Please join us every Wednesday from 12:20 - 1:10 p.m. in 207 Amy E. du Pont Music Building for this year's Jewish Studies Lecture Series.

This year, we have partnered with the Music Department to offer a lecture series entitled "Shalom Shanghai" about the history of the WWII Jewish Ghetto in Shanghai, which inspired the new musical Shanghai Sonatas.

Co-instructed by David Winkler and Xiang Gao. All lectures are free and open to the public. 

February 12th: Introduction 

February 15th & 16th: Shanghai Sonatas performances as part of the Master Players Concert Series. Tickets available here. 

February 19th: Joyce Hill Stoner - My experience writing lyrics for a new musical after the Shanghai Jewish refugee research 

February 27th: Alan Goodson - Creating Shanghai Sonatas after my research 

March 4th: Conversation Day 

March 11th: No class 

March 18th: David Winkler - What life was like for Italian Jews in the same period

March 25th: Conversation Day 

April 1st: Spring break - no lecture 

April 8th: Polly Zavadivker - Pre-Shanghai Jewish period 

Saturday, April 11th - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum trip - departing 8am, returning 5pm. Includes lecture by Jane Klinger, Chief Conservator at USHMM

April 15th: Conversation Day

April 22nd: Xiang Gao - Preserving the musical memory of the Shanghai Jews in the musical theater project 

April 29th: Conversation Day

May 6th: Polly Zavadivker - Pre-Shanghai Jewish period wrap-up  

May 13th: Conclusion