Mapping Memorial Books: Tracing the Commemorative Legacy of Yiddish Yizkor Books | AHRC DTP
Subject: Theology, Divinity & Religious Studies
HEI:Â University of Edinburgh; University of Glasgow
School:Â School of Critical Studies
Supervisors:Â Dr Mia Spiro, University of Glasgow; Dr Ernest Schonfield, University of Glasgow; Prof Hannah Holtschneider, University of Edinburgh
Keywords:Â Jewish, Holocaust, Memory, Yiddish, Yizkor, Psychogeography
Discipline+Catalyst: Cultural & Museum Studies, Modern Languages, Theology, Divinity & Religions
Knowledge Exchange Hub:Â Heritage
Strategic Themes & Priority Areas: Modern Languages, Cultural and Heritage Studies
About Cian’s Research:
Mapping Memorial Books will focus on the post-war cycle of Jewish commemorative writing created by survivors in the aftermath of the Holocaust. From the 1940s onwards, over 1,000 memorial books appeared, depicting the lost Jewish communities of Europe. Many were written in Yiddish, a language largely inaccessible to the public. By cross-referencing archival records of the Scottish Jewish community with the corpus of Yizkor books, this project will map Jewish immigration in Scotland back to its ancestral towns. Employing this archive for the first time, the project aims to add depth and nuance to the study of pre-war Jewish life and Holocaust memory.
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