Studies in Yiddish is the only scholarly series in English that is dedicated to Yiddish, a transnational language whose interesting, if sometimes tragic, history spans more than a thousand years. Its high and low literary and non-literary texts and practices have been of central importance not only to Jewish existence and history but also to the wider cultural and creative life in Central and Eastern Europe, Israel and the New World. The series regularly publishes the proceedings of the International Mendel Friedman Conference, which is convened every two years at the University of Oxford. In addition, the series includes monographs and edited volumes on all aspects of Yiddish language and culture, and proposals for new publications are welcomed.

This series does not have a formal Editorial Committee, but we are advised by:

  • Professor Gennady Estraikh, New York University
  • Dr Kerstin Hoge, St Hilda’s College, Oxford
  • Professor Mikhail Krutikov, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

ISBN Series Format Date Author Title (italicized titles forthcoming)
1-900755-33-5 SIY 1 PB 166pp 1999 ed Gennady Estraikh, Mikhail Krutikov Yiddish in the Contemporary World: Papers of the First Mendel Friedman International Conference on Yiddish
1-900755-41-6 SIY 2 PB 190pp 2000 ed Gennady Estraikh, Mikhail Krutikov The Shtetl: Image and Reality — Papers of the Second Mendel Friedman International Conference on Yiddish
1-900755-48-3 SIY 3 PB 330pp 2001 ed Gennady Estraikh, Mikhail Krutikov Yiddish and the Left: Papers of the Third Mendel Friedman International Conference on Yiddish
1-900755-77-7 SIY 4 PB 212pp 2003 Joseph Sherman The Jewish Pope: Myth, Diaspora and Yiddish Literature
1-900755-83-1 SIY 5 HB 170pp 2005 ed Joseph Sherman, Ritchie Robertson The Yiddish Presence in European Literature: Inspiration and Interaction — Selected Papers arising from the Fourth and Fifth International Mendel Friedman Conference
978-1-905981-12-0 SIY 6 HB 378pp 2007 ed Joseph Sherman, Gennady Estraikh David Bergelson: From Modernism to Socialist Realism — Proceedings of the 6th Mendel Friedman Conference
978-1-906540-05-0 SIY 7 HB 192pp 2008 Gennady Estraikh Yiddish in the Cold War
978-1-906540-70-8 SIY 8 HB 286pp 2010 ed Gennady Estraikh, Mikhail Krutikov Yiddish in Weimar Berlin: At the Crossroads of Diaspora Politics and Culture
978-1-906540-52-4 SIY 9 HB 250pp 2011 ed Joseph Sherman, Gennady Estraikh, Jordan Finkin, David Shneer A Captive of the Dawn: The Life and Work of Peretz Markish (1895-1952)
978-1-907975-00-4 SIY 10 HB 232pp 2012 ed Gennady Estraikh, Jordan Finkin, Kerstin Hoge, Mikhail Krutikov Translating Sholem Aleichem: History, Politics and Art
978-1-907975-60-8 SIY 11 HB 274pp ed Sabine Koller, Gennady Estraikh, Mikhail Krutikov Joseph Opatoshu: A Yiddish Writer between Europe and America
978-1-907975-84-4 SIY 12 PB ed Gennady Estraikh, Kerstin Hoge, Mikhail Krutikov Uncovering the Hidden: The Works and Life of Der Nister