Conference: Bais Yaakov in Historical and Transnational Perspective
When and Where
Monday, March 20, 2023 10:00 am to Tuesday, March 21, 2023 6:00 pm
Department for the Study of Religion
Description
(Registration is closed.)
Organizer: Naomi Seidman
Chancellor Jackman Professor of the Arts in the Department for the Study of Religion and the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto, Naomi Seidman was a 2016 Guggenheim Fellow. Her book Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement: A Tradition in the Name of Revolution (Littman, 2019) won a National Jewish Book Award.
SUMMARY PROGRAM
Monday, March 20: Bais Yaakov in Historical Perspective
| 9:30-10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00-10:30 | Opening Remarks |
| 10:30-12:00 | Session One: Bais Yaakov Contexts |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00- 2:30 | Session Two: The Changing Cultures of Bais Yaakov (part one) |
| 2:30-3:30 | Session Three (special session): Digital Humanities and the Study of Bais Yaakov |
| 3:30-4:00 | Break |
| 4:00-5:30 | Session Four: The Changing Cultures of Bais Yaakov (part two) |
| 5:45-6:30 | The Music of Interwar Bais Yaakov: A Concert |
Tuesday, March 21: Bais Yaakov as a Transnational Phenomenon
| 9:30-10:30 | Session Five: Bais Yaakov and the Agudah |
| 10:30-11:00 | Break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Session Six: Bais Yaakov in Transnational Perspective |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30- 3:00 | Session Seven: Bais Yaakov, Religion, Culture |
| 3:00-4:30 | Session Eight: "Bais Yaakov: The State of the Field" |
| 4:45-6:00 | Exhibition of Bais Yaakov-related resources from the Birnbaum Family Archive, the Fischer Library Rare Book Room |