Events at the Lily Center

GLOBAL JEWISH LANGUAGES PANEL AT THE ACLA:

The Lily Center has organized a seminar panel on Global Jewish Languages and Literature for the 2009 American Comparative Literature Association, to be held at Harvard University March 26-29.

American Comparative Literature Association
2009 Conference
March 26-29, 2009

Global Jewish Languages and Literatures Seminar
ALL SESSIONS WILL TAKE PLACE IN BOYLSTON HALL, ROOM 105

SEMINAR I: March 27

8:30 - 10:30:
Session 1. (Re)Defining Jewish Languages and Literatures
Marc Shell (Harvard University) “What Was Moses’ Language?”
Hana Wirth-Nesher (Tel Aviv University) “The Hebrew Alphabet and Jewish Belles Lettres”
Sunny Yudkoff (Harvard University) "Yidishe un ‘Dzhuishdike’ Bikher: Yankev Glatshteyn’s Theory of Jewish Literature"

11:00 - 1:00 :
Session 2. New Approaches to the Study of Jewish Languages
Barbara Harshav (Yale University) “Special Problems of Translating 'Jewish' Languages”
Gloria Ascher (Tufts University) “Translating Alfred Ascher's 'Diario'"
George Jochnowitz (CUNY Staten Island) “Wrestling with God: Religion and Taboo in Jewish Languages”
Heidi Lerner (Stanford University) “New Tools for Jewish Language and Linguistics Research”

1:00 - 2:00:
Introductory session. Kosher lunch provided.

March 28
Shabbat Break

SEMINAR II: March 29
8:30 - 10:30:
Session 1. Crossing Borders: Jewish Languages in a Global Context
Heidy Müller (University of Brussels) “Language and Identity in Novels Written by Iraqi-Jewish Writers in Diaspora”
Debra Caplan (Harvard University) "A Tongue in Exile: Insiders and Outsiders on the Polylingual Yiddish Stage"
Derya Agis (Yeditepe University)“Ways of Addressing Different Characters in Judeo-Spanish Djoha, or Hodja Anecdotes"
Vitaly Shalem (Tel Aviv University) “Local Culture in a Global World: A Case of Juhuri-Russian Bilingualism”

11:00 - 1:00:
Session 2. Case Studies in Jewish Languages
Isabelle Levy (Harvard University) “What is the Language of Immanuel of Rome’s Hebrew Sonnets?”
Dalia Yasharpour (Harvard University) “Textual Analysis of Judeo-Persian found in the Haggadah of the Kaifeng Community"
Sonia Gollance (University of Chicago)“Images of Women in a Hot Wind: The Love Poetry of Gertrud Kolmar and Celia Dropkin”
Ester-Basya (Asya) Vaisman (Harvard University) “Hasidish Yiddish: Effects of English on the Yiddish of Contemporary Hasidim”

1:00 - 2:00:
Discussion: Looking Forward

ACLA FULL SCHEDULE:

Thursday, March 26, 2009
4:00 – 8:00        Registration
6:00 – 9:00        Opening Reception, Queen's Head Pub (Memorial Hall)

Friday, March 27, 2009     
8:30 - 10:30          (Re)defining Jewish Languages and Literatures
11:00 - 1:00                 Approaches to the Study of Jewish Languages
1:00 – 2:00        Introductory Session, Kosher lunch provided
6:45 – 8:00        Graduate Student Reception

Saturday, March 28, 2009
5:00 – 6:00        Special Topics
6:15 – 7:30        Presidential Address
8:00 – 11:00      Banquet

Sunday, March 29, 2009
8:30 - 10:30        Crossing Borders
11:00 - 1:00        Case Studies
1:00 - 2:00         Looking Forward

SYMPOSIUM: "JEWS IN CHINA: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE"

The Lily Center will host a symposium on "Jews in China", co-sponsored by the Harvard Asia Center, in Fall 2009. Please check back soon for more information.