

Session 2
Wednesday (May 4):
10.30 AM-12.00 PM ET
CHAIR
Peter Vermeersch
(U of Leuven, Belgium)
PAPERS
(New Europe College Center for Advanced Study, Romania)
Valentin Săndulescu valentin.sandulescu@gmail.com
The Jewish Community in Interwar Romania and Yiddish Culture:
Context and Challenges
Irina Nastasă-Matei
(New Europe College Center for Advanced Study, Romania)
Institutional Actors and Yiddish Life in Greater Romania (1918-1940)
Francisca Solomon
(New Europe College Center for Advanced Study, Romania)
Choosing Yiddish: Ideological Debates Concerning the Language
Reflected in the German – and Yiddish – Language Press of the Bukovinian Jewry
Camelia Crăciun
(New Europe College Center for Advanced Study, Romania)
Iacob Gropper as a “National Poet” and Yiddish Activist:
A Case Study on the Reception of His Work in Interwar Romania
DISCUSSANT
Ferenc Laczó
(Maastricht U, Netherlands)
f.laczo@maastrichtuniversity.nl