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Max Weinreich and America
4 Dec 2011
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| Co-sponsored by the Institute for Israel & Jewish Studies at Columbia University and Bard College with support from the Center for Cultural Judaism Max Weinreich (1894–1969) was the foremost twentieth-century scholar of the Yiddish language and the founding director of the YIVO Institute. Best known for his magisterial History of the Yiddish Language, Weinreich devoted his life to promoting and studying the Yiddish language, applying the latest advances in anthropology, linguistics, and psychology to the problems facing the Jewish people, and encouraging and mentoring other scholars. Weinreich oversaw YIVO’s move from Vilna to New York in 1940 and spent the remainder of his life in the United States. This day-long conference featured leading experts on Weinreich focusing on his career in, and relationship with, America. Part of the conference’s goal was to draw attention to aspects of Weinreich’s life and work that have heretofore not been at the center of scholarly attention. |
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| SCHEDULE 9:00AM - 10:00AM: Registration, coffee, viewing exhibition 10:00AM - 10:30AM: Welcome (Jonathan Brent); inauguration of exhibition 10:30AM - 11:15AM: Keynote: Robert King 11:15AM - 1:00PM: Panel 1: Weinreich's Career Moderator: Cecile Kuznitz Kalman Weiser: Max Weinreich after World War II Gennady Estraikh: Max Weinreich as a Journalist Mark L. Smith: Max Weinreich at UCLA 1:00PM - 2:00PM: Lunch Break 2:00PM - 3:45PM: Panel 2: Works of Max Weinreich Moderator: Andrew Koss Paul Glasser: History of the Yiddish Language David Engel: Hitler's Professors Justin Cammy: Max Weinreich's Youth Research 3:45PM - 4:15PM: Coffee Break 4:15PM - 6:00PM: Panel 3: Reminiscences Joshua Fishman (by video) Benjamin Harshav Chava Lapin Gabi Weinreich 6:00PM - 6:15PM: Closing Remarks |
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