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196 SHOFAR Spring 1999 Vol. 17, No.3 News and Information Conferences International Medieval Congress The International Medieval Congress, which will be held at the University of Leeds on July 12-15, 1999, will include a one-day symposium on July 12 on Imaging the Self, Imaging the Other: Jews and Their Representations in Medieval Book Illustrations. The call for papers requests discussions ofquestions which include: Is the label "antisemitic" applicable to depictions of Jews which underline the Jews' difference, often in an overtly hostile manner? How can we analyze medieval anxieties about order, hierarchy, and difference underlying such images? How did Jews, in producing images ofthe self, come to terms with their environment, ruled as it was by a profusion of Christian (or Islamic) imagery? How did they assert their own cultural identity in such images? For more information, contact Dr. Eva Frojmovic, Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, England; phone: 0113-233-5197; fax: 0113-2451977 ; e-mail: ; Web: . Twelfth Annual Klutznick Symposium "The End of Days?: Millennialism from the Hebrew Bible to the Present" is the theme ofthe twelfth annual Klutznick Symposium, to be held in Omaha, Nebraska, on Sunday, October 10 and Monday, October 11, 1999. The Symposium is hosted by Creighton University's Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization and Center for the Study ofReligion and Society. For further information, contact Leonard Jay Greenspoon, Chairholder of the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization «Ijgrn@creighton.edu>; phone: 402-280-2304; fax: 402-280-1454), or Ronald A Simkins, Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society «rsmkns@creighton.edu>; phone: 402-280-2504), Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178. Global Consortium of Educational and Training Institutions Directors of academic institutions and other training programs preparing either lay leaders or professionals for careers in Jewish communal service and/or in Jewish education will meet in Jerusalem on November 12 and 13. The purpose of the meeting is to explore opportunities for cross-national collaborations and exchanges that would News and Information 197 enhance the work of individual institutions. These are the institutions that might be thought of as preparing people for careers or policy roles in an emerging and increasingly global Jewish civil service. Although this is an invitational meeting, if you think you should have received an invitation please contact Armand Lauffer, Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285; phone: 734-763-6583; fax: 734-936-1961; email : . Announcements Elazar Classification System In August 1997, the third edition of "A Classification System for Libraries of Judaica" was published by Jason Aronson Inc. The authors, David and Daniel Elazar (Rishon LeZion and Jerusalem) contend that there was and is a need for a classification system for libraries with Judaica collections to classify and arrange these collections according to Jewish concepts based upon Jewish thought and terminology. This is in contrast to the familiar classification schemes like Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress which incorporate the Bible, Judaism, and Israel into the general world of knowledge without relating them to each other in the spirit of Jewish tradition. A detailed description of "A Classification System for Libraries of Judaica," including discussions by librarians who have used previous editions, is available on the Elazar home page: . To join the Elazar Classification Discussion Group (monitored), enter your e-mail address in the appropriate window and "press" the "join list" button. Hebraisticum "Hebraisticum" is a new open mailing list on topics and issues of interest in the whole field of classical Hebrew, i.e., Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew Epigraphy, Hebrew Sirach, and Hebrew Language of the DSS. It is intended to support a European network for Classical Hebrew which will encourage scholarly interaction and exchange of information. "Hebraisticum" is a project of the Mainzer Arbeitskreis fur althebraische Sprache at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz. Conference languages are German, English, or French. To subscribe, send the message "subscribe hebraisticum" in the body of an e-mail message to: . For further information contact listowner J. F. Diehl: . 198 Geschichte und Kultur der Juden SHOFAR Spring 1999 Vol. 17, No.3 A new mailing list, "Geschichte und Kultur der Juden," is devoted...