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THESES AND DISSERTATIONS PASSED FOR HIGHER DEGREES

Gulab, N. 2006. Mis Education: Subverision of Female Roles in Catholic Religious Depictions: 1-95. MFA New Media.

Maggs, C. 2006. Cirque du Pan : panic circuit : an exploration of the accelerative effects of information communication technology. 1-80, including a CDRom. MFA Dissertation (Cum Lauda): University of Cape Town.
Rynn, S. 2006. Reprocessing Interference: 1-47. MFA New Media
Van Niekerk, E. 2006. The Pioneering spirit in the face of mystery: 1- 114. MFA New Media.

EXTENSION AND DEVELOPMENT WORK
The School hosts the monthly AnimationSA.org,Cape Town chapter meeting. AnimationSA’s long-term goal is the establishment of a thriving long-form animation industry in South Africa.

CONSULTANCY AND OTHER ACTIVITIES BASED ON EXPERTISE DEVELOPED IN RESEARCH
Campbell, K. 2006. Chairman of the expert adjudication panel of the South African Bureau of Standards Design Achievers Award Scheme.

Younge, G. 2006. Member of the Nobel Square Technical Committee. Appointed by the Premier of the Western Cape Government.

Younge, G. 2006. Member of the Stamp Advisory Committee of the SA Post Office. Appointed by the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications of the National Government.
Zaayman, C. 2006. New media editor for online art magazine Artthrob.

PUBLISHED CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS and Invited Lectures
Langerman, F. 2006. “Art and the Genome.” African Genome Education Institute, Cape Town. February 15.
MacKenny, V. 2006. ‘Via Mumbai – Multiple Cultures in a Globalising World’ hosted by the Mohile Parikh Centre for the Visual Arts, Mumbai, India 13-15 February 2006. Invited speaker presenting on own work
MacKenny, V. 2006. ‘The Earth is Flat – Prevarications from a Precarious Edge’ Or ‘Fear of Falling’ Or ‘Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea’

Published online at: http://mohileparikhcenter.org/mpeva/current-events/via-mumbai-multiple-cultures-in-a-globalizing- world/papers-2/

MacKenny, V. 2006. ‘Critical Evaluation Reloaded’ hosted by International Art Critics Association (AICA), Paris, France. 18-24 October 2006. Invited Keynote speaker: Inside Out: Inner Needs and Exterior Demands in the Training of Artists in a Young South African Democracy. (proposed to be published next year)

UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS AND WORKS OF A POPULAR NATURE
Alexander, J. 2006. Arnott, Bruce (ed). Artworks in Progress: Journal of the

Staff of the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town. Volume 8: 2006. Cape Town: University of Cape Town. P 6-11.

Campbell, K. 2006. Fever Sleep: Authentic post-colonial simulations. Artworks in Progress: Journal of the Staff of the Michaelis School of Fine Art. Volume 8. Cape Town: Michaelis School of Fine Art. Cape Town: UCT. 8: 58-61
Inggs, S. 2006 Terra Incognito p24-26 Artworks in Progress, vol 8. ISBN 978-0-620-37407-1
Josephy, S. 2006. Confinement. In Artworks in Progress: Journal of the Staff of the Michaelis School of Fine Art. Cape Town: University of Cape Town, Vol. 8: 2006. p. 35-39. ISBN 978-0-620-37407-1.
Josephy, S. 2006. Review. Guy Tillim in Art South Africa, Vol. 5.1 No.1. Spring 2006. P76 ISSN 1684-6133.
Langerman, F. 2006. Editor. Artworks in Progress: Journal of the Staff of the Michaelis School of Fine Art. Volume 8. Cape Town: Michaelis School of Fine Art. [80 pp, illus] November, 2006.
Langerman, F. 2006. Reading difference/Seeing pattern: the representational language of the genome. Artworks in Progress: Journal of the Staff of the Michaelis School of Fine Art. Cape Town: UCT. 8: 30-34.
MacKenny, V. 2006. ‘Surfacing – Levels of Flatness’ in Artworks in Progress Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, Cape Town. (p40-44) ISBN 978-0-620-37407-1
Skotnes, P. and Payne, M. 2006. Double Vision. 127 cabinet installation for the Wits Origins’ Museum. Artworks in Progress (p16-18)
Skotnes, P. 2006. Book review: Hollman’s Customs and Beliefs of the /Xam Bushmen. South African Historical Journal, 55: 213-215.
Skotnes, P. 2006. Curating the gravesite: an introduction to 1 in 11 000 000 chances. Catalgue essay for the exhibition by Lyndi Sales, Brendhan Bell Gallery, Cape Town September to October.
Van der Schijff, J. 2006. Iron Triangle, Artworks in Progress, yearbook of the staff of the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, Cape Town. (p70-73). ISBN: 978-0-620-37407-1
Zaayman, C. 2006. The Persistence of Adolescence OR Resurrecting Petrarch, in Artworks in Progress edited by Fritha Langerman. Michaelis School of Fine Art: 53-57. ISBN: 978-0-620-37407-1.

Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies

Research Report 2006

(Including the Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research)

Head of Department: Professor Milton Shain
Departmental Profile
Hebrew and Jewish Studies at UCT focuses its research on Hebrew language and literature and aspects of the Jewish experience, with particular emphasis on biblical literature, Judaism and Late Antiquity, origins of racist thinking and/or the relationship of religion and racism, South African Jewry, Jewish feminism, and anti-Semitism. The department incorporates the Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research. The Centre’s visiting professors programme ensures ongoing international contact.

Departmental Statistics
Permanent and long-term contract staff

Professors	2
Senior Lecturers	1
Administrative staff	1
Total	4

Honorary staff

Honorary Research Associates

3

Students

Doctoral	1
Masters	6
Honours	0
Undergraduate	14
Total	21

Research Fields and Staff
Professor Milton Shain

Head of Department; Director, Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research; comparative studies in South African and American Jewry; antisemitism; history of South African Jewry

Professor David Goldenberg

Isidore and Theresa Cohen Chair of Jewish Religion and Thought; history and literature of Judaism in Late Antiquity, origins of racist thinking and/or the relationship of religion and racism

Dr Azila Reisenberger

Senior Lecturer; biblical studies with special attention to gender issues and feminist theology: Hebrew literature, including South African Hebrew writings

Distinguished visitors
Professor Bernard Wasserstein (University of Chicago)
Professor Benny Morris (Ben Gurion University)

Research Associateships
Dr Edna Bradlow
Ms Romi Kaplan
Professor Michael Berger

Contact Details

Postal Address: Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701

Telephone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Research Output
ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
Bradlow, E. 2005. The life and achievement of Arthur Ruppin. Jewish Affairs, 60(3): 6-16.
Reisenberger, A. 2006. Suture as the seam between literatures. Journal for the Study of Religion, 19(2): 125-137.
Shain, M. and Bastos, M. 2006. Muslim antisemitism and anti-Zionism in South Africa since 1945. Antisemitism International 2006, 3-4: 18-30.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Goldenberg, D.M. 2006. The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious: Divre Pi-iakam ien (Qoh 10:12): Essays in honour of Gunter Stemberger on the occasion of his 65th Birthday. In M. Perani (ed.), What did Ham do to Noah?: 265-274. Berlin: de Gruyter.
Pimstone, M. and Shain, M. 2006. 1500 word entries on: Helen Suzman, Ruth First, Ray Alexander, Gill Marcus, Nadine Gordimer, Irma Stern, Sarah Gertrude Millin, Ellen Hellman. In P. Hyman and D. Ofer (eds), Jewish Women: A comprehensive historical encyclopedia. Jerusalem, Israel: Shalvi.
Ryan, M. and Reisenberger, A. 2006. How do religions organise themselves? In A. Reisenberger, M. Ryan, J. Stonier and K. Bavikatte (eds), Shuters religion studies: 99-128. Pietermaritzburg, Cape Town, Randburg: Shuter & Shooter.
Shain, M. 2006. Introduction. In M. Shain (ed.), Opposing voices liberalism and opposition in South Africa today: 29-36. Johannesburg and Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Shain, M. 2006. South Africa. In L. Grossman (ed.), American Jewish year book 2006: 544-558. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America.