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Race‐related research in economics
Economica, Volume 93, Issue 370, Page 403-438, April 2026.Abstract Issues of racial justice and economic inequalities between racial and ethnic groups have risen to the top of public debate. Economists' ability to contribute to these debates is based on the body of race‐related research. We study the volume and content of race‐related research in economics.
Arun Advani +4 more
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Staying Alive and Finding the Balance - An Interview with Scholar-Translator Dr. Kathryn Hellerstein
TranscUlturAl, 2015 An interview with Kathryn Hellerstein, a translator of Yiddish poetry into English, a poet, and a professor of Yiddish at the University of Pennsylvania, conducted on March 11th, 2015.
Didem Uca
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ACROSS LANGUAGE BORDERS: WRITING INTEGRATION AND BELONGING IN KINDERTRANSPORT DIARIES
German Life and Letters, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 129-147, April 2026.ABSTRACT The diaries of six Kindertransport refugees who fled Nazi persecution in Germany and Austria to Britain in 1938 and 1939 offer unique insights into how language use reflects negotiations of identity and belonging. Moving beyond traditional concepts of bilingualism, a translingual framework reveals how these young refugees navigated between ...
Monja Stahlberger
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Du shtetl à la ville : à la recherche d’un yiddish (presque) perdu
Droit et Cultures, 2016 Yiddish was spoken in pre-war Poland by just under 3 million people and thrived as a literary, theatrical, cinematic and political language in addition to being the daily vernacular of the majority of Polish Jewry.
Michael Hornsby
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Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 1, March 2026.Abstract It is widely accepted that Henri Lefebvre's Marxism had anarchistic traits, but few have tried to specify what these traits are, or what they mean. This paper argues that Lefebvre's work should be seen as first and foremost an anti‐authoritarian theory that uses space, rather than a spatial theory.
Hamish Kallin
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Sacred Speech and Written Word: Hebrew–Yiddish Diglossia in Hasidic Homiletics
ReligionsThis article examines the complex linguistic phenomenon of Hebrew–Yiddish diglossia within Hasidic homiletic literature, particularly focussing on sermons from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Daniel Reiser
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Speaking Jewish: “Yiddish” in the Discourse of First-Generation American Yiddish Speakers
Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2005 By the end of this century, well over half of the world’s languages will disappear. Analyzing how minority languages are discussed by native speakers can provide insight into the relationship between language ideologies and language survival.
Jennifer Kronovet
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Prenominal possessives in Yiddish: mayn khaver versus mayner a khaver
Linguistics, 2022 This article provides a systematic comparison and detailed analysis of two prenominal possessive constructions in Yiddish, the familiar mayn khaver ‘my friend’ and the less well-known mayner a khaver ‘a friend of mine.’ It is demonstrated that the first ...
Roehrs Dorian
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When Universities Turn Carceral: Between Academic Freedom and Elimination
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Gil Rothschild Elyassi
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Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope
Symbolic Interaction, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 3-47, February 2026.The 100th anniversary of Erving Goffman's birth was in 2022. Drawing on his work, the Goffman archives, the secondary literature, and personal experiences with him and those in his university of Chicago cohort, I reflect on some implications of his work and life, and the inseparable issues of understanding society.
Gary T. Marx
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