About
This online seminar series is devoted to all aspects of Hasidic Yiddish language and linguistics, both historical and contemporary. Seminars and roundtable discussions will be held on Zoom one evening a month from August 2020 to July 2021. The series will include participants from a wide variety of academic backgrounds including linguistics, Yiddish studies, and Yiddish pedagogy, with speakers from within and outside Hasidic Yiddish-speaking communities. Talks are free and open to the public. The series comprises an element of our ongoing AHRC-funded research project on contemporary Hasidic Yiddish based in the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Departments of Linguistics and Hebrew & Jewish Studies. It is dedicated to the memory of Professor Ada Rapoport-Albert (1945-2020) and her scholarly work on the history of Hasidism.
Events
4 August, 2020ÌýInaugural round table: 'Perspectives on Hasidic Yiddish language' with Khayele Beer, Meyer Labin, Tali Loewenthal, Heather Munro, Naomi Seidman
13 October 2020ÌýHeritage Hasidic Yiddish in IsraelÌýDalit Assouline, University of Haifa
3 November 2020ÌýYiddish and the imbrications of language, ideology, and genderÌýin Habad HasidismÌýEli Rubin, °×С½ãÂÛ̳
1 December 2020ÌýYiddish in London Habad schools (talk in Yiddish, with English subtitles)ÌýTali Loewenthal, °×С½ãÂÛ̳
12 January 2021ÌýAttitudes toward change in a maintained language: Yiddish in New YorkÌý(talk in Yiddish, with live English translation)ÌýIsaac L. Bleaman, UC Berkeley
2 February 2021ÌýThe Rise of Hasidic Yiddish theatreÌýWojciech Tworek, University of WrocÅ‚aw
2 March 2021ÌýGefilte fish and sushi: Hasidic orientation and vowel change in New York Hasidic Yiddish Chaya Nove, CUNY
11-15 March 2021ÌýAda Rapoport-Albert Seminar Series on Hasidic Yiddish Discussion Weekend
12 April 2021ÌýWeinreich's Transcarpathian JourneyÌýLeyzer Burko, Bar Ilan University
11 MayÌý2021ÌýYiddish among ex-HaredimÌýEli Benedict, °×С½ãÂÛ̳ and Yung Yidish
15 June 2021ÌýEnlightened Hasidic Yiddish: From Digital to Print-MediaÌýAyala Fader, Fordham University
3 August 2021ÌýÌýThe Politics of Language: Haredi Language Choice and Political Identity in IsraelÌýHeather Munro, University of Durham
TBCÌýIs Haredi Satmar Yiddish a Creole?ÌýSteffen Krogh, Aarhus University
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