POLIN Museum, University of Graz
In partnership with the World Union of Jewish Studies
DAY 1: 25 JUNE (TUESDAY)
12:00-12:15 Opening remarks_Opening remarks by the workshop organizers Susanne Korbel and Aleksandra Jakubczaka
12:15-13:45 Panel 1: Imperial Russia
Ela Bauer (Kibbutzim College, Tel Aviv)
The Couresityot and The Big City; The Encounter of Femail Students at Hebrew Froebel Courses in 31 Leszno St. With The Everyday Life
of Warsaw Before First World War
Julija Levin (Tel Aviv University)
Sexual Violence Against Jewish Women in Jewish Homes in 19th Century Vilna
13:45 Lunch break
14:45-16:45 Panel 2: Central Europe
Michael L. Miller (Central European University, Vienna)
Morality, Modesty and “Jewish” Mores in Interwar Hungary
Martina Niedhammer (Collegium Carolinum, Munich)
(Why) Does Female Authorship Matter? Possibilities and Boundaries of Jewish Cookbook Writing in Central Europe during the Late 19th and the Early 20th Century
Susanne Korbel (University of Graz/Central European University, Vienna)
Re-Thinking Intimacies between Jews and non-Jews: A Gendered Approach to Living in Budapest and Vienna 1900-1930
16:45 Coffee break
17:00-18:30 Panel 3: Southeast Europe
Katarzyna Taczyńska (Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences/University College Dublin)
Jewish, Yugoslav, Woman: Meaning-Creation Practices in Identity Building. The Case of Ženi Lebl
Sylvia Hershcovitz (Bar Ilan University)
Re-Constructing the Romanian Jewry Narrative by including Her Story: The Activity of Jewish Women and their Organizations in Romania during the First Half of the 20th Century
18:30 Reception
DAY 2: 26 JUNE (WEDNESDAY)
9:15-11:15 Panel 4: Poland
Emma Zohar (University of Haifa)
Extramarital Sexual Relations Within the Jewish Community in Independent Poland
Agnieszka Jagodzińska (University of Wrocław)
(R)evolution: Describing Marriage and Romance in Jewish Autobiographies, 1800-1939
Aleksandra Jakubczak (POLIN Museum/History Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences)
Ksuves and Visas: Marital Strategies of Polish Jewish Women in the Era of Global Immigration Restrictions
11:15 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Panel 5: The Holocaust
Mariusz Kalczewiak (University of Southern California, LA) Gendering Male Continuities and Discontinuities: Jewish Men in the Ghettos of Occupied Poland
Justina Smalkyte (Science Po, Paris) Stealing, Shearing, Exchanging: Material Encounters between Jewish and non-Jewish Soviet Partisans in German-occupied Lithuania
13:00 Lunch Break
To participate in the workshop and gain access to the pre-circulated papers, please register by June 10, at this link www.polin.pl/en/form/gender-in-jewish-studies
Only approved participants will receive details about the workshop.
Contact person: Dr Aleksandra Jakubczak-Gabay (POLIN Museum), ajakubczak(at)polin.pl