Czech-Jewish and Polish-Jewish Studies: (Dis)Similarities
Prague, 29–30 October 2014
29 October
Keynote Hillel Kieval: Czech-Jewish and Polish-Jewish History: Possibilities for a New Paradigm
PANEL I Early Modern Period Chair: Moshe Rosman
Two introductory lectures:
- Adam Kaźmierczyk: Poland-Lithuania
- Rachel Greenblatt: The Bohemian Lands
Two project presentations:
- Cornelia Aust: Jewish Appearances and their Perceptions in Early Modern Poland
- Pavel Sládek: The Networking of Ashkenazi Rabbis, c. 1560 – c. 1620: Italy, the Bohemian Lands, and Poland
PANEL II Demography and Migration Chair: Hillel Kieval
Two introductory lectures:
- Shaul Stampfer: Poland-Lithuania
- Michael L. Miller: The Bohemian Lands
Two project presentations:
- Jurgita Verbickiené: Where Did the Jews of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Live in the Second Half of the 18th Century? The Development of a Network of Communities
- Michal Frankl: Refugees, Loyalty, and a Nation-state under Construction. Jewish Refugees in the Bohemian Lands during and after the First World War
PANEL III Gender and Family Chair: Shaul Stampfer
Two introductory lectures:
- Moshe Rosman: Poland-Lithuania
- Martina Niedhammer: The Bohemian Lands
Two project presentations:
- Tsippi Kauffmann: An Aberration of Nature: Temerel, a Woman Hasid
- Verena Kasper-Marienberg: Socio-Economic Profiles of Jewish Families in Rural Bohemia: The Kauder Family in Hluboká nad Vltavou (Frauenberg) in the 17th and 18th Century
30 October
PANEL IV Concepts of Modernity and Identity Chair: Anne-Christin Saß
Two introductory lectures:
- Marcin Wodziński: Poland
- Ines Koeltzsch: The Bohemian Lands
Two project presentations:
- Rachel Manekin: Resisting the Bohemian Model. The Galician Jewish Struggle against a Uniform Modernization Path
- Louise Hecht: Christian Printers as Agents of Jewish Modernization? Jewish/Hebrew Printing Houses in Prague, Brno, and Vienna, 1780-1820
PANEL V Postwar Period Chair: Gertrud Pickhan
Two introductory lectures:
- Michael Meng: Poland
- Kateřina Čapková: The Bohemian Lands
Two project presentations:
- Agnieszka W. Wierzcholska: ’Our People’s Motherland’: The Jewish Social and Cultural Society (TSKŻ) in Postwar Poland from a Local Perspective
- Sarah Cramsey: ’The Most Significant Spot in Europe’: How 130,000 Jews and the Ethnic Revolution came to Náchod, Czechoslovakia, in 1946
Concluding discussion
Tour of the Jewish Museum in Prague (optional)