Program of The 19th International Summer Seminar in Yiddish Language and Culture

PROGRAM

• Yiddish classes on 4 levels:

– Yiddish1 (I), teachers: Karolina Szymaniak, Anna Szyba (60h; in class or online): 3.30pm-7.30pm (Warsaw time) with a break

– Yiddish2 (II), teachers: Magdalena Kozłowska, Reyze Turner (60h; in class or online): 3.30pm-7.30pm (Warsaw time) with a break

– Yiddish3 (III), teachers: Natalia Krynicka, Reyze Turner (60h; online): 3.30pm-7.30pm (Warsaw time) with a break

– Yiddish4 (IV), teachers: Natalia Krynicka, Sharon Bar Kochva (60h; online): 3.30pm-7.30pm (Warsaw time) with a break

* ADDITIONAL GROUPS FOR BEGGINNERS (online)

-Yiddish1 (I), teachers: Agata Reibach, Janina Wurbs: 9am-12.30pm (Warsaw time) with a break

-Yiddish2 (II), teachers: Agata Reibach, Janina Wurbs: 9am-12.30pm (Warsaw time) with a break

• Conversation and language tutorials (3h)

July 2, 2pm-3.15pm (Warsaw time), conversation: Anna Szyba and Karolina Szymaniak

July 9, 2pm-3.15pm (Warsaw time), conversation: Anna Szyba and Karolina Szymaniak

• Workshops

June 29, July 6 and 13, 1pm-2:30pm (Warsaw time) Creative Yiddish Writing Workshop, Ethel Niborski #onZoom 

June 29, July 6 and 13, 1pm-2pm (Warsaw time) Old Yiddish Literature Workshop, Oren Cohen Roman #onZoom 

June 30, July 7 and 14, 1pm-2.30pm (Warsaw time) Manuscript Reading Workshop, Anna Szyba [details]#onZoom

July 1, 8 and 15, 1pm-2pm (Warsaw time) Yiddish far historiker workshop, Magdalena Kozłowska #onZoom 

July 3, 10am (Warsaw time) cooking workshop: “Fania Lewando’s vegetarian cuisine: Prewar Jewish desserts – pontshkes, peysekhdiker tort, a kukhn mit truskafkes”, Michał Lachur [details]#onZoom & #inPerson 

July 10, 10am (Warsaw time) cooking workshop: “Yidishe ugerkes – a case study on cucumbers in Eastern European Jewish Cuisine”, Michał Lachur [details] #onZoom & #inPerson

• Lectures

July 1, 8pm (Warsaw time) “From shtetl into wilderness: exploring nature in Yiddish culture”, Dr Marek Tuszewicki [details] #onZoom

July 5, 8pm (Warsaw time) “Lithuanian Landscapes in Yiddish Poetry”, Prof. Mikhail Krutikov [details]#onZoom 

July 7, 8pm (Warsaw time) “Ecocritical perspectives on Jewish food and foodways”, Paulina Kakareko-Iwanow [details] #onZoom & #inPerson 

July 12, 8pm (Warsaw time) “Grochów Kibbutz and its commemoration – History of the Jewish farm in Grochów (1919 – 1941)”, Maria Cieśla #onZoom & #inPerson 

July 15, 8pm (Warsaw time) “The only light in my then dark life was school. The schools of TSISHO 1921-1939” (in Yiddish), Anna Szyba [details] #onZoom & #inPerson

The program may be slightly changed!