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Because of the coronavirus pandemic, we have rescheduled our international conference „What’s New, What’s Next? Innovative Methods, New Sources, and Paradigm Shifts in Jewish Studies" on the future of Jewish studies by a year to October 2021. During the intervening months, we are inviting colleagues to explore the conference themes in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The podcast series will explore the conference themes – methodology, paradigm shifts, new sources, and new approaches to old sources – in relation to the current and earlier epidemics, Jewish responses to them, and how they have been studied from historical and contemporary perspectives. The focus of this series offers a multidisciplinary and transhistorical case study for exploring the conference themes. As a lead-up to the conference, the podcasts will demonstrate the kinds of presentations we would like to encourage.

This series is one of the ways that POLIN Museum is responding to the unique situation that all of us are facing.

Read more about conference: https://www.polin.pl/en/whats-new-whats-next-2020]]>enHistoryCopyright Muzeum POLINhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/80b1288f051c2ada06263296bee7ddd0.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/what-s-new-what-s-next--4545759Wed, 06 Sep 2023 04:15:06 +0000Muzeum POLINMuzeum POLINwhatsnewconference@polin.plWe invite you to listen to our new Global Education Outreach Program podcast series "What’s New? What’s Next? Jewish Studies in the time of pandemic". Because of the coronavirus pandemic, we have rescheduled our international conference „What’s New,...
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, we have rescheduled our international conference „What’s New, What’s Next? Innovative Methods, New Sources, and Paradigm Shifts in Jewish Studies" on the future of Jewish studies by a year to October 2021. During the intervening months, we are inviting colleagues to explore the conference themes in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The podcast series will explore the conference themes – methodology, paradigm shifts, new sources, and new approaches to old sources – in relation to the current and earlier epidemics, Jewish responses to them, and how they have been studied from historical and contemporary perspectives. The focus of this series offers a multidisciplinary and transhistorical case study for exploring the conference themes. As a lead-up to the conference, the podcasts will demonstrate the kinds of presentations we would like to encourage.

This series is one of the ways that POLIN Museum is responding to the unique situation that all of us are facing.

Read more about conference: https://www.polin.pl/en/whats-new-whats-next-2020]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/12-professor-havi-dreifuss-the-future-of-digital-research-and-jewish-studies-in-light-of-these-uncertain-times--43996405If you want to learn more about the issue of information accessibility and its credibility in the digital research era and to learn about the “personality” of the stationary archive, listen to Prof. Havi Dreifuss’ podcast!

Havi Dreifuss, is professor of Jewish history and head of the Institute for the History of Polish Jewry and Israel-Poland Relations at Tel Aviv University, as well as director of the Center for Research on the Holocaust in Poland at the International Institute for Holocaust Research, Yad Vashem. Her research deals with various aspects of everyday life during the Holocaust, including the relationship between Jews and Poles, religious life in light of the Holocaust, and Jewish existence in the face of extermination. Her latest book, The Warsaw Ghetto - The End (April 1942 - June 1943) won the Shazar Prize for the Study of Jewish History, and will be published in English.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43996405Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:30:17 +0000Muzeum POLINProf. Havi Dreifuss, a historian of the Holocaust at Tel-Aviv University, affiliated with Yad Vashem, discusses the accessibility of information and knowledge in her podcast. She highlights the pros of digital research, the diversity and an amount of...If you want to learn more about the issue of information accessibility and its credibility in the digital research era and to learn about the “personality” of the stationary archive, listen to Prof. Havi Dreifuss’ podcast!

