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The Place of Religion in Film: Son of Saul

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Time: March 31, 2017, 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Location: Newhouse

Ray Smith Symposium

June Hwang (University of Rochester)
 Sara Horowitz (York University) 

Presented as part of the Ray Smith Symposium, this two-day “Place of Religion in Film” conference (March 31st - April 1st) this public plenary features York University Professor Sara Horowitz and University of Rochester Professor June Hwang discussing Jewishness, trauma and memory in their lectures on Lázló Nemes’s 2015 film, Son of Saul.

  • 2 - 3:45 p.m., Film Screening, 141 Newhouse 3
  • 4 - 6 p.m., Plenary lectures with Professors Horowitz and Hwang, 141 Newhouse 3
  • 6 - 7 p.m., Reception, Lobby, Newhouse 1

View or download the official event flier.  

Primary sponsors include the Syracuse University Humanities Council, Humanities Center and Religion Department. 

Additional Syracuse University sponsors include the Jewish Studies Program; Office of Research; Graduate School; English Department; Television, Radio & Film Program; Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Department; and Philosophy Department.

Joaquim Pinto’s plenary session is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts’ 2017 Electronic Media and Film Presentation Funds Grant program, administered by The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes.

M. Gail Hamner, Religion