborhood” Commentator:  Marty Jaffee (UW) 2nd Panel (3: 45pm – 5pm):  American Jewish Political Experience Moderator:  Susan Glenn  (UW) Speaker:  Tony Michels (Wisconsin) “Against Exceptionalism:  An Attempt to Revise the Liberal Paradigm in American Jewish History" Commentator:  Sarah Stein (UW) Dinner Buffet (5-6:30pm) <-- RETURN TO TOP
	Sunday, February 24th, 7pm This event will take place at UW Hillel (4745 17th Ave. NE) Directions Keynote Public Lecture: Opening Remarks:  Paul Burstein (UW) Speaker Introduction:  Michael Rosenthal (UW) Speaker:  Derek Penslar (Toronto)                   “Uniform Identities:  Jews and the Military in Modern Europe” <-- RETURN TO TOP
	Monday, February 25th Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, Communications [CMU] Building, room 202. 3rd Panel (10am-12pm):  Jews and Political Theology              Moderator:  Gad Barzilai (UW) Speaker 1:  Peter Gordon (Harvard)  "The Place of Judaism in the History of Secularization: Reflections on Charles Taylor's 'A Secular Age'" Speaker 2:  Samuel Moyn (Columbia) “Hannah Arendt's Critique of Political Theology (and Was It Jewish?)” Commentator:  Richard Block (UW) Lunch Buffet (12-1pm) (Communications 204) 4th Panel (2-4pm):  Zionism & Contemporary Politics Moderator:  Joel Migdal (UW) Speaker 1:  Jeffrey Halev-Spinner (North Carolina) “Zionism and Post-Zionism in Comparative Perspective” Speaker 2:   Noam Pianko (UW) "Breaking the Sovereign Mold: Jewish Nationalism and the Boundaries of Collective Identity in a Global Era" Commentator:  Derek Penslar (Toronto) Open Concluding Discussion (4-5pm) <-- RETURN TO TOP
	MAPS University of Washington Campus Maps Location of Communications Building (Simpson Center) (Click on red circled building to get more detail.) PARKING INFORMATION Here is the link to information about how to get to the campus and also about parking on the UW campus:  Commuter Services <-- RETURN TO TOP
	ORGANIZER CONTACT INFORMATION If you have any questions about the practical arrangements of the conference, please contact: Michael Rosenthal, Department of Philosophy, University of Washington, Phone: (206) 685-2655 or e-mail: rosentha@u.washington.edu. <-- RETURN TO TOP
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