Centre for Modern Hebrew Studies
Summer Hebrew Ulpan for University Students
Sunday, 28th June - Friday 10th July, 2015
Faculty of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge, CB3 9DA
Programme
Sunday 28th 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 29th June |
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| 9am - 10.30am | Classes |
| 10.30am - 11am | Coffee break (Common Room) |
| 11am - 12.30pm | Classes |
| 12.30pm - 1.30pm | Lunch break |
| 1.30pm - 2.30pm | Classes and language enrichment |
| 2.40pm | Israeli film: TBD (Room L1) |
| Afternoon & Evening Free | |
Tuesday 30th June |
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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 - 2.30pm | Classes and language enrichment |
| 2.40pm | Dr Aaron Hornkohl, University Language Teaching Officer in Hebrew, University of Cambridge. "Little-known Highlights in the History of Hebrew" (Room L1) |
| Afternoon & Evening Free | |
Wednesday 1st 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 | Meet at the Faculty and walk to the Wren Library at Trinity College |
| 2.15pm | Visit to Wren Library, Trinity College |
Thursday 2nd July |
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| 9am - 10.30am | Classes |
| 10.30am - 11am | Coffee break (graduate common room) |
| 11am - 12.30pm | Classes |
| 12.30pm - 1.15pm | Lunch break |
| 1.15pm - 2.15pm | Classes and language enrichment |
| 2.30pm | Dr Tali Artman-Partock Israel Institute Fellow in Israeli Studies, University of Cambridge. "Drag Queen David:Modern hebrew's Masquerade — the Modern Re-use of an Ancient Tongue" (Room L1) |
| Afternoon & Evening Free | |
Friday 3rd July |
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| 9am - 10.30am | Classes |
| 10.30am - 11am | Coffee break (graduate common room) |
| 11am - 12.30pm | Classes |
| 12.30pm - 1.15pm | Lunch break |
| 1.15pm - 2.15pm | Classes and language enrichment |
| 2.30pm | Israeli film: TBD (Room L1) |
| 8pm | Shabbat meal at The Rohr Chabad House (37A Castle Street, Cambridge, CB3 0AH) or alternative venue |
Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th July |
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| Weekend Free. | |
Monday 6th 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 - 2.30pm | Classes and language enrichment |
| 2.30pm | Dr Michael Rand, University Lecturer in Hebrew and Aramaic, University of Cambridge. "A Glance at Medieval Hebrew Poetry" (Room L1) |
| Afternoon & Evening Free | |
Tuesday 7th 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 - 2.30pm | Classes and language enrichment |
| 3.30pm - 4.30pm | Visit to the Taylor-Schechter Collection of Genizah fragments (at the University Library) |
| Afternoon & Evening Free | |
Wednesday 8th July |
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| 9am - 10.30am | Classes |
| 10.30am - 11am | Coffee break |
| 11am - 12.30pm | Classes |
| 12.30pm - 1.15pm | Lunch break |
| 1.30pm - 2.30pm | Language enrichment through Israeli Children's Songs (Room L1) |
| 2.40pm | Prof. Geoffrey Khan, Regius Professor of Hebrew, University of Cambridge. "The History of Hebrew and the Masoretic Tradition of Biblical Hebrew" (Room L1) |
| Afternoon & Evening Free | |
Thursday 9th 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 - 2.30pm | Classes and language enrichment |
| 2.30pm | Israeli Film: TBD (Room L1) |
| Afternoon & Evening Free | |
Friday 10th July |
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| 9am - 10.30am | Classes |
| 10.30am - 11am | Coffee break |
| 11am - 12.30pm | Classes |
| 12.30pm - 1pm | Lunch break |
| 1pm - 1.30pm | Concluding session and coffee (Common Room) |