David Shneer, Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History听and Professor of History, Religious Studies and Jewish Studies,听committed to using his sabbatical to stretch his scholarly self in new directions. To that end, this fall, he presented his book,听, in Berlin at the Akademie der K眉nste (Academy of Arts) in a talk about the book in German.听Click here to hear the talk听[濒颈苍办听蹿辞谤迟丑肠辞尘颈苍驳]. He also is returning to his musical roots,听performing听鈥淎rt is My Weapon: The Life and Work of Lin Jaldati,鈥� a music, spoken word, visual experience that premiered at the Association for Jewish Studies conference in Boston this December. Click here to see excerpts of the presentation. [link forthcoming]
In addition, Shneer published two peer-reviewed articles:听鈥�,鈥澨�Leo Baeck Institute Year Book, Summer 2015: 1-28,听and听鈥淒ocumenting the Ambivalent Empire: Soviet Jewish Photographers, Birobidzhan, and the Far East,鈥� in Michael Brenner, Martin Schulze Wessel, and Franziska Davies, eds.,听Jews and Muslims in the Tsarist Empire and the Soviet Union听(Munich: Vandenhoeck&Ruprecht, 2015): 141-164.听
He also gave the keynote address,听鈥淲hy Teach Genocide?" at the听inaugural teachers鈥� conference for听Partners in Action for Genocide and Holocaust Education in October.
In his spare time, he has been overseeing the Yiddish DILS course at 彩民宝典, and he welcomes beginners interested in learning the 1000-year old vernacular language of European Jews.