Family Resemblances in Yiddish Literature

Yiddish families, biological and figurative. Challenging Yiddish patriarchies; critiquing Mame-loshn's matriarchies. Childhood, parenthood, and their discontents. Dynastic disruptions and usurpations among Hasidim. The family in pre-modern Yiddish literature and ego-documents. Immigration, sibling rivalries, generation gaps.

Deadline for submissions: Monday, 24 March 2025

Marc Caplan, Yale U (a.marc.caplan@gmail.com )