Mini Conference: Jewish Ritual, Gender, and Sexuality in Recent Film and TV

Hosted by the research group of Dr. Naftali Cohn, Department of Religions and Cultures, Concordia University, and featuring keynote address by Dr. Samantha Pickette, University of Texas at Austin.

Schedule

12:30: Introduction

Agency, Growth, Identity, and Gender in TV Representations of B’nai Mitzvah, with Dr. Naftali Cohn.

1:00: Conference presentations 

• Undesirable Orthodoxy: The Framing of Sex as a ‘Bad Ritual’ in Disobedience and Unorthodox
  with Katrina Kardash
• Complicating Jewish Gender Stereotypes in the Comics Batwoman and Harley Quinn
  with Jennifer Gagne
• Digital Humanities and the Research of Jewish Ritual in Film and TV
  with Jyotsana Singh
• Secular Ritual as Evolution of Jewish Ritual in Israeli Film and TV
  with Louise Laverty

2:30: Discussion

2:45: Break with Refreshments

3:00: Keynote

Jewishness, Femaleness, and a New Era of Peak TV, with Dr. Samantha Pickette, University of Texas at Austin

*Limited space, please email naftali.cohn@concordia.ca to ensure a place. Note that many stairs make the space not accessible to those with a mobility disability.