Hilary Kalisman

Hilary Falb Kalisman receives Gerda Henkel General Research Grant Scholarship

Maggie Rosenau — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 17:33:49 +0000

Hilary Falb Kalisman receives Gerda Henkel General Research Grant Scholarship Maggie Rosenau Wed, 04/02/2025 - 11:33

Hilary Falb Kalisman has received a Gerda Henkel General Research Grant Scholarship to conduct research in Jordan and the United Kingdom.

Learn about the Gerda Henkel Foundation here: www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/en/

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Hilary Falb Kalisman awarded CHA fellowship

Maggie Rosenau — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 15:30:01 +0000

Hilary Falb Kalisman awarded CHA fellowship Maggie Rosenau Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:30

Hilary Falb Kalisman was recently awarded a Center for Humanities & the Arts Faculty Fellowship. The application closely reflects external applications of the National Humanities Center and the American Council of Learned Societies.

Prof. Kalisman's project description:

"Standardized Testing: An Imperial and National Legacy of the Modern Middle East" recovers the origins and consequences of school examinations: one of the most important, durable, pervasive, and under-analyzed legacies of imperialism in the Middle East. Focusing on Britain's Middle Eastern Mandates (Iraq, Palestine/Israel, Transjordan/Jordan), I argue that standardized tests outlasted the governments that set exams in motion because they could be used both as a repressive tactic and as a promise, albeit often illusory, of social mobility. This project brings to light the politics behind standardized tests, in one of the regions of the world where testing holds the most importance."

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Hilary Falb Kalisman publishes a new article in "Gender and History"

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 19:04:14 +0000

Hilary Falb Kalisman publishes a new article in "Gender and History" Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 10/11/2024 - 13:04

Hilary Falb Kalisman's new article, "Apostles of knowledge: Feminine modernities and the travelling schoolmistresses of interwar Iraq," has been published in Gender and History.

ABSTRACT: During the interwar era, nearly all of Iraq's secondary schoolmistresses journeyed to Iraq from other corners of the Arab world. This article examines their extraordinary lives, impact on their students and the feminine modernity that these women represented. Policymakers, officials and intellectuals sought to spread women's education, linking it to a global vision of modern domesticity. In contrast, the schoolmistresses of interwar Iraq, the first women in the region to receive higher education, tied their journeys to their gender, underscoring that travel and a ‘modern’ education created a different type of ‘new woman’ who was to be, and to remain, exceptional.

Access the full article here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1468-0424.12823

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Hilary Falb Kalisman interviewed on teaching the history of Israel-Palestine

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 19:06:53 +0000

Hilary Falb Kalisman interviewed on teaching the history of Israel-Palestine Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 09/19/2024 - 13:06

Prof. Hilary Falb Kalisman appeared on the Return the Key: Jewish Questions for Everyone podcast. In her interview, “You are Welcome Here,” Falb Kalisman discusses teaching the history of Israel-Palestine.

Listent to the iinterview at: https://www.juliecarrpoet.com/return-the-key/episode-8

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The 2022-24 Embodied Judaism exhibit was featured in the CU Independent.

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 16:00:36 +0000

The 2022-24 Embodied Judaism exhibit was featured in the CU Independent. Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 04/01/2024 - 10:00

The Know Your Nosh exhibit: Exploring the significance of food in Jewish identity

As part of the university’s Embodied Judaism Series, the exhibit explores the role of food and agriculture within Jewish cultural, national and political identities. It also uses food to delve into the connection between the United States, Israel and Palestine.

2022 Embodied Judaism: Know Your Nosh: Food, Jewishness, and Identity symposium and exhibit organized and curated by Gregg Drinkwater, Hilary Falb Kalisman, and Samira K. Mehta. Exhibit design and digital exhibit coordination by Maggie Rosenau. The 2022 symposium is part of our ongoing Embodied Judaism and Israel-Palestine Studies series and is supported by the David Shneer Fund for Community Programming, Public Scholarship, and the Arts. The 2023-24 exhibit is hosted by the Program in Jewish Studies and the University Libraries' Rare and Distinctive Collection.

You can read the article here.

Explore the digital version of the exhibit here.