Havi Dreifuss, is professor of Jewish history and head of the Institute for the History of Polish Jewry and Israel-Poland Relations at Tel Aviv University, as well as director of the Center for Research on the Holocaust in Poland at the International Institute for Holocaust Research, Yad Vashem. Her research deals with various aspects of everyday life during the Holocaust, including the relationship between Jews and Poles, religious life in light of the Holocaust, and Jewish existence in the face of extermination. Her latest book, The Warsaw Ghetto - The End (April 1942 - June 1943) won the Shazar Prize for the Study of Jewish History, and will be published in English.]]>1423digitalresearch,jewishhistory,jewishstudies;cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/11-professor-marcin-wodzinski-jewish-studies-after-the-epidemic--43505317https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43505317Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:21:50 +0000Muzeum POLINProfessor Marcin Wodziński discusses the challenges that await Jewish studies during the post-pandemic period. He studies condition and the future of Jewish studies through the prism of motivation of Jewish studies students, their scientific...1350epidemic,jewishhistory,jewishstudiescleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/10-professor-katarzyna-person-epidemics-in-the-oyneg-shabes-archive--42532658https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42532658Thu, 17 Dec 2020 08:17:24 +0000Muzeum POLINDr hab. Katarzyna Person, an expert on Holocaust and its aftermath on post-war history of Europe. Affiliated with Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute. In her lecture, she discusses the problem of infectious diseases that the prisoners of...1121archive,epidemics,ghetto,oyneg,shabes,warsawcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/9-professor-samuel-d-kassow-epidemics-in-the-warsaw-ghetto--42393274https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42393274Wed, 09 Dec 2020 08:15:03 +0000Muzeum POLINProf. Samuel D. Kassow, a historian affiliated with the Trinity College (Hartford, Connecticut), a renowned expert on the history of Jews in 20th century and the author of many works devoted to the Ringelblum’s Archive. In his podcast, he speaks about...1663epidemics,ghetto,holocaust,the,warsawcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/8-professor-jeffrey-shandler-the-black-wedding-in-joseph-opatoshu-s-short-story--42052462Opatoshu’s short novels became genuine chronicles of European Jewry and description of Jewish customs associated with death in the wake of epidemics. Professor Shandler takes the Opatoshu’s plague weddings as a benchmark to Jewish reactions to human tragedy caused by cholera epidemics. The lecturer efficiently combines the problem of literary descriptions of beliefs and rituals with social divisions and problems of stratification among East European Jews.
Jeffrey Shandler is Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University. His translations from Yiddish include Yankev Glatshteyn’s Emil and Karl, the first Holocaust novel for young readers. His next book, Yiddish: Biography of a Language, has been published this fall.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42052462Thu, 19 Nov 2020 08:17:20 +0000Muzeum POLINProfessor Jeffrey Shandler dedicates his lecture to Joseph Opatoshu’s short story on the black wedding ceremony. Opatoshu’s short novels became genuine chronicles of European Jewry and description of Jewish customs associated with death in the wake...Opatoshu’s short novels became genuine chronicles of European Jewry and description of Jewish customs associated with death in the wake of epidemics. Professor Shandler takes the Opatoshu’s plague weddings as a benchmark to Jewish reactions to human tragedy caused by cholera epidemics. The lecturer efficiently combines the problem of literary descriptions of beliefs and rituals with social divisions and problems of stratification among East European Jews.
Jeffrey Shandler is Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University. His translations from Yiddish include Yankev Glatshteyn’s Emil and Karl, the first Holocaust novel for young readers. His next book, Yiddish: Biography of a Language, has been published this fall.]]>1080literature,yiddishcleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/7-professor-natan-meir-jewish-responses-to-epidemics-in-the-modern-period--41417043Professor Meir explains whether the plague weddings were the last resort for Eastern European Jewry, why it was common for the marginalized minority to choose this ritual during hard times and consider it as an effective remedy for epidemics.
Natan Meir is a professor in Judaic Studies at Portland State University. His latest book, published in 2020 - “Stepchildren of the Shtetl: The Destitute, Disabled, and Mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939” perfectly describes his academic research areas which are Eastern European Jewry, modern Jewish history and diminished Jewish minority’ account.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41417043Mon, 12 Oct 2020 07:01:22 +0000Muzeum POLINProfessor Natan Meir continues the fourth podcasts panel with his lecture on fighting epidemics in Poland in the modern period. Professor Meir explains whether the plague weddings were the last resort for Eastern European Jewry, why it was common for...Professor Meir explains whether the plague weddings were the last resort for Eastern European Jewry, why it was common for the marginalized minority to choose this ritual during hard times and consider it as an effective remedy for epidemics.
Natan Meir is a professor in Judaic Studies at Portland State University. His latest book, published in 2020 - “Stepchildren of the Shtetl: The Destitute, Disabled, and Mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939” perfectly describes his academic research areas which are Eastern European Jewry, modern Jewish history and diminished Jewish minority’ account.]]>965cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/6-professor-shaul-stampfer-jewish-responses-to-epidemics-in-the-modern-period--41113634To explain the preconditions of the epidemics in modern times, professor Stampfer takes us on a journey through time and compares living conditions of a contemporary human to its hunter-gatherer ancestor.
Professor Stampfer shares in-depth analysis of Jewish responses to epidemics by presenting the confrontation of social classes; the political elite and doctors with religious minorities and the poor.
