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DESCRIPTION:Portable Tombs of Memory: The Ringelblum Archive as a Collectio
 n of Objects is a three-part lecture series by Bożena Shallcross. It explo
 res the Ringelblum Archive as a collection of material objects that inform
 s our perception of the 'bare everyday' during the Jewish genocide\, the q
 uestion of the material durability and fragility of objects\, and the meth
 ods of preserving their materiality. Buried like coffins\, the unassuming 
 metal containers of what is known as the Oneg Shabbat project were filled 
 with veritable treasure: testimonies\, diaries\, drawings\, photographs\, 
 tram tickets\, and even candy wrappers secretly collected by a group of de
 dicated individuals in the Warsaw Ghetto. Unearthed after the war\, they h
 ave been understood as archives of knowledge with a unique significance fo
 r the history of the Holocaust\, extending the spatial boundaries of the W
 arsaw Ghetto to the entire occupied Polish territory. The lectures discuss
  the protective function of the containers\, their own vulnerability\, as 
 well as their contents\, as both ephemeral and textual objects.In the firs
 t lecture\, The Hidden Treasure\, Shallcross discusses the discovery of th
 e archives in the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto and briefly narrates the conc
 ept of the Oneg Shabbat as an archival project according to which every ob
 ject taken “from within” the extreme conditions of the Ghetto under siege 
 has a historical significance. She analyzes how these material paper objec
 ts\, hidden inside rusty and ugly containers\, revealed an enormous testim
 onial value and she compares this paradox to the ancient Greek habit of ke
 eping precious objects (agalmata) in unassuming containers.Lecture 2 (Nove
 mber 9): Rust and MoldLecture 3 (November 16): Candy WrappersBard Graduate
  Center is grateful for the generous support of the Leon Levy Foundation. 
 Bożena Shallcross is a Polish-born American scholar specializing in questi
 ons of materiality and thing discourse in visual and literary studies\, in
 cluding the Holocaust. She is professor and director of graduate studies i
 n the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and member of the cor
 e faculty in the Institute on the Formation of Knowledge at the University
  of Chicago\, as well as a member of some dozen editorial boards\, includi
 ng those of the Slavic Review and Teksty Drugie (Second Texts). She has au
 thored\, edited\, and translated numerous critical studies including the m
 onographs The Holocaust Object in Polish and Polish-Jewish Culture (transl
 ated into Russian and Polish)\; Through the Poet’s Eye: The Travels of Zag
 ajewski\, Herbert\, and Brodsky\; Shadow and Form: Visual Imagination of L
 eopold Staff. Her articles reflect a wide range of interests including lit
 erary representations of interior design\, poetic encounters with works of
  art\, and contemporary poets’ spatial imagination. She has just completed
  a study entitled Inscriptions and Other Marks and co-edited an anthology 
 of texts by various authors entitled The Jewish Inn: From Architecture to 
 Phantasm. Currently\, she is editing a book entitled Creative Expression a
 nd Polish Chicago.Covid PoliciesBard Graduate Center (BGC) Gallery’s polic
 ies reflect our commitment to create a safe and comfortable environment fo
 r everyone who visits our buildings. Our institution is mask-friendly\; we
  support and encourage those who wish to wear one. All visitors must be fu
 lly vaccinated against Covid-19 and follow the safety guidelines and polic
 ies outlined below. BGC reserves the right to ask visitors who do not foll
 ow these guidelines to leave.Stay home if you feel sickPlease do not visit
  BGC Gallery if you have a fever or any COVID-19 symptoms\, have tested po
 sitive for COVID-19 within the past 14 days\, or have had close contact wi
 th anyone who is confirmed to have or suspected of having COVID-19.Vaccina
 tion requiredBard Graduate Center requires up-to-date vaccination against 
 COVID-19 as defined by the Centers for Disease Control.Social distancing i
 s encouragedWe recommend keeping at least six feet from others not in your
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 llow the guidance of BGC staff\, who are monitoring visitor traffic throug
 hout the building. They are there to help keep everyone safe and comfortab
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: The Hidden Treasure
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