2/11: Erin Faigin on a radical Yiddish bookstore in mid-century Chicago

The Jewish Studies Workshop is delighted to welcome to campus

Erin Faigin (PhD Candidate and Weil Distinguished Graduate Fellow, History, University of Wisconsin-Madison), who will be presenting her paper

“‘There is no cultural island like Ceshinsky’s’: Ceshinsky’s Community Bookstore and Intellectual Space in Chicago, 1922-1966”

with a response by Jessica Kirzane (Assistant Instructional Professor of Yiddish, Germanic Studies, University of Chicago)

Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 5:00 PM in Swift 200

Erin’s paper, to be read in advance of the workshop, will be posted to this website later today, and the password will be circulated via the Jewish Studies Workshop email list. To subscribe to this list, click “Subscribe” on the menu above.

Light refreshments will be served. Swift 200 is wheelchair accessible via elevator; if you require further accommodations, please email the workshop coordinators, Samuel Catlin (scatlin@uchicago.edu) and Mendel Kranz (mkranz@uchicago.edu) and we will be happy to help.

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