The International Center for Russian & East European Jewish Studies held the 5th Annual International Conference of the series The History and Culture of East European Jewry: New Sources, New Approaches in Moscow on December 9-11, 2007. The topic of the 2007 conference was the Jewish Press in Russia.The Conference venue is Hotel Izmaylovo Gamma Delta (Moscow, Izmaylovskoje shosse, 71, korpus 4-GD), conference hall Yaroslavl. Please find below the conference programme and the information how to get to the hotel.

The conference was devoted to the history of Jewish press and publications issued in Russia and Russian foreign communities in Russian and Jewish languages in the 19th and 20th centuries. A lot of attention was drawn to the history of the formation of Jewish periodical press in the Russian Empire, the role of Jewish press in the development of Russian Jews’ national self-identification and in the political struggle of the 20th   century.The papers devoted to the activity of the editors of major newspapers and magazines and people who played a significant role in the history of Russian/Soviet Jewish community irrespective of their political preferences and sympathies were presented.The works on polemic campaigns held on the pages of Jewish periodical press that disclose authors’ and editors’ special techniques and methods and tell about the way graphic and illustrative materials were used in the press in 19th - 20th centuries were also included in the programme.

Within the frame of the conference the presentation of the latest publications focused on Russian Jewish History was held. The following books were presented:

• Archive of Jewish History. Volume 4. (Moscow: ROSSPEN, 2007)
• N. Katerli, L. Miklashevskaja-Ajzengard. What, What did We Witness. Women’s Fates. The 20th Century. (St. Petersburg: Zvezda Publishing House, 2007)
• A. E. Ivanov The Jewish Student Body in the Russian Empire in the Early 20th Century. What was it Like?. (Moscow: Novy Khronofraf Publishing House, 2007)
• V.V. Ivanov. GOSET: the Policy and the Art. 1919 – 1928. (Moscow: The Russian Academy of Theatre Arts – GITIS, 2007)
• E. Lur’je. The Remote Archive. The Family History in Documents, Diaries and Letters 1922 1959. (St. Petersburg: Nestor-history Publishing House, 2007)
• Folk Medicine and Magic in Slavic and Jewish Cultural Tradition. (Moscow, 2007)
• I.Azizian Alexander Bykhovsky: Scales of Creativity. (Moscow: Galart, The House of Jewish Book, 2007)
• V.Khazan The Odyssey of Captain Arye Boyevsky. (Moscow: The House of Jewish Book,2007)

The conference will be held in Russian and English.
The materials of the conference will be published.

The programme of the conference

Pictures from the conference

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