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The London-based Klezmer Education Symposium has selected Adrianne Greenbaum to be part of the core faculty for the first international online forum that will take place over two days focusing on varied and unique teaching methods for the folk genre.


Although Adrianne Greenbaum teaches flute and chamber ensembles, two of her recent klezmer compositions were featured in the international scene this past month. One, a Life Cycle suite called 鈥淟ebn鈥 (Life) won a top position as a 2020 finalist, performed and aired on YouTube in the Brazilian Klezmer and Yiddish Festival (鈥淜leztival鈥) and her composition 鈥淎l Hanisim鈥 was selected for a special radio program in Krakow, Poland. 


Was one of few North American klezmer musicians performing and giving workshops in The London International Klezmer Festival and the sole 鈥渄istant鈥 performer for her adopted home of Scotland for their Jewish Community (ScoJac) event.


Invited to speak at the American Folklore Society in Baltimore Maryland as a leading woman in the field of klezmer. Her requested topic was 鈥淲omen in Klezmer鈥, the issues that surround the history of squelching women鈥檚 presence throughout history, and current projects that promote women鈥檚 leadership in the genre.


Gudmundson, L. (2020). "De la historia agraria cl谩sica a la nueva: Costa Rica y Estados Unidos," Revista Ayer (Spain), 120 (2002:4), 53-82.


Gundermann, Christian. 2023. 鈥淚berians are Different. On Breed, Power, and Queer Subversion鈥 Humanimalia 13:2  


Gundermann, Christian. 2023. Short definitional recorded presentation on the concept of "naturecultures" . It is a collaboration between the Charles University of Prague (Czech Republic) and the MISTRA Environmental Research Program in Sweden


Haber-Thomson, L. (2025). Eighth Amendment and 鈥榗ruel and unusual鈥 punishment. In S. Stern and R. Spoo (Eds.), Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Law and Literature (pp. 163-168)


Haber-Thomson, L. (2026) 鈥淐astle Doctrine and Exclusion in American Property Law,鈥 Making and Unmaking Property: A Public Symposium, Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, Columbia University


Haber-Thomson, L. (2025) Law, Culture, and the Humanities Lunchtime Lecture Series, "'A house with many rooms': the use of architectural metaphor in eighteenth century codification debates". Virtual talk.