JUS Lectures and events

On display from September 14 – December 8, 2009 Writings Out of Time: The University of Arizona’s Cuneiform Collection
October 1 - November 9, 2009 Lecture series “The Roots of Literacy in the Ancient Near East” With the exception of November 9th, all lectures will be presented in the UA Library's Special Collections' Auditorium.
AZ Public Media Radio interview with Beth Alpert Nakhai
	Lecture I – October 1, Thursday, 3:00 pm *Ancient Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablet Archives, Scribes, and the Development of Libraries* Anne Kilmer, Professor Emeritus of Assyriology, University of California, Berkeley, in conjunction with the Archaeological Institute of America, Tucson Chapter
	Lecture II – October 19, Monday, 3:00 - 6:00pm Speaker Panel: From Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Arizona: The First Writing, Indiana Jones and the ASM Basement’s Mystery Ewa Wasilewska, Associate Professor/Lecturer, Department of Anthropology and the Middle East Center, University of Utah *Egyptian Hieroglyphs: Writing with Pictures and Painting with Words* Richard H. Wilkinson, Regents’ Professor of Egyptian Archaeology, School of Anthropology, Department of Classics and Department of Near Eastern Studies, The University of Arizona The Origins of the Alphabet: From Proto-Sinaitic to Greek Ronald S. Hendel, The Norma and Sam Dabby Professor of Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies, University of California, Berkeley
	Lecture III – October 29, Thursday - 4:00 pm *"Archaeological Preservation Efforts and Agonies in Northern Iraq, 2006"* Jesse Ballenger, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, The University of Arizona, in conjunction with the Archaeological Institute of America, Tucson Chapter
	Lecture IV – November 5, Thursday - 4:00 pm *"Life and Death on the Estate of a Princess in 21st Century BCE Mesopotamia"* David Owen, The Bernard and Jane Schapiro Professor of Ancient Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and Curator of Tablet Collections, The Jonathan and Jeannette Rosen Ancient Near Eastern Studies Seminar, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, in conjunction with the Archaeological Institute of America, Tucson Chapter - Special Collections library (Next to the Main Library on Cherry St. & University Blvd.
	Lecture V – November 9, Monday - 7:00 pm Lecture location: Tucson Jewish Community Center, 3800 E River Rd. (at Dodge) *"The Art of Writing in Ancient Israel"* (part of the Shaol Pozez Memorial Lectureship Series, sponsored by the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies) William Schniedewind, Professor of Biblical Studies and Kershaw Chair of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
October 31 - November 1, 2009 National Middle East Language Resource Center Hebrew Conference
November 3, 2009 - 4:00pm, The Tucson Room (3rd level of the Memorial Student Union) CAMPUS LECTURE SERIES "The Obibi Era: American-Israel Relations in the Age of Obama and Netanyahu" Herb Keinon, Diplomatic correspondent for the Jerusalem Post
November 18, 2009 - 7:15pm, at Congregation Anshei Israel - 5550 E. Fifth Street (at Craycroft) The Obama-Netanyahu Era: American and Israeli Perspectives on US-Israel Relations Moderated by J. Edward Wright with Ambassador Itamar Rabinovich, Author Aaron David Miller Event is free and open to all. Register here For more information, call (520) 577-9393 or email campaign@jfsa.org
November 2009 - March 2010 The Shaol Pozez Memorial Lectureship Series
	November 9, 2009 - 7:00pm, Tucson Jewish Community Center “The Art of Writing in Ancient Israel” William Schniedewind, Professor of Biblical Studies and Kershaw Chair of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Studies, University of California, Los Angeles. This lecture is presented in conjunction “The Roots of Literacy in the Ancient Near East” lecture series and the Writings Out of Time: The University of Arizona’s Cuneiform Collection on exhibit in the UA Libraries Special Collections' Gallery
	December 7, 2009 - 7:00pm, Tucson Jewish Community Center "Identity, Politics and the Politics of Identity" Gayil Talshir, Lecturer, Hebrew University and The Schusterman Visiting Scholar in Israel Studies
2010
The Shaol Pozez Memorial Lectureship Series cont.
	January 25, 2010 - 7:00pm, Tucson Jewish Community Center "Destination: Holy of Holies -- An Archaeological Walk Through the Jerusalem Temple" Joan Branham, Professor, Providence College
	February 8, 2010 - 7:00pm, Tucson Jewish Community Center "Jews, Genetics & History" Matthew Kaplan, Staff Scientist, Genographic Project Lead
	February 15, 2010 - 7:00pm, Tucson Jewish Community Center "Israel, Iran, and the Arabs: The Middle East of the 21st Century" Asher Susser, The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies Department of Middle Eastern and African Studies Tel Aviv University
	March 1, 2010 - 7:00pm, Tucson Jewish Community Center "The Evolution of God" Robert Wright, Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation
January 12 - March 9, 2010 Sekhel veLev Mind & Heart
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 4:00pm, in the Memorial Student Union, 2nd level in the Union Kiva Campus Lecture Series Martin Sherman "Assessing Israel's Strategic Alternatives: What Sherlock Holmes would Say"