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Know Your Nosh: Exhibition on Jewish food opens at the University Libraries

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 17:12:19 +0000

Know Your Nosh: Exhibition on Jewish food opens at the University Libraries Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 01/19/2024 - 10:12

A new exhibition, "Know Your Nosh: Food, Jewishness & Identity", is on display in Norlin Library on the third floor outside of the Rare and Distinctive (RaD) Collections classroom (Room N345).

This exhibition is the fifth installment of the Embodied Judaism Series and its development—researching, selecting materials and designing the panels—has occurred over the past year. The series is a long-standing collaboration between RaD and Program in Jewish Studies and focuses on the role of the body in Jewish life, drawing from materials in the Innovations in Jewish Life (IJL) collections housed in RaD.

“We are thrilled to continue our collaboration with Program in Jewish Studies and host this exhibition in Norlin Library,” said Megan Friedel, lead archivist and head of collections management and stewardship for RaD. “We hope this exhibit connects students and other viewers with the unique ways that the IJL collections can be used for research, speak to so many aspects of Jewish identity, and resonate across cultures.”

The exhibition explores the significance of food and agriculture for Jewish religious, cultural, national and political identities, focusing on the United States and Israel/Palestine.

"When I was first asked to search for material related to food and agriculture in the Innovation in Jewish Life (IJL) collections, I didn't expect to find very much. My, was I wrong!” said Gregg Drinkwater, former associate academic director of the IJL collections and curator of the exhibition. “From pamphlets produced by Zionist organizations in the 1940s emphasizing the agricultural aspects of Zionism, to texts emphasizing spiritual connections to food and the land created for Jewish religious festivals, the IJL collections offer significant holdings. I hope this exhibit encourages other scholars to explore the IJL collections and the depth and complexity of the material held here at CU."

The exhibition is on view now in Norlin until May 2024 and also available online. For more information about accessing the IJL collections, please visit the RaD website or contact rad@colorado.edu.

2022 Embodied Judaism: Know Your Nosh: Food, Jewishness, and Identity symposium and exhibit organized and curated by Gregg Drinkwater, Hilary Falb Kalisman, and Samira k. Mehta. Exhibit design and digital exhibit coordination by Maggie Rosenau. The 2022 symposium is part of our ongoing Embodied Judaism and Israel-Palestine Studies series and is supported by the David Shneer Fund for Community Programming, Public Scholarship, and the Arts. The 2023-24 exhibit is hosted by the Program in Jewish Studies and the University Libraries' Rare and Distinctive Collection.

Title image: "Shabbat" by Lynne Feldman.

This article was published by CU January 18, 2024.

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Hilary Falb Kalisman discusses her award-winning book in a new podcast episode

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:29:43 +0000

Hilary Falb Kalisman discusses her award-winning book in a new podcast episode Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 01/10/2024 - 11:29

Check out the new podcast episode, "Schooling the Nation," on The Tel Aviv Review! Hilary Falb-Kalisman, Professor of History and Jewish Studies, discusses her book, Teachers as State Builders: Education and the Making of the Modern Middle East.

You can listen here: https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2024/01/08/schooling-the-nation/

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Hilary Falb Kalisman receives the History of Education Society's Outstanding Book Award

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 18:18:12 +0000

Hilary Falb Kalisman receives the History of Education Society's Outstanding Book Award Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 11/10/2023 - 11:18

Congratulations to Professor Hilary Falb Kalisman! Her book, Teachers As Statebuilders: Education and the Making of the Modern Middle East, has received the History of Education Society's Outstanding Book Award for 2022!

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Professor Kalisman's new book featured in a Middle Eastern Studies online magazine

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 16:46:23 +0000

Professor Kalisman's new book featured in a Middle Eastern Studies online magazine Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 10/07/2022 - 10:46

Hilary Falb Kalisman's new book, Teachers as State-Builders: Education and the Making of the Modern Middle East (Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 2022), is featured in Jadaliyya, a Middle Eastern Studies online magazine. You can read Prof. Kalisman's interview here.

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Hilary Falb Kalisman speaks at Global Insight Program

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 17:08:33 +0000

Hilary Falb Kalisman speaks at Global Insight Program Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 06/04/2021 - 11:08

Hilary Falb Kalisman was interviewed on Arirang TV, which is a South Korean English-language television network. She spoke on their Global Insight Program with Professor Avi Shlaim, Emeritus from Oxford, and you can find the segment here:

[video:https://youtu.be/FW1mWY-mKxE]

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