Yiddish Civilization Lecture Series, Summer 2020

The 2020 lecture series ran on Mondays and Thursdays from June 29 to July 27, covering topics ranging from history and historiography to literature, poetry, folklore, and theater, and featuring some of the field’s leading scholars: Eve Jochnowitz, Miriam Udel, Kalman Weiser, Ronald Robboy, Ellie Kellman, Tony Michels, Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel, Alyssa Quint, and Jack Jacobs.

Watch the lectures

Eating Right and Left: Food and Political Alignment in the Yiddish Press

Monday, June 29, 2020 | 4:30pm-6:00pm EDT
Eve Jochnowitz | Delivered in Yiddish | Learn more »

Yiddish Children’s Literature and Jewish Modernity

Thursday, July 2, 2020 | 4:30pm-6:00pm EDT
Miriam Udel | Delivered in English | Learn more »

Where Is The Capital of Yiddishland?

Monday, July 6, 2020 | 4:30pm-6:00pm EDT
Kalman Weiser | Delivered in Yiddish | Learn more »

The Barton Brothers, Mickey Katz, and Others: Yiddish-English Bilingual Parody Songs

Thursday, July 9, 2020 | 4:30pm-6:00pm EDT
Ronald Robboy | Delivered in English | Learn more »

Ab. Cahan's Early Experiments in Yiddish Journalism: di "Sedre" and the Novella "How Rafol Naaritsokh Became a Socialist"

Monday, July 13, 2020 | 4:30pm-6:00pm EDT
Ellie Kellman | Delivered in Yiddish | Learn more »

Chaim Zhitlovsky and His Philosophy of Yiddishism

Thursday, July 16, 2020 | 4:30pm-6:00pm EDT
Tony Michels | Delivered in English | Learn more »

Stutchkoff and Yiddish Radio

Monday, July 20, 2020 | 4:30pm-6:00pm EDT
Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel | Delivered in Yiddish | Learn more »

The Accidental Rise of the Modern Yiddish Theater

Thursday, July 23, 2020 | 4:30pm-6:00pm EDT
Alyssa Quint | Delivered in English | Learn more »

Brider un shvester fun arbet un noyt. A geshikhte fun 'bund.'

Monday, July 27, 2020 | 4:30pm-6:00pm EDT
Jack Jacobs | Delivered in Yiddish | Learn more »