Women, The City and the Yiddish Theater

Thursday, July 7th, 2016
Panel: 1:00-5:00pm, Butler Library, Room 523, Columbia University
Keynote: 700pm, 619 Kent Hall, Columbia University

Admission is free. Registration is required: contact the Institute for Israel & Jewish Studies at Columbia University) at iijs@columbia.edu.
Website: yivo.org/Women-the-City-and-the-Yiddish-Theater

New York, NY - On Thursday July 7th, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and the Institute for Israel & Jewish Studies at Columbia University are co-presenting a summer conference, Women, the City, and the Yiddish Theater. The conference will begin with a panel at 1:00pm at Columbia University (Butler Library, Room 523). At 7:00pm, David Mazower (BBC Journalist, author of Yiddish Theatre in London) will give the keynote (619 Kent Hall).

This conference brings together scholars, librarians, and archivists to present the latest scholarship on the under-researched topic of modern Yiddish theater and performance. Participants will assess the newest digital archival resources for research in the field and consider the experiences of women in particular. In addition to David Mazower, other panelists are Alyssa Quint (YIVO Vilna Collections Scholar, Conference Organizer), Nina Warnke (Vanderbilt University), Alisa Solomon (Columbia University), Joel Berkowitz (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), and Michael Steinlauf (Gratz College). Among the archival resources to be discussed are materials of the Museum of the City of New York, the New York Public Library, and the materials in YIVO's Esther-Rachel Kaminska Theater Museum Collection. 

About YIVO

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is dedicated to the preservation and study of the history and culture of East European Jewry worldwide. For nearly a century, YIVO has pioneered new forms of Jewish scholarship, research, education, and cultural expression. Our public programs and exhibitions, as well as online and on-site courses, extend our outreach to a global community. The YIVO Archives contains 24 million unique items and YIVO’s Library has over 400,000 volumes—the single largest resource for the study of East European Jewish life in the world. yivo.org / yivo.org/the-whole-story

About The Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University

The Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies – Columbia University’s center for the academic study and discussion of Jewish life, history, and culture – has long been a national and international leader in the field. Over its half-century history, IIJS has trained many of the field’s leading figures. Its scholars and students have produced lasting and central works of scholarship in a field that continues to grow exponentially across the United States. The Institute is dedicated to the academic study and discussion of Israel and Jewish Studies. Committed to blending rigorous scholarship with cutting edge teaching and intellectual opportunities, IIJS explores the best that’s been thought and said in the field and examines the length and breadth of Jewish history and culture, as well as Israel and all of its complexities. www.iijs.columbia.edu