Conference Program: Projet Colloque Elie Wiesel - De la France aux Etats-Unis: les stratégies du survivant

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Conference Program: Projet Colloque Elie Wiesel - De la France aux Etats-Unis: les stratégies du survivant

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November 3, 2013

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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Aslanov, Cyril
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Saint-Cheron, Michaël de
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Kauffmann, Francine
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Rojtman, Betty
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Astro, Alan
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Mole, Gary-David
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Wardy, Charlotte
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Rosenman, Anny Dayan
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Bodenheimer, Alfred

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This document is a two-day program (November 3-4, 2013) for a conference titled "Projet Colloque Elie WIESEL: 'De la France aux Etats-Unis: les stratégies du survivant'". The event was held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and focused on the work of Elie Wiesel. The program lists Cyril Aslanov and Michaël de Saint-Cheron as conference directors, and details the schedule of sessions, including chairs and speakers. Presentations cover various aspects of Wiesel's oeuvre, such as translation of "Un di velt hot geshvign" to "La Nuit", biblical and Hasidic celebration, his dialogue with Mauriac and Lustiger, the question of Christianizing the Holocaust, "Les juifs du silence", and the function of insanity in his novels. Contributors include academics from institutions like Bar Ilan, Trinity University, Paris 7 – D. Diderot, and Universität Basel.

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