Clara Sumpf Yiddish Lectures: "When Yiddish was Young: Vilna's Last Generation" with Justin Cammy

Clara Sumpf Yiddish Lectures: "When Yiddish was Young: Vilna's Last Generation" with Justin Cammy
Date
Mon May 14th 2018, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Event Sponsor
Taube Center for Jewish Studies, Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages
Location
History Corner, Room 307

Justin Cammy is a literary and cultural historian with research and teaching interests in Yiddish and modern Jewish literatures, Eastern European Jewish history, and Zionism and contemporary Israel. He holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a B.A. in Middle Eastern studies from McGill University. In addition to appointments in Jewish studies and comparative literature, he also is a member of Smith's Programs in Middle East studies, Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian studies, and American studies. His administrative service includes appointments as director of the Program in Jewish Studies and faculty co-director of STRIDE (Student Research in Departments), and past service as Acting Dean of Sophomores.

Note: There will be a Yiddish lecture with Justin Cammy on May 15 at 12pm.