Archives in Focus - Lyudmila Sholokhova

Archives In Focus is a program of the Klezmer Institute. About the Series In his book A Time to Gather, Jason Lustig describes the creation of Jewish archives as constituting a “concrete attempt to hold tight to the past in times of fast and far-reaching change, and [they] manifest a broader sensibility of gathering together the scattered sources and resources of Jewish life by bringing order to the past. In this series, we will meet archivists and scholars who are deeply connected to archives that were wellsprings for the klezmer revival, and which continue to inform new generations of practitioners in Ashkenazic expressive culture. About Lyudmila Sholokhova Dr. Lyudmila Sholokhova is curator of the Dorot Jewish Collections at the New York Public Library and a lecturer of Yiddish language at Columbia University. She was the Director of the YIVO Library and Associate Director for External Relations in Eastern Europe and Russia from 2019 till January 2020. She was Head Librarian at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research from 2011-2016, Acting Chief Archivist from 2013-2016, and Director of the YIVO Archives and Library from 2016 – 2019. From 1994 to 2001, she was a Research Associate at the Judaica Division of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. Dr. Sholokhova is the author of numerous publications on the history of Jewish music and Jewish bibliography. She is fluent in Russian, Ukrainian, and Yiddish. Donations in support of future Klezmer Institute programs can be made at klezmerinstitute.org. #klezmerinstitute #klezmer #archives #ashkenazicexpressiveculture