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For Release: 8-15-97
Contact: Peter Bailley


Israeli Scholar
Lectures at Knox College

Zali Gurevitch, professor of anthropology at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will give a series of lectures at Knox College this fall. The topics are "Whose Jerusalem?," a study of the religious and political problems of Jerusalem, on Thursday, Sept. 25; "Visions of Division," a study of the current conflicts over Jerusalem's role in the peace process, on Tuesday, Sept. 30; and "Poetry of Jerusalem," a seminar on Jerusalem as a place in literature, on Monday, Oct. 6. All lectures are at 7:30 p.m. in the Common Room, Old Main, Knox College.

All lectures are free and open to the public. Participation in the "Poetry of Jerusalem" seminar is limited to 25. For information or to make a reservation for the seminar, call professor Sheryl St. Germain at (309)341-7434 or e-mail her at (sgermain@knox.edu).

Gurevitch has written about identity, communication and human relations, and has also published poetry and translations. Gurevitch earned bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees at the Hebrew University, where he has taught since 1983.

Gurevitch is teaching a course, "Israel: Identity and Place," at Knox during the fall term. The course explores Israeli identity and the heritage and historical setting from which it arose. He also taught at Knox in 1995-96. The lecture series is made possible through the support of the Rose L. and Mitchell Rudman Endowment Fund for Judaic Studies, a Knox College Endowment Fund for Judaic Studies, the Jewish Chautauqua Society, the Nixon Fund for Religious Life, and Janice R. Rockin.

Founded in 1837, Knox is an independent, four-year, liberal arts college, located in Galesburg, Illinois, with 1,100 students from 42 states and 33 nations. Knox's "Old Main," a National Historic Landmark, is the only building remaining from the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.

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