Oct

20 2024

CNU Lecture with Professor Michael Berkowitz

11:00AM - 12:00PM  

1 Avenue of the Arts
Newport News, VA 23606

CNU Department of Philosophy and Religion presents:
Notes From a Musical-in-Progress: From Mannes & Godowsky, "Man & God" - to Kodachrome
featuring Professor Michael Berkowitz, Professor of Modern Jewish History at University College London


Sunday, October 20th
Torggler 102

For roughly the past 10 years, Leo Doulton, Jacob Dorfman, and Michael Berkowitz have been creating an original musical. Based on Berkowitz's research on the history of Jews and photography, it centers on the inventors of the Kodachrome process: Leopold Mannes and Leopold Godowsky Jr. Although they did not share the background of most industrial chemists nad physicists, they were responsible for changing the way humanity saw and remembered the world - in natural color.
The presentation largely comprises the music inspiring and informing the story, and features six Dorfman & Doulton numbers from the musical.

Sponsored by The Bertram and Gladys Aaron Professorship of Jewish Studies.