Shaul Stampfer is Professor emeritus at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, a scholar of East European Jewry specializing in the history of Lithuanian yeshivas and Jewish demographics.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41113634Fri, 25 Sep 2020 07:22:09 +0000Muzeum POLINProfessor Shaul Stampfer opens the fourth podcast panel on History of Jewish responses to epidemics in the modern period. To explain the preconditions of the epidemics in modern times, professor Stampfer takes us on a journey through time and...To explain the preconditions of the epidemics in modern times, professor Stampfer takes us on a journey through time and compares living conditions of a contemporary human to its hunter-gatherer ancestor.
Professor Stampfer shares in-depth analysis of Jewish responses to epidemics by presenting the confrontation of social classes; the political elite and doctors with religious minorities and the poor.
Shaul Stampfer is Professor emeritus at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, a scholar of East European Jewry specializing in the history of Lithuanian yeshivas and Jewish demographics.]]>1553cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/5-professor-francois-guesnet-negotiating-jewish-communal-and-state-responses-to-cholera-in-19th-century-poland--40655834In his lecture, professor Guesnet addresses the impact of cholera epidemics on Jewish community in 19th century Poland and its relationship with the state authorities during the plague. By listening to his podcast, one can find out how the magical thinking influenced Jewish folk medicine and what it had to do with Jewish burial society.
François Guesnet works at the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the University College London and specializes in the history of Jews of the last two centuries. He is an author of many research papers on the history of Eastern European Jewry.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40655834Wed, 02 Sep 2020 17:50:27 +0000Muzeum POLINThe podcast of professor François Guesnet takes the listener into the realm of 19th century Hrubieszów. He presents the history of Jewish society in the course of 19th century, immediately after the outbreak of cholera. In his lecture, professor...In his lecture, professor Guesnet addresses the impact of cholera epidemics on Jewish community in 19th century Poland and its relationship with the state authorities during the plague. By listening to his podcast, one can find out how the magical thinking influenced Jewish folk medicine and what it had to do with Jewish burial society.
François Guesnet works at the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the University College London and specializes in the history of Jews of the last two centuries. He is an author of many research papers on the history of Eastern European Jewry.]]>1198cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/4-dr-marek-tuszewicki-epidemics-in-jewish-folklore-and-folk-medicine-the-role-of-magic--40383435
Dr Tuszewicki will tell us how the people once tried to outsmart the epidemics of cholera by carrying the deceased through the window and what power the magic amulets had and what made them special.
Dr Marek Tuszewicki is affiliated with the Institute of Jewish Studies of the Jagiellonian University. His research interests focus among others on Jewish folk culture, Jewish literature and Yiddish language.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40383435Wed, 19 Aug 2020 08:45:09 +0000Muzeum POLINThe next panel of our podcast series is dedicated to epidemics in Jewish folk medicine and its starts with the lecture of dr Marek Tuszewicki. He delves into the world of magic with regard to Jewish folklore and folk medicine. Dr Tuszewicki will tell...
Dr Tuszewicki will tell us how the people once tried to outsmart the epidemics of cholera by carrying the deceased through the window and what power the magic amulets had and what made them special.
Dr Marek Tuszewicki is affiliated with the Institute of Jewish Studies of the Jagiellonian University. His research interests focus among others on Jewish folk culture, Jewish literature and Yiddish language.]]>1366cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/3-professor-jeremy-brown-coronavirus-and-the-talmud--40373781What were the fundamental reactions to the pandemic in the past? Why should people keep their feet inside their houses when the epidemic strikes? To these and many other questions one can find answers in the podcast.
Jeremy Brown is associate professor of emergency medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington DC and the director of the Office of Emergency Care Research at the National Institutes of Health. Not only does he have a successful career path in the field of medicine but also he stands out among other scholars with his interest in judaic studies and talmudology. He is the author of “Influenza: The 100-year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History”. His research interests focus on explaining the Jewish reception of modern-day diseases and their interpretation in the Talmud.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40373781Tue, 18 Aug 2020 06:28:14 +0000Muzeum POLINProf. Jeremy Brown dedicates his lecture to the pandemic in the Talmud, thus ending the second thematic block of our podcast series. What were the fundamental reactions to the pandemic in the past? Why should people keep their feet inside their houses...What were the fundamental reactions to the pandemic in the past? Why should people keep their feet inside their houses when the epidemic strikes? To these and many other questions one can find answers in the podcast.
Jeremy Brown is associate professor of emergency medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington DC and the director of the Office of Emergency Care Research at the National Institutes of Health. Not only does he have a successful career path in the field of medicine but also he stands out among other scholars with his interest in judaic studies and talmudology. He is the author of “Influenza: The 100-year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History”. His research interests focus on explaining the Jewish reception of modern-day diseases and their interpretation in the Talmud.]]>1594cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/2-professor-maciej-munnich-the-bible-and-epidemics--40373709
Prof. Münnich explains where illnesses came from and what they were for ancient civilizations. From his podcast one can find the answers to why religion was inseparable part of medicine and what the significance of spirituality was with regard to making a diagnosis.

