The lecture I gave at UA September 3, 2015 about my research during my Fulbright Fellowship is now available on vimeo. I’ve never seen myself lecture before. It’s a little unsettling. Still, here it is, flaws and all (for instance I know that Poland entered the European Union in 2004, even though I misspoke here).
I talk a little about the Fulbright Program–the kinds of grants available and some tips for applying.
It’s also a good introduction to my ideas about reassembling Jewish life: the strands that I’m following, what has been lost, what can be recovered, and how memory projects at sites throughout Poland intertwine with my own search for my family history. I hear echoes of some of the scholars I’ve read–Iwona Irwin Zarecka and Marianne Hirsch, as well as my sometime collaborator Malgosia Wosińska. There is no way to bring back what has been lost, but fragments of the past can be reassembled to form a new kind of life that allows for connection with what used to be and what yet might be.
Uncovering Jewish Heritage 
My family is from Lutowiska. I wonder if anyone could tell me if their tombstones are there. The names are Wahrsager and Bartel.
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Hi Carol, I did a quick search on JewishGen and found lots of hits for Wahrsagers and Bartels from Lutowiska. I’ll need to ask to find out if the cemetery inventory is available to search anywhere online. So far, I haven’t found it. But I’ll let you know if I do.
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