Nicola Menser Hearn

Nicola Menser Hearn is a documentary filmmaker, musician and writer based in Naarm.  She is a graduate research student at the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation (ACJC), Monash University, undertaking a creative research project exploring Queer Yiddishkeit in Australia. Nicola was an artist in residence with the Yiddishkayt (CA, USA) Helix Fellowship in 2016-17 and has been published in In geveb and The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology.


Events

Yiddish in Performance

Yiddish performance, whether in theatrical, spoken or music form, is alive and well in Melbourne. Our panel of practitioners and researchers discuss what such performances tell us about ourselves, our past and our identity. Nicola Mensa Hearn (moderator), Galit Klas, Rebecca Margolis, Simon Starr

Sunday May 29, 2022
3.00pm—3.45pm