[Mendele] Mendele Personal Announcements--I. L. Peretz and His Circle: International Academic Conference Warsaw-Zamosc, September 7-10, 2015

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From: Joanna Nalewajko-Kulikov <jnalewajko at ihpan.edu.pl>
Date: Nov. 24, 2014


I. L. Peretz and His Circle: International Academic Conference
Warsaw-Zamosc, September 7-10, 2015
Call for Papers

The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Polish Association for
Yiddish Studies, Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in
Poland and International Center for Research on the History and Cultural
Heritage of Jews from Central and Eastern Europe at John Paul II Catholic
University of Lublin invite you to participate in the academic conference:
I. L. Peretz and His Circle.; The conference will be devoted to the life,
work and milieu of the pioneer of Yiddish modernism, the writer known as
the father of modern Yiddish literature, as well as to the cultural circles
for which Peretz&#8217;s oeuvre served as an inspiration.

Yitzkhok Leybush Peretz, writer, journalist and social activist, is
perceived today as a monumental figure. But for later generations monuments
often become cold and one- dimensional symbols of the past. On the occasion
of the 100th anniversary of Peretz's death we would like to look again at
the writef's rich oeuvre, which has been somehow overshadowed by the
reverent image of the "father of Yiddish literature." The main questions
posed during the conference will concern Peretz's life and biography,
including his connections with Zamość and Warsaw; new ways of reading and
interpreting the writer's work and his other activities and achievements;
the milieu that evolved around him in Warsaw and the direct and indirect
influence that it had on the development of modern Yiddish culture.

Thus the conference will comprise themes of a wider cultural circle,
dynamically developing in Eastern Europe from the end of the nineteenth
century to mid-twentieth century. This cultural circle was connected with
the Yiddish language and deeply rooted in the Ashkenazi tradition
(including its multicultural aspects), but at the same time creatively
connected to the achievements of European literature, art, theatre and
scholarship. It included such figures as Sh. An-ski, Sholem Asch, Hersh
Dovid Nomberg, and institutions like YIVO. Therefore the conference will
serve as an opportunity to reflect on the transformations of modern Yiddish
culture.

We welcome papers presenting penetrating analyses of sources and problems
of that epoch as well as innovatory and unconventional approaches to the
heritage of the writer and his milieu. We are interested in new
interpretations and new contexts not as of yet researched. We would like to
find out how different scholars perceive the changing image of Peretz with
its wide heritage and milieu in the light of contemporary discourses in
literary, cultural and sociological studies.

The Warsaw part of the conference will take place in the newly opened POLIN
Museum of the History of Polish Jews, while the Zamosc part in the restored
synagogue which now houses the Synagogue Center of the Foundation for the
Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland.

Professor Ruth R. Wisse will be the honorary guest and the key note speaker
at the conference.

MAIN THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE
The conference will consist of two main parts devoted to:

Activities of the Yiddish cultural circle in the context of popular
culture, literature, art, theatre, cinema and scholarship inspired by
Peretz. Consequently the role of Warsaw as the centre of Yiddish cultural
life will be stressed.
Peretz' life and work, including reception of his writings as well as new
interpretations of the views presented in pre-war literary critique.

REGISTRATION AND SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Twenty-minute papers can be presented in Polish or English. Each session
will be followed by a discussion. Additionally a panel in Yiddish will take
place. Simultaneous translation will be available.
Please send the conference form with an abstract of your paper (approx. 300
words) by December 31, 2014 to the e-mail address:
konferencja.perecowska at gmail.com
The authors will be informed about the Organizing Committee's decision
by January
31, 2015.

The organizers are trying to get funding to cover accommodation and board
for the participants in Warsaw and Zamość as well as transportation from
Warsaw to Zamosc and back. We are unable to cover the costs of
transportation to Warsaw.


The Organizing Committee
Hanna Węgrzynek (POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw)
Joanna Nalewajko-Kulikov (Polish Association for Yiddish Studies/Institute
of History at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw)
Karolina Szymaniak (Polish Association for Yiddish Studies/Jewish
Historical Institute, Warsaw)
Marek Tuszewicki (Polish Association for Yiddish Studies/Department of
Judaic Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow)
Gniewomir Zajączkowski (Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage
in Poland, Warsaw)
Sławomir Jacek Żurek (International Center for Research on the History and
Cultural Heritage of Jews from Central and Eastern Europe at John Paul II
Catholic University of Lublin)
Monika Szabłowska-Zaremba (Polish Association for Yiddish Studies/
International Center for Research on the History and Cultural Heritage of
Jews from Central and Eastern Europe at John Paul II Catholic University of
Lublin).

Attachments area

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