New publication "Socialist Yiddishlands. Language Politics and Transnational Entanglements between 1941 and 1991"

The book compiles material from the international workshop "Hidden in Plain Sight: Yiddish in the Socialist Bloc, 1941/44-1991" organized at POLIN Museum as part of the GEOP program.

Książka "Yiddishlands. Language Politics and Transnational Entanglements between 1941 and 1991"
Copyrights
fot. M. Jaźwiecki / Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich

The volume includes eleven original articles based on presentations given at the workshop, two sources from Yiddish journals, given both in the original Yiddish and English translation, and an introduction by the editors. The texts are case studies covering various Socialist and non-Socialist countries, and topics such as transnational entanglements, cultural diplomacy, Holocaust memory, and cultural studies.

Title: "Socialist Yiddishlands. Language Politics and Transnational Entanglements between 1941 and 1991"

Editor: Miriam Chorley-Schulz and Alexander Walther,

Pages: 404

Publisher: Dusseldorf University Press/ deGruyter

ISBN: 978-3-11-076386-7

 

Published within the framework of the POLIN Museum Global Education Outreach Program.

Global Education Outreach Program - logotyp

This program was made possible thanks to Taube Philanthropies, the William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation, Libitzky Family Foundation, and the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland.

  Logo sponsorów programu GEOP: Taube Philantrophies, William K. Bowes, Jr Foundation, Libitzky Family Foundation oraz Stowarzyszenia Żydowski Instytut Historyczny w Polsce.