Women, the City, and the Yiddish Theater

Thursday Jul 7, 2016 1:00pm
Conference

Panel | 1:00pm-5:00pm

Butler Library, Room 523
Columbia University

Keynote | 7:00pm

619 Kent Hall
Columbia University

Co-presented by YIVO and Institute for Israel & Jewish Studies at Columbia University


Admission: Free

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 this field and consider the experiences of women in particular. Among those participating, will be David Mazower (Keynote Speaker), Alyssa Quint (Conference Organizer) as well as Nina Warnke, Alisa Solomon, Fruma Mohrer, Joel Berkowitz, and Michael Steinlauf. Among the archival resources to be discussed will be 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