Outwitting History, Bringing Yiddish Literature Back
Rabbi Michelle Fisher, Prof Jeff Ravel
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 18-Jan-2011
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Fee: 15.00 for Participants will buy their lunch at UMass Amherst’s kosher
MIT Hillel and the History Dept join together to explore the story of the Yiddish Book Center.
Web: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/
Contact: Rabbi Michelle Fisher, W11-039, x3-2982, rabbif@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Hillel
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
Prof Jeff Ravel
Aaron Lansky’s book: Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books is the incredible story of the founding of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA. Join a discussion of the book led by Jeff Ravel, Professor of History. Free copies are available from the History Dept and the Hillel Office. After reading of this fascinating journey, come tour the Yiddish Book Center the next day.
Wed Jan 19, 02:30-03:30pm, E51-285
Visit to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA
Rabbi Michelle Fisher
The Yiddish Book Center rescues Yiddish and modern Jewish books and opens their content to the world. The center features a Yiddish book repository, art galleries, museum exhibitions about Yiddish language and culture. Tour the center and talk with founder Aaron Lansky, who also pushed the edge of book technology in 1998 when he created a Digital Yiddish Library that now has over 11,000 Yiddish titles for free download.
Thu Jan 20, 09:30am-05:00pm, W11 and Amherst, MA, Meet at W11 at 9:30 am
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The Distaff Arts: Medieval Clothing Technology
Anne McCants, Margo Collett, Miranda Knutson
Tue Jan 18 thru Fri Jan 21, 10am-04:00pm, E51-095
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 03-Jan-2011
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
This course explores a wide range of medieval textile and clothing production technologies, offering students hands on experience in their use. We will work with a raw fleece; card and spin the wool; use simple looms to weave a belt; dye a variety of fabrics; and design/construct a single garment - either a cloak or tunic. All materials provided - students must commit to all 4 days of class.
This course will question typical characterization of medieval textile work as unskilled, as well as consider distinctions usually made between activities labeled as crafts versus those labeled as art.
Contact: Anne E. C. McCants, E51-255, 258-6669, amccants@mit.edu
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