Laura Levitt is Professor of Religion, Jewish Studies, and Gender at Temple University and the author The Objects that Remain (2020), American Jewish Loss after the Holocaust (2007), and Jews and Feminism: The Ambivalent Search for Home (1997).
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- The Objects that Remain
- Workshop United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumThis amazing workshop, “Interrogating the Sacred: Tending to Holocaust Object,” took place summer 2023, delayed a year because of Covid. It was an extraordinary Two Weeks! Read more about it here: https://www.ushmm.org/research/opportunities-for-academics/conferences-and-workshops/interrogating-the-sacred-holocaust-objects-and-their-care Stay tuned for a special Issue of MAVCOR, the online journal of Material and Visual Cultures of Religion on this topic! https:/https://mavcor.yale.edu/
- An Article from the student newspaper at WashU!Here is the link, https://www.studlife.com/news/2023/03/08/laura-levitt-gives-lecture-on-objects-touched-by-violence
- American Jewish Loss after the Holocaust: An Object LessonTHURSDAY, MAY 12, 2022 AT 11:15 AM – 12:45 PM EDT The University of Warsaw, American Studies Center We are pleased to announce the lecture “American Jewish Loss After the Holocaust: An Object Lesson” by Prof. Laura Levitt (Temple University).This lecture is a part of the 2021/2022 Spring Edition of the American Studies Colloquium Series.Join… Read more: American Jewish Loss after the Holocaust: An Object Lesson
- Meet 5 Temple Professors who teach and research Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s StudiesRead this lovely story in Temple Now! https://news.temple.edu/news/2022-04-20/meet-5-temple-professors-who-teach-and-research-gender-sexuality-and-women-s-studies
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