Columbia University in the City of New York
Agnieszka Legutko
Senior Lecturer in Yiddish, Director of the Yiddish Language Program
Agnieszka Legutko specializes in modern Yiddish literature, language, and culture, women and gender studies, spirit possession in Judaism, as well as in American and European modern Jewish literature, theater, and film. Her research interests also include trauma, memory, performance, and the body represented in modern Jewish culture. She is interested in new approaches to content-based foreign language teaching, second language acquisition in the post-method era, as well as in exploring the possibilities offered by digital humanities and technology integration in Yiddish language instruction.

Agnieszka Legutko specializes in modern Yiddish literature, language, and culture, women and gender studies, spirit possession in Judaism, as well as in American and European modern Jewish literature, theater, and film. Her research interests also include trauma, memory, performance, and the body represented in modern Jewish culture. She is interested in new approaches to content-based foreign language teaching, second language acquisition in the post-method era, as well as in exploring the possibilities offered by digital humanities and technology integration in Yiddish language instruction.

Contact Info
   abl2109@columbia.edu
   212 854-3202
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