Category: Jewish Studies Program

Watch: Welcome Back to the Hilltop!

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date August 15, 2017

SMU News Originally Posted: August 14, 2017 SMU’s faculty and staff prepared all summer for our students’ return to the Hilltop. Now we only have one week until we kick off the fall semester! From fostering innovation in the classroom to building spirit in the commons, the students bring campus to life. We look forward […]

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Read the latest Jewish Studies Newsletter

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date July 26, 2017

READ: 2017 Jewish Studies Newsletter

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Official University Calendar : 2017-2018

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date July 10, 2017

ACADEMIC YEAR 2017–2018 www.smu.edu/registrar/academic_calendar.asp This calendar includes an addendum listing religious holidays for use in requesting excused absences according to University Policy 1.9. For religious holidays not listed, contact the Office of the Chaplain. Graduate programs in the Cox School of Business, Perkins School of Theology and Dedman School of Law, and the Department of […]

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Congratulations Dedman College Graduates!

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date May 19, 2017

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SMU’s 102nd annual Commencement Weekend, May 19 and 20, 2017

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date May 18, 2017

Baccalaureate Service : 8:00 p.m. Friday, May 19th Commencement: 9:00 a.m. Saturday, May 20th Watch Online @ smu.edu/live MORE INFO: http://www.smu.edu/EnrollmentServices/Registrar/AcademicCeremonies/MayCommencement Message from the President and Provost On behalf of the Southern Methodist University community, we invite you to attend SMU’s 102nd annual Commencement Weekend, May 19 and 20, 2017. The activities that make up Commencement […]

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Event: March 30, Chimurenga Music: Concert and Conversation

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date March 9, 2017

Event Date: March 30, 2017 Location: Hughes-Trigg Student Center Theater Time: 7pm This event brings together African musicians and historians with SMU students and faculty. This public event of interspaced conversation and song will involve two Zimbabweans who have put mbira music on the world stage, Dr. Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited Band and Professor […]

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Request for Proposals for Undergraduate Mayer Fellows, 2017-2018

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date February 9, 2017

Each academic year, DCII sponsors six undergraduate Mayer Undergraduate Research Fellows. These students have a double major or a major and minor(s), and at least one of these must be in Dedman College. With two faculty mentors, each Mayer Fellow conducts a research project that combines and integrates the perspectives of his/her major(s)/minor(s). Mayer Fellows […]

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“Misunderstanding Judaism = Misunderstanding Jesus: A Workshop”

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date January 24, 2017

Event date: Friday, February 10, 2017, Time: 12:00-2:30 pm Location: Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Hall, Perkins School of Theology Jesus and his first followers were Jews, grounded in Jewish Scripture, Jewish ethics, Jewish theology, and Jewish hopes. Professor Levine’s work has shown that to ignore this Jewish context is to misunderstand Jesus—and, too often, to reinforce […]

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Jewish Studies 4th Annual Judeo-Spanish Culture Week

Post author By Katherine Nickles
Post date January 19, 2017

Monday, Jan. 23, 5:00-6:15 pm, McCord Auditorium of Dallas Hall, SMU campusCo-sponsored with the Medieval Studies Program Prof. Maya Soifer Irish, Rice University, lecture “Jews and Christians in Medieval Castile: Tradition, Coexistence, and Change” Thursday, Jan. 26, 7:30 pm, Stern Chapel at Temple Emanu-El, 8500 Hillcrest Ave, Dallas, TX 75225Co-sponsored with the Rabbi Levi A. […]