Maciej Münnich is associate professor at the Institute of History at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. His research interests focus on ancient history of the Middle East; he uses contemporary archeology in biblical studies, conducts research on Jewish beliefs on afterlife and biblical demonology. Since 2009 he is a chief editor of an academic journal „Scripta Biblica et Orientalia”. In his podcast he tells how the Bible explains the origin of epidemic and contrasts contemporary and ancient approach to the subject of disease.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40373709Tue, 18 Aug 2020 06:28:00 +0000Muzeum POLINProf. Maciej Münnich opens the second panel on epidemics in the Bible and Talmud, during which our invited scholars refer to the epidemics in light of the coronavirus. In his lecture, prof. Münnich focuses on the biblical context of the pandemic....
Prof. Münnich explains where illnesses came from and what they were for ancient civilizations. From his podcast one can find the answers to why religion was inseparable part of medicine and what the significance of spirituality was with regard to making a diagnosis.

Maciej Münnich is associate professor at the Institute of History at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. His research interests focus on ancient history of the Middle East; he uses contemporary archeology in biblical studies, conducts research on Jewish beliefs on afterlife and biblical demonology. Since 2009 he is a chief editor of an academic journal „Scripta Biblica et Orientalia”. In his podcast he tells how the Bible explains the origin of epidemic and contrasts contemporary and ancient approach to the subject of disease.]]>2257cleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/1-professor-barbara-kirshenblatt-gimblett-new-sources-collecting-the-pandemic--40373684
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, is the Ronald S. Lauder Chief Curator of the Core Exhibition at Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews and University Professor Emirita at New York University. Her books include “Destination Culture: Tourism, Museums, and Heritage”; “Image Before My Eyes: A Photographic History of Jewish Life in Poland”, “1864–1939” (with Lucjan Dobroszycki), and “They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of Jewish Life in Poland Before the Holocaust” (with Mayer Kirshenblatt). She has received honorary doctorates from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, University of Haifa, and Indiana University. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was decorated with the Officer’s Cross of the Order of the Republic of Poland. She is the recipient of the 2020 Dan David Prize. She serves on Advisory Boards for the Council of American Jewish Museums, Jewish Museum Vienna, Jewish Museum Berlin, and the Jewish Museum of Tolerance Center in Moscow, and advises on museum and exhibition projects in Lithuania, Belarus, Albania, Israel, and the United States.

Our lecturer put herself in the shoes of future historians and wonders what kind of sources the researchers had in the past centuries to collect the pandemic, what kind of sources they have now and what kind of tools they wish to have.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40373684Tue, 18 Aug 2020 06:27:50 +0000Muzeum POLINIn the first podcast in our series "What’s New, What’s Next? Jewish Studies in the time of pandemic", Professor Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett explores new sources, with a focus on "collecting the pandemic." Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, is the...
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, is the Ronald S. Lauder Chief Curator of the Core Exhibition at Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews and University Professor Emirita at New York University. Her books include “Destination Culture: Tourism, Museums, and Heritage”; “Image Before My Eyes: A Photographic History of Jewish Life in Poland”, “1864–1939” (with Lucjan Dobroszycki), and “They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of Jewish Life in Poland Before the Holocaust” (with Mayer Kirshenblatt). She has received honorary doctorates from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, University of Haifa, and Indiana University. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was decorated with the Officer’s Cross of the Order of the Republic of Poland. She is the recipient of the 2020 Dan David Prize. She serves on Advisory Boards for the Council of American Jewish Museums, Jewish Museum Vienna, Jewish Museum Berlin, and the Jewish Museum of Tolerance Center in Moscow, and advises on museum and exhibition projects in Lithuania, Belarus, Albania, Israel, and the United States.

Our lecturer put herself in the shoes of future historians and wonders what kind of sources the researchers had in the past centuries to collect the pandemic, what kind of sources they have now and what kind of tools they wish to have.]]>1438cleanfull