Anna M Levia

Assistant Curator, Judaica & Hebraica Collections

Interim Bibliographer, Linguistics

(650) 736-1306
amlevia@stanford.edu

Subjects 

Language and linguistics
Jewish studies
Hebraica
Judaica

I am responsible for selecting new Jewish Studies materials in all media.  This interdisciplinary and multilingual field includes history; literature; linguistics; cultural studies; and contemporary social, political and cultural developments in the United States, Israel and throughout the world.  I also provide reference assistance in these areas of study.   

 

 

Topic Guides
Tel Aviv history Jewish studiesHebraicaJudaica
Holocaust studies HistoryJewish studiesHebraicaJudaica
Jewish Studies resources ImagesManuscripts and archivesRare booksHistoryLanguage and linguisticsReligious studiesJewish studiesHebraicaJudaica
Yiddish Jewish studiesHebraicaJudaica
Israeli art ArtArt historyJewish studiesHebraicaJudaica
Visual History Archive: Testimonies of Holocaust survivors and other witnesses Manuscripts and archivesHistoryAfrican historyChinese studiesEast Asian studiesJewish studiesLatin American studies
Cookbooks: Jewish and more FoodAmerican historyJewish studiesHebraicaJudaica
Linguistics Language and linguistics

Education 

  • MLIS, San Jose State University
  • BA, Linguistics, University of Minnesota

Professional activities 

Member, Association of Jewish Libraries

Selected Publications 

Levia, A.M. (presenter), "The Lahiton/Cinema World Image Collection at Stanford University Libraries." Association of Jewish Libraries Conference, Charleston, SC. June, 2016.

Levia, A.M. (presenter, with David Hirsch), "Jewish cookbooks sliced two ways: Applying text mining tools to Jewish community cookbooks." Assocation of Jewish Libraries Conference, Las Vegas, NV. June, 2014.

Levia, A. M. (presenter, with Zachary M. Baker), "From the sewers of Tel Aviv to the National Water Carrier: Collections on pre-State and early Israeli development at Stanford University Libraries."  Association of Jewish Libraries Conference, Montreal. June, 2011.

Levia, A.M. (presenter), "A Guided tour of the Eisig Silberschlag Papers." Association of Jewish Libraries Conference, Chicago. June, 2009.  Podcast available at http://www.jewishlibraries.org/main/Resources/Podcast.aspx