The eleventh session of the International Forum of Young Scholars on East European Jewry took place in Toronto on June 16-20, 2024.

It was organized by The Leonid Nevzlin Research Center for Russian and East European Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in cooperation with the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto, the University of Florida and the Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow and hosted by the University of Toronto.

 

 

Schedule

June 16, Sunday

Arrival and Check-in

June 17, Monday

Breakfast, Lunch and Coffee Breaks: Room 317, Forum presentations: Room 318

Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street

 9:00                         Breakfast at the University of Toronto

9:30 – 10:45              Greetings and technical clarifications. Goals and objectives of the Forum and brief introductions by Forum participants. Presentation: Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto,   

10:45 – 11:00             Break,

11:00 -13:30               Research presentations by young scholars (Group A, presentations 1-4)

13:30 – 14:30             Lunch

14:30 - 16:00             Workshop: Grant Strategies: From Research to Post-Doc Grants

16:00-16:30               Break

16:30-18:00               Workshop: Publication Strategy – When, What and Why?            

18:00                        Welcome Dinner at Fresh on Bloor ( 386 Bloor Street West),

 

June 18, Tuesday

Breakfast, Lunch and Coffee Breaks: Room 317, Forum presentations: Room 318

 

9:00                         Breakfast at the University of Toronto

09:30 – 12:00           Research presentations by young scholars (Group B, presentations 5-8)      

12:00 – 12:15             Break

12:15 - 14:00              Research opportunities in Toronto: University library collections

14:00- 15:00              Lunch 

15:00 -17:30              Research presentations by young scholars (Group C, presentations 9-12)

17:30-17:45                Break

17:45-19:00                Discussion: Using and misusing databases

19:00                        Free time

 

June 19, Wednesday

Breakfast, Lunch and Coffee Breaks: Room 317, Forum presentations: Room 418

9:00                        Breakfast at the University of Toronto

9:30 – 12:00            Research presentations by young scholars (Group D, presentations 13-16)

12:00 – 12:15            Break

12:15 – 14:15             Excursion: Jewish history and heritage in Toronto

14:15 – 15:00            Lunch

15:00 – 16:30           Workshop: Seeking Employment and Preparing for Job Talks

16:30 – 17:00           Break

17:00 - 18:30            Small-group consultations with senior scholars

18:30                       Dinner at Sushi Maido (362 Bloor Street West)

 

June 20, Thursday

Breakfast, Lunch and Coffee Breaks: Room 317, Forum presentations: Room 418

9:00                          Breakfast at the University of Toronto

                                 Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street

9:30 – 11:00               Research presentations by young scholars (Group E, presentations 17-18)

11:00 – 11:30               Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00              Discussion: Oral history as methodological tool in Jewish Studies

13:00 – 14:00              Lunch

14:00 - 15:30              Workshop: Organizing Workshops and Conferences. Presenting Effectively at                  Academic Conferences

15:30-16:00                Break

16:00- 17:00               Informal discussion on work/life balance and family planning during the academic           life   

17:00 – 18:00             Closing session (feedback, remarks, next steps, etc.).

18:00                         Closing Dinner at Indian Desire (469 Bloor Street West)

List of Participants: 

 

1	Dovilė	Čypaitė-Gilė	Vilnius University
2	Julijana	Andriejauskienė	Lithuanian Institute of History
3	Dmitrii	Asinovskii	New Europe College in Bucharest/ Central European University
4	Alexandra	Bandl	Simon Dubnow
5	Carolyn	Beard	University of Toronto
6	Dorota	Choińska	University of Wrocław, Poland, and Open University of Catalonia
7	Lauren	Fedewa	University of Toronto
8	Oskar	Gzendze	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9	Elena	Hoffenberg	University of Chicago
10	Marcin	Janczak	University of Toronto
11	Margarita	Lerman	Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow
12	William	Pimlott	University of London
13	Aleksandra	Riabichenko	University of Melbourne
14	Julie	Sharff	University of Toronto
15	Christin	Zühlke	Washington University, St. Louis
16	Esther	Zyskina	Hebrew University of Jerusalem