Cracow Congress of Slavists

[Kathleen Parthe]

Tayer freynt,
        I am studying Yiddish for a project my dean and friend Bill Green
are working on(he's an expert on rabbinical Judaism). So far I know the
alphabet and seven songs and with my passive German, it's going very well.
Len is confused and is working on his German(which proves that God has an
excellent sense of humor!).
        So, so you have a spare Yiddish reader or newspaper lying around. I
am desparate for something to read aside from the genitungen.

                                        Zey gezunt,
                                        Kathleen Parthe

>
>         I have been informed by Professor Michael Flier, who chairs
> the American Committee of Slavists, that the Twelfth International
> Congress of Slavists will take place in Cracow August 26--September 3,
> 1998.
>         Because of a long-standing rule (established by the International
> Committee of Slavists) that all papers be published in advance and
> distributed to the various national committees, the selection of
> participants had to be made long before the Congress.  For the 1998
> Congress abstracts for proposed papers were due in January, 1996.
> Abstracts were solicited through announcements sent to Slavic departments
> and to the AATSEEL and AAASS newsletters in 1995.
>
>                                         Robert A. Rothstein
>                                         Secretary-Treasurer
>                                         American Committee of Slavists
>