When Yiddish Was Young: The Making of a Modernist Little Magazine in interwar Vilna/Wilno/Vilnius

Published on May 4, 2026

The Plimpton Room, Barker Center
12 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Mon., May 4, 2026, 4:30 – 6 p.m.

Event publicity poster with talk title and co-sponsoring Harvard entities

When Yiddish Was Young: The Making of a Modernist Little Magazine in interwar Vilna/Wilno/Vilnius

Sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University

Gazette Classification: Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Center for Jewish Studies
Speaker(s): Justin Cammy, Associate Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Jewish Studies and Comparative Literature, Smith College. Visiting Scholar, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, spring 2026, Mindaugas Kvietkauskas, Dean of the Faculty of Philology and Professor of Literature, Vilnius University, Giedre Jankeviciute, Professor and Curator, Lithuanian Institute of Culture and Vilnius Academy of Arts , Sigute Chlebinskaite, Celebrated Lithuanian book designer
Contact Info: [email protected]
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: websites.harvard.edu…

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