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

Forthcoming 2014

Uncovering the Hidden: The Works and Life of Der Nister
Edited by Gennady Estraikh, Kerstin Hoge and Mikhail Krutikov
Studies In Yiddish 12   2014


Forthcoming August 2013

Joseph Opatoshu: A Yiddish Writer between Europe and America
Edited by Sabine Koller, Gennady Estraikh and Mikhail Krutikov
Studies In Yiddish 11   August 2013


Published 1 June 2012

Translating Sholem Aleichem: History, Politics and Art
Edited by Gennady Estraikh, Jordan Finkin, Kerstin Hoge and Mikhail Krutikov
Studies In Yiddish 10


Published 28 March 2011

A Captive of the Dawn: The Life and Work of Peretz Markish (1895-1952)
Edited by Joseph Sherman, Gennady Estraikh, Jordan Finkin and David Shneer
Studies In Yiddish 9


Published 12 April 2010

Yiddish in Weimar Berlin: At the Crossroads of Diaspora Politics and Culture
Edited by Gennady Estraikh and Mikhail Krutikov
Studies In Yiddish 8


Published November 2008

Yiddish in the Cold War
Gennady Estraikh
Studies In Yiddish 7


Published August 2007

David Bergelson: From Modernism to Socialist Realism — Proceedings of the 6th Mendel Friedman Conference
Edited by Joseph Sherman and Gennady Estraikh
Studies In Yiddish 6


Published September 2005

The Yiddish Presence in European Literature: Inspiration and Interaction — Selected Papers arising from the Fourth and Fifth International Mendel Friedman Conference
Edited by Joseph Sherman and Ritchie Robertson
Studies In Yiddish 5


Published 2003

The Jewish Pope: Myth, Diaspora and Yiddish Literature
Joseph Sherman
Studies In Yiddish 4


Published 2001

Yiddish and the Left: Papers of the Third Mendel Friedman International Conference on Yiddish
Edited by Gennady Estraikh and Mikhail Krutikov
Studies In Yiddish 3


Published 2000

The Shtetl: Image and Reality — Papers of the Second Mendel Friedman International Conference on Yiddish
Edited by Gennady Estraikh and Mikhail Krutikov
Studies In Yiddish 2


Published 1999

Yiddish in the Contemporary World: Papers of the First Mendel Friedman International Conference on Yiddish
Edited by Gennady Estraikh and Mikhail Krutikov
Studies In Yiddish 1