Yiddish Theater, lezingen – Amsterdam

Yiddish Theater, lezingen - Amsterdam

Wanneer

17 januari 2019    
13:00 - 17:30

Evenement type

Het Menasseh ben Israel Instituut organiseert, in samenwerking met de Abteilung für Jiddische Kultur, Sprache und Literatur van de Heinrich Heine Universität in Düsseldorf, voor de dertiende maal het Amsterdam Yiddish Symposium.

The history of the Yiddish theater is not a straightforward one. In traditional Judaism, theatrical performances could only put on at the festival of Purim and by men. The texts performed that have come down to us are no fully developed dramas. This apparently started to change around 1700, since some texts of plays which have been preserved from that period onwards have the hallmarks of contemporary drama. However, we can only speak of a modern professional Yiddish theater from the second half of the nineteenth century.

With Evi Butzer and Alyssa Quint, the Menasseh ben Israel Institute has been able to invite the two main researchers on these turning points in the development of Yiddish theater. Evi Butzer will discuss the developments in the early modern period with a special emphasis on Amsterdam, Alyssa Quint will describe the beginnings of the modern Yiddish theater.

Programma:
Lezing: Evi Michels (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen): Early Yiddish Theater Performances in Amsterdam
Lezing: Alyssa Quint (YIVO, New York): The Accidental Rise of the Modern Yiddish Theater

De voertaal van het programma is Engels.

Locatie: Bushuis, Kloveniersburgwal 48, Amsterdam
Entree: 10 euro. Studenten en donateurs van het instituut betalen 5 euro
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