Lecture Series of the Dubnow Institute

On Thursday, April 4, 5.15 p.m., Prof. Dr. Leora Auslander of the University of Chicago will open with her lecture »Jewish Things? Material Culture and Jewish Studies« the research colloquium of the Dubnow Institute in the summer semester 2019. The colloquium entitled »Jewish Material Cultures in East Central Europe in the 20th Century« approaches the Jewish history of East Central Europe in the 20th century from the perspective of its material cultures. The focus is on central places and institutions such as Jewish-theological seminars, museums, libraries and collections in the period before, during and after the Second World War. The colloquium will take place on Thursdays at 5.15 p.m. at the Dubnow Institute. Participation is free of charge and without advance registration.

Lectures

4 April 2019
Leora Auslander (Chicago)
Jewish Things? Material Culture and Jewish Studies

2 May 2019
Vera Ábrahám, Dóra Pataricza (Szeged)
Zwischen Szeged und Jerusalem: Das Schicksal der Immánuel-Löw-Bibliothek

16 May 2019
Andrea Jelínková (Prague)
Silent Witnesses: Books in Ghetto Terezín during and after World War II

27 June 2019
Michal Czajka (Warszawa)
Remnants of the German-Jewish Past: Archival Holdings at the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw after 1945

4 July 2019
Janusz Spyra (Czestochowa)
Spuren einer zerstörten Welt: Das deutsch-jüdische Kulturerbe in Slask Cieszynski nach 1945