[Sci-tech-public] HASTS Dissertation Presentation Announcement: Alona Bach, May 14 @ 3pm

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Dissertation Presentation
Electric Yiddishland: The Incandescent Bulb, the Press, and the Making of Transnational Technological Culture, 1880-1939

Alona Bach
Doctoral program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society

Thursday, May 14, 2026
3:00pm - 5:00 pm (Eastern Time)
On campus: E51-095<http://whereis.mit.edu/?selection=E51&Buildings=go>

Dissertation Committee
Christopher Capozzola
Elting E. Morison Professor of History
MacVicar Faculty Fellow
Committee Chair

Megan Black
Associate Professor of History

Harriet Ritvo
Arthur J. Conner Professor of History Emeritus


Saul Zaritt

Assistant Professor and Yiddish Program Director
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
The Ohio State University

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