Traces of Memory Photography Exhibit Opens at Pepperdine University

Feb 01, 2011 | The Wire

Pepperdine’s Diane and Guilford Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies is presenting "Traces of Memory: A Contemporary Look at the Jewish Past in Poland,“ which examines relics of Jewish life and culture in Polish Galicia. The exibit couples photos by late photojournalist Chris Schwarz with research and texts by Professor Dr. Jonathan Webber, vice-chairman of the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies at University of Oxford, UK. These works were compiled over a period of twelve years to present a new way of looking at the lost Jewish heritage in Poland.

The opening event, which is being held today (2/1/11) from 1-4pm, features a lecture from Los Angeles Public Library curator Louise Steinman. Steinman is currently writing The Crooked Mirror: My Conversation with Poland, an examination of her family’s personal history through the Holocaust.

Details

EXHIBIT: Traces of Memory: A Contemporary Look at the Jewish Past in Poland
WHEN: Tuesday, February 1 at 4:00 PM; Exhibit is on display February 1 - April 24
WHERE: Pepperdine University 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90263; 2nd floor of Payson Library

If you can't make the opening, check out these additional upcoming events:

• 2/10 @ 4:00 PM: Reading by noted poet Jerome Rothenberg in the Payson Library's James Irvine Reading Room. Against the backdrop of the "Traces" photographs, Rothenberg will read "Poland/1931," a poem cycle which explores the emotional resonance of the Polish Jewish experience in his own life.
• 2/20 @ 1:00 PM: Public lecture by Dr. Jonathan Webber in the Kresge Reading Room with a reception to follow. At 3 p.m. Dr. Webber and a panel of distinguished scholars will discuss Jewish-Catholic reconciliation in Poland in the Kresge Reading Room.
• 2/23-24 @ 7:30 PM: Performance of Rachel Calof, a one-woman show with music based on the real-life story of a Jewish pioneer to American in 1894. Performance takes place at Smothers Theatre. Tickets are $10 and are available at the Pepperdine Center For the Arts box office, (310) 506-4522, or on-line at arts.pepperdine.edu.