Ranjit Chatterjee: Contributions to Jewish Studies

CONTRIBUTIONS TO JEWISH STUDIES 1988-2008

"Freedom Upon the Tablets: Wittgenstein and Rosenzweig on Language." Paper presented to the Jewish Studies Workshop, The University of Chicago, February 4, 1988.

Translation of Erich Kulka's Holocaust memoir, "From Suffering to Resistance." Commencement Address, Spertus College, Chicago, 1989.

"Wittgenstein as a Jewish Thinker." Proceedings of the X. World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, 1989.

"Judaic Motifs in Wittgenstein." In Robert S. Wistrich, ed. Austrians and Jews in the Twentieth Century. London: St. Martin's Press, 1992

"Derrida e gli etnografi." [Translation into Italian of "Derrida and Rabbinic Ethnography"], Il Mondo 3, Rivista di teoria delle scienze umane e sociali. II:1, April 1995, 234-41.

Wittgenstein and Judaism: A Triumph of Concealment. (Series: Studies in Judaism, v. 1). New York: Peter Lang. Nominated for Jewish Book Award of the Koret Foundation, San Francisco, in the category "Modern Jewish Thought." 2005.

"A Different Wittgenstein: Christian, or Judaic Esoteric?" Conference on "Wittgenstein, Ethics and Religious Belief," Dharamshala, India, September, 2005. Sponsored by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research and the University Grants Commission, Government of India. (To be published in the Proceedings volume).

"The Jewish Wittgenstein," The Philosophers' Magazine, September 2005.

Panel:

37th Annual Conference, Association for Jewish Studies December 18-20, 2005, Washington Hilton and Towers Section 7.12, Dec. 19, 2005

Wittgenstein and Judaism: Language, Psychology, and Prophecy
Chair: Yudit K. Greenberg (Rollins College)

Revelation and Tradition: Wittgenstein and Language Michael L. Morgan (Indiana University)

Aspects of Wittgenstein: Duck-Rabbi? Jay Geller (Vanderbilt University)

James, Wittgenstein and Judaism: the Chatterjee Connection
Dennis Rohatyn (University of San Diego)
Respondent: Ranjit Chatterjee (Lado International College)

May 2008

Upcoming, Dept. of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University, seminar topic TBA

January 2008

"Language & Peace," Peace Education Workshop, Tantur Ecumenical Institute, Bethlehem. January 4-5. Sponsored by IPCRI. Complete program.

Attended Annual Theology Conference, the Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, January 21-24.

February 2006

"Why Wittgenstein, Why Religion, Why Judaism?" Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies, University of Maryland-College Park

"Wittgenstein as an Iceberg: Exploring the Jewish Depths." American University, Washington, DC, Department of Philosophy and Religion

July 2006

X. International Conference, International Soc. for the Study of European Ideas University of Malta, Malta
Section IV: Literature, Art, Music, Theatre, Culture
Jewish European/Jewish Oriental Narratives: Before and After the Shoah
Chair: Mark H. Gelber
Ranjit Chatterjee: "Wittgenstein as the Consummate European Outsider"
[Travel not funded]

Nov. 24, 1997

Research Seminar: Dr. Ranjit Chatterjee: "Otto Weininger, Antisemitism, Jewish Self-Hatred: Wittgenstein's Response" See http://sicsa.huji.ac.il/97calend.htm

Senior Research Scholar The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies The University of Maryland College Park, MD Adjunct Associate Professor of English University of Maryland University College Contact Ranjit Chatterjee Ph.D. The University of Chicago "The language thread in the modernist project of linguistics, literary studies, Wittgenstein, and Judaism."
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO JEWISH STUDIES 1988-2008 "Freedom Upon the Tablets: Wittgenstein and Rosenzweig on Language." Paper presented to the Jewish Studies Workshop, The University of Chicago, February 4, 1988. Translation of Erich Kulka's Holocaust memoir, "From Suffering to Resistance." Commencement Address, Spertus College, Chicago, 1989. "Wittgenstein as a Jewish Thinker." Proceedings of the X. World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, 1989. "Judaic Motifs in Wittgenstein." In Robert S. Wistrich, ed. Austrians and Jews in the Twentieth Century. London: St. Martin's Press, 1992 "Derrida e gli etnografi." [Translation into Italian of "Derrida and Rabbinic Ethnography"], Il Mondo 3, Rivista di teoria delle scienze umane e sociali. II:1, April 1995, 234-41. Wittgenstein and Judaism: A Triumph of Concealment. (Series: Studies in Judaism, v. 1). New York: Peter Lang. Nominated for Jewish Book Award of the Koret Foundation, San Francisco, in the category "Modern Jewish Thought." 2005. "A Different Wittgenstein: Christian, or Judaic Esoteric?" Conference on "Wittgenstein, Ethics and Religious Belief," Dharamshala, India, September, 2005. Sponsored by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research and the University Grants Commission, Government of India. (To be published in the Proceedings volume). "The Jewish Wittgenstein," The Philosophers' Magazine, September 2005. Panel: 37th Annual Conference, Association for Jewish Studies December 18-20, 2005, Washington Hilton and Towers Section 7.12, Dec. 19, 2005 Wittgenstein and Judaism: Language, Psychology, and Prophecy Chair: Yudit K. Greenberg (Rollins College) Revelation and Tradition: Wittgenstein and Language Michael L. Morgan (Indiana University) Aspects of Wittgenstein: Duck-Rabbi? Jay Geller (Vanderbilt University) James, Wittgenstein and Judaism: the Chatterjee Connection Dennis Rohatyn (University of San Diego) Respondent: Ranjit Chatterjee (Lado International College) May 2008 Upcoming, Dept. of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University, seminar topic TBA January 2008 "Language & Peace," Peace Education Workshop, Tantur Ecumenical Institute, Bethlehem. January 4-5. Sponsored by IPCRI. Complete program. Attended Annual Theology Conference, the Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, January 21-24. February 2006 "Why Wittgenstein, Why Religion, Why Judaism?" Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies, University of Maryland-College Park "Wittgenstein as an Iceberg: Exploring the Jewish Depths." American University, Washington, DC, Department of Philosophy and Religion July 2006 X. International Conference, International Soc. for the Study of European Ideas University of Malta, Malta Section IV: Literature, Art, Music, Theatre, Culture Jewish European/Jewish Oriental Narratives: Before and After the Shoah Chair: Mark H. Gelber Ranjit Chatterjee: "Wittgenstein as the Consummate European Outsider" [Travel not funded] Nov. 24, 1997 Research Seminar: Dr. Ranjit Chatterjee: "Otto Weininger, Antisemitism, Jewish Self-Hatred: Wittgenstein's Response" See http://sicsa.huji.ac.il/97calend.htm