Reaching Young Minds Through the Annual Winkler Lecture

Ellen Handler Spitz, Ph.D., presents “Reaching Young Minds: Jewish Books for Jewish Children” at UC's McMicken College of Arts & Science annual Winkler Lecture on Feb. 20.

Date: 2/15/2006 12:00:00 AM
By: Wendy Beckman
Phone: (513) 556-1826

Other Contact: Nicole West
Other Contact Phone: (513) 556-0435

Ellen Handler Spitz visits UC as part of the Judaic Studies Department's Winkler Lecture Series.

Ellen Handler Spitz is a renowned scholar in art, psychology and children’s literature. She is currently a professor of visual arts in the Honors College of the University of Baltimore. Spitz received her doctorate at Columbia University after studies at Harvard and Barnard College. Her most recent books, which been reviewed in the New York Times, include Inside Picture Books (Yale University Press, 1999) which has been translated into Italian, Japanese and Korean; Museums of the Mind: Magritte’s Labyrinth and Other Essays in the Arts (Yale University Press, 1994); Image and Insight: Essays in Psychoanalysis and the Arts (Columbia University Press, 1991); Art and Psyche: A Study in Psychoanalysis and Aesthetics (Yale University Press, 1985, Italian edition in 1993); and her forthcoming book The Brightening Glance: Imagination and Childhood (Pantheon Press/Random House, 2006), which will be the subject of her illustrated lecture.

The Annual Beatrice Winkler Lecture Series in Judaic Studies was established in 2003 by the friends and family of Bea Winkler, former UC first lady, for her tireless devotion and commitment to the Department of Judaic Studies as a founding member and president of the Friends of Judaic Studies.

When: Monday, Feb. 20, 2006, 7:30 p.m.

Where: University of Cincinnati, 615 Old Chemistry Building

Where? Click here for a campus map.

For more information or to RSVP, contact Nicole West at (513) 556-0435.

The lecture is free and open to the public and will be followed immediately by a reception. Parking is easily available at either Clifton Court or Woodside Garages.