Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series
This lecture series introduces audiences to some of the breadth and depth of Yiddish civilization in Eastern Europe, New York, and around the world.
Growing out of YIVO's Uriel Weinreich Yiddish Summer Program, a 6-week program which offers Yiddish language classes from beginner to advanced levels and a wide variety of cultural and enrichment activities, the lectures are part of the Summer Program curriculum, but are also open to a broad public. Tuesday lectures will be delivered in English and Thursday lectures in Yiddish.
Leo Rosten and the Translation of Yiddish Joy
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
Sunny Yudkoff | Delivered in English | Learn more »
Jewish Resistance during the Pogroms in Ukraine in 1918-1921
Thursday, June 27, 2024 | 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
Elissa Bemporad | Delivered in Yiddish | Learn more »
Tuesday, July 2, 2024 | NO LECTURE
Thursday, July 4, 2024 | NO LECTURE
Instilling Yiddishkayt into Zionism
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 | 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
Dina Porat | Delivered in English | Learn more »
Testimonies in Responsa and What They Tell Us about the Development of Spoken Yiddish
Thursday, July 11, 2024 | 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
Moshe Taube | Delivered in Yiddish | Learn more »
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 | NO LECTURE
Libes briv (18th C.): Isaac Wetzlar’s Call for Reform of Jewish Society and Education
Thursday, July 18, 2024 | 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
Marion Aptroot | Delivered in Yiddish | Learn more »
Musical Pripetshik: Lyrics and Melodies of Traditional Yiddish Folksongs
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 | 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
Michael Lukin | Delivered in English | Learn more »
Ethnographers between Yiddish and Polish: a Study in Intellectual History
Thursday, July 25, 2024 | 2:00pm-3:00pm ET
Karolina Szymaniak | Delivered in Yiddish | Learn more »