Centre for Modern Hebrew Studies
Summer Hebrew Ulpan for University Students
Sunday 29th June - Friday 11th July, 2008
Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge, CB3 9DA
Programme
Sunday 29th June |
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| 4pm | Registration at the Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Common Room. (Doors are locked on Sundays so students should wait by the main entrance where they will be met.) |
| 5pm | Opening session: Orientation and coffee |
| Evening Free | |
Monday 30th June |
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| 9am - 10.30am | Classes |
| 10.30am - 11am | Coffee break (Common Room) |
| 11am - 12.30pm | Classes |
| 12.30pm - 1.15pm | Lunch break |
| 1.15pm - 2.30pm | Classes/Language Lab Sessions |
| 2.30pm - 4.30pm | A short talk about the revival of the Hebrew language, followed by the film The Wordmaker, on the life of E. Ben-Yedhuda (Room L1) |
| Evening Free | |
Tuesday 1st July |
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| 9am - 10.30am | Classes |
| 10.30am - 11am | Coffee break |
| 11am - 12.30pm | Classes |
| 12.30pm - 1.15pm | Lunch break |
| 1.15pm - 2.45pm | Classes/Language Lab Sessions |
| 2.45pm | Israeli film - The Band's Visit, Israel 2006 (Room L1) |
| Evening Free | |
Wednesday 2nd July |
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| 9am - 10.30am | Classes |
| 10.30am - 11am | Coffee break |
| 11am - 12.30pm | Classes |
| 12.30pm - 1.15pm | Lunch break |
| 1.15pm - 2.30pm | Classes/Language Lab Sessions |
| 2.30pm - 4pm | Afternoon Free |
| 4pm | Lecture - Prof. Robert Gordon (Regius Professor of Hebrew, University of Cambridge) will talk on "Sixty Years of the Dead Sea Scrolls" (Room 7) |
| Evening Free | |
Thursday 3rd July |
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| 9am - 10.30am | Classes |
| 10.30am - 11am | Coffee break |
| 11am - 12.30pm | Classes |
| 12.30pm - 1.30pm | Lunch break |
| 1.30pm - 2.00pm | Walking to Trinity College |
| 2pm - 2.30pm | Visit to Wren Library |
| 2.30pm - 4pm | College Sightseeing |
| 4pm | Israeli film - Campfire, Israel 2003 (Room L1) |
| Evening Free | |
Friday 4th July |
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| 9am - 10.30am | Classes |
| 10.30am - 11am | Coffee break |
| 11am - 12.30pm | Classes |
| 12.30pm - 1.15pm | Lunch break |
| 1.15pm - 2.30pm | Classes/Language Lab Sessions |
| 2.30pm - 4pm | Lecture - Prof. Stefan Reif (former Director of the Taylor-Schechter Collection of Genizah fragments, Cambridge University Library) will talk on "The Theme of Jerusalem in Early Jewish Prayers" (Room L1) Please note change of room! |
| 8pm | Shabbat meal courtesy of Rabbi Yehuda Fishman, University Chaplaincy (details will be given later) |
Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th JulyWeekend Free |
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Monday 7th July |
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| 9am - 10.30am | Classes |
| 10.30am - 11am | Coffee break |
| 11am - 12.pm | Classes |
| 12.30pm - 1.15pm | Lunch break |
| 1.15pm - 2.30pm | Classes/Language Lab Sessions |
| 2.30pm - 4pm | Afternoon Free |
| 4pm | Lecture - Daphna Sadeh-Neu, Israeli Musicologist, illustrated talk on "East and West in Israeli Contemporary Music" (Room 7) |
| Evening Free | |
Tuesday 8th July |
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| 9am - 10.30am | Classes |
| 10.30am - 11am | Coffee break |
| 11am - 12.30pm | Classes |
| 12.30pm - 1.30pm | Lunch break |
| 1.30pm - 3pm | Classes/Language Lab Sessions |
| 3.30pm - 4.30pm | Visit to the Taylor-Schechter Collection of Genizah fragments |
| Evening Free | |
Wednesday 9th July |
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| 9am - 10.30am | Classes |
| 10.30am - 11am | Coffee break |
| 11am - 1pm | Classes |
| 1pm - 1.45pm | Lunch break |
| 2pm - 3.00pm | Presentation of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's "Summer Courses 2008" (Room 7) |
| Information about postgraduate courses in Cambridge | |
| Coffee will be available during the afternoon (Common Room) | |
| 3pm | Israeli film - Walk on Water, Israel 2003 (Room L1) |
| Evening Free | |
Thursday 10th July |
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| 9am - 10.30am | Classes |
| 10.30am - 11am | Coffee break |
| 11am - 12.30pm | Classes |
| 12.30pm - 1.15pm | Lunch break |
| 1.15pm - 2.45pm | Classes/Language Lab Sessions |
| 3pm | Lecture - Mr Robin Hamilton-Taylor (Public Affairs, Embassy of Israel) will talk on "Israel at 60" (Room 7) |
| Evening Free | |
Friday 11th July |
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| 9am - 10.30am | Classes |
| 10.30am - 11am | Coffee break |
| 11am - 12.30pm | Classes |
| 12.30pm - 1.15pm | Lunch break |
| 1.15pm - 2.30pm | Classes/Language Lab Sessions |
| 2.30pm - 3.30pm | Concluding session and coffee (Common Room) |