Farbindungen 2026: Keynote Panel w/ Miriam Udel and Caroline Luce

Описание: Sponsored by the Joyce Z. and Jacob Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Chicago, the Farbindungen / פֿאַרבינדונגען Yiddish Studies Conference took place virtually on Sunday, February 15th and Monday, February 16th, 2026.

In our fifth gathering, Farbindungen 2026, we aimed to bring together graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and early career professionals to consider the idea of “ייִדיש בײַ דער ארבעט / Yiddish at Work,” including questions of labor, language and linguistics, institutions, politics and activism, cultural development, and philosophical inquiries. Through a keynote address, interactive workshops, and moderated paper panels, participants were invited to study, envision, and build the future of the field.

Conference Theme: ייִדיש בײַ דער ארבעט / Yiddish at Work

Keynote speakers: Miriam Udel (Emory University) and Caroline Luce (UCLA)

Keynote moderator: Elena Hoffenberg (University of Chicago)

Workshop facilitators: Yasha Giner and Francesca Rubinson (Workers Circle), Katka Mazurczhak (Independent Scholar), Sasha Berenstein (Yiddish Book Center/Boston Workers Circle/Queer Yiddish Program)
Faculty moderators: Kenneth Moss (University of Chicago), Avia Moore (KlezKanada), Michael Rom (Hebrew Union College), Anna Elena Torres (University of Chicago), Mo Pareles (University of British Columbia)
Presenters: Annie Sommer Kaufman (YIVO Chicago), Hinde Ena Burstein (Monash University), Dina Gorelik (UC Dublin), Judy Goldstein (Independent Scholar), Serra Bardin (U of Oklahoma), Molly Newman (McGill University), Ernesto Mifano Honigsberg (University of São Paolo), Jo Lemann (Harvard University), Shanie Kalikow (University of Amsterdam), Ben Schacht (Independent Scholar), Hannah B. Wickham (University of Toronto), Maya González (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Guli Dolev-Hashiloni (Technical University Berlin)

Organizing committee chairs: Sean Sidky (Virginia Tech) and Jacqueline Krass (UW Madison)

Organizing committee: Corbin Allardice (Johns Hopkins), Alona Bach (MIT), Carolyn Beard (University of Toronto), Eyshe Beirich (Columbia University), Cameron Bernstein (UQ-Ochsner), Sarah Biskowitz (NYU), Sophie Cardin (Oxford), Judy Goldstein (Independent Scholar), Jacob Hermant (University of Toronto), Tyler Kliem (Yiddish Book Center), Ryan Muller, Justine Orlovsky Schnitzler, Joseph Reisberg (Johns Hopkins), Jules Riegel (Harvard), Parker T. Robbins (University of Chicago), Caleb Sher (University of Toronto), Sophia Shoulson (Johns Hopkins), Chana Toth-Sewell (University of Chicago), Hannah MJB Wickham (University of Toronto), Jakub Zygmunt (University of Warsaw)

Faculty advisors: Jessica Kirzane (University of Chicago)

Additional Support from the Joyce Z. and Jacob Greenberg Center: Mike Phillips, Mark Lester, and Orit Bashkin