Junior Scholar Workshop in Russian and East European Jewish Cultures

Monday May 24, 2021

9-00-9:30 Welcome and Introductions

Harriet Murav (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

9:30-12:00 Panel 1

Eugene M. Avrutin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Chair)

· Tova Benjamin, New York University, “The ‘Yellow’ and ‘Jewish’ Question in the Russian Far East: Managing Foreignness, Productivity, and Colonization,1858-1914”

· Nobuto Sato, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,“Stuttering of Revolution: Language, Human Body, and Ideology in David Bergelsen’s Judgment”

· Lelia Stadler, Columbia University, “What was Jewish – Argentine Bigamy? Between the Argentine State and Ethnic Surveillance, 1930 – 1939”

Marina Mogilner, University of Illinois, Chicago (Respondent)

12:00-1:00 Lunch Break

1:00-2:30 Webinar on archival research

Webinar: Russian and East European Jewish Studies Archives and Special Collections.

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Lyudmila Sholokhova (New York Public Library) Vadim Altskan (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) Joe Lenkart (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Archives and special collections represent both a reservoir of information and a daunting challenge to scholars everywhere. With unique collections scattered around the world, some visible and some hidden, researchers are often left to connect the dots and begin the arduous task of retracing references to collections found in secondary literature and through formal and informal discussions. Join the Second Bi-Annual Junior Scholars Workshop participants, archivists, and librarians for a panel discussion on Russian, East European, and Eurasian Jewish Studies archives, special collections, and bibliographical sources. The panelists will discuss discoverability and access to the archival and library collections on East European Jewish history in the various US repositories, including New York Public Library, Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the University of Illinois Library. All are welcome to participate.

3:00-5:30 Panel 2

Harriet Murav, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Chair)

· Rachelle Grossman, Harvard University, “Yidish-bukh farlag”

· Julian Adoff, University of Illinois, Chicago, “Jewish Modernity in Multiplicity: Towards a Dialectical Jewish/Polish Bi-Nationalism in the Visual Imagery of Maurycy Gottlieb”

· Julia Riegel, Indiana University, “Oases of Leisure, Targets of Resentment: Entertainment, Privilege, and Sexuality in Cafés and Cabarets in the Warsaw Ghetto”

Karen Underhill, University of Illinois, Chicago (Respondent)

Tuesday May 25, 2021

9:00-11:30 Panel 3

Jessica Kirzane, University of Chicago (Chair)

· Jeremiah Lockwood, “Hefker khazones (wanton cantorial music): The Erotic Construction of the Masculine Voice in “Golden Age” Cantorial Records

· Aleksandra Gajowy: Newcastle University, “Where is the Muranów Lily? Unearthing Traces of Queer Jewishness in Contemporary Warsaw”

· LeiAnna Hammel, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, “David Bergelson’s Flirtation with Russian Symbolism: Female Eroticism in The End of Everything (1913)”

Keely Stauter-Halsted, University of Illinois, Chicago (Respondent)

1:00-2:30 Concluding Session: Academic Publishing and the Challenges of Balancing Life and Work

Eugene M. Avrutin and Karen Underhill (Moderators)