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This talk explores the relatively obscure 1941 study Gesture and Environment, authored by the Argentine Jewish anthropologist David Efron, a student of Franz Boas, the renowned German-Jewish founder of American anthropology. I will discuss the relevance of this work both in its own time and in the broader development of American anthropology, as well as its significance in the current political moment, when scholars are rethinking the historical legacy of Boas and his students.
Original sketches of gesturing Jews (from the study) will be projected throughout the lecture!
Sam Shuman is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and a core faculty member in the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Virginia (UVA). Shuman researches Hasidic Judaism within a global context to rethink larger questions in political theology about race... Read More →
Sunday December 22, 2024 4:15pm - 5:30pm EST
506 - Hebrew Union College1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012
