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Join us next week for Book Launch week! Two events, 3 books!

Taking advantage of small class sizes in the College of LAS blog postsTaking advantage of small class sizes in the College of LASMar 26, 2018 4:45 pm by   Katie WatsonShare on FacebookTweetEmailImagesWhen it comes to choosing a university, average class sizes are a point of anxiety for many prospective students. Getting a great education boils down to makin...

The Polish film series extra credit opportunity has been postponed.

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Dear All, please join us on Monday, March 5, 5pm in room 210 LEVIS FACULTY CENTER (919 W Illinois) to help us launch Michael Shapiro’s new edited collection: Wrestling With Shylock: Jewish Responses to the Merchant of Venice. Professor Shapiro is one of the co-founders (the other being Gary Porton) of the Program in Jewish Culture & Society and is a Professor Emeritus in the English department here at UIUC. Here is a description of his book:

"Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice occupies a unique place in world culture. As the fictional, albeit iconic, character of Shylock has been interpreted as exotic outsider, social pariah, melodramatic villain and tragic victim, the play, which has been performed and read in dozens of languages, has served as a lens for examining ideas and images of the Jew at various historical moments. In the last two hundred years, many of the play's stage interpreters, spectators, readers and adapters have themselves been Jews, whose responses are often embedded in literary, theatrical and musical works. This volume examines the ever-expanding body of Jewish responses to Shakespeare's most Jewishly relevant play.”

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Extra credit opportunity for Hebrew students!

Be patient! Hebrew is in Category IV. Learning a new language comes with benefits, even helping you communicate better in English.

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Extra credit opportunities this week include this Wednesday's 12PM workshop and 4 PM lecture! See the JS calendar for more details.

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