Programme

Last upgraded: 21th October 2012

Location: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, nám. J. Palacha 2, Prague 1, room 18

8:30–9:00	Registration
9:00–9:10	Introductory remarks, conference opening

Session 1, chair: R. Dittmann
Location: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, nám. J. Palacha 2, Prague 1, room 18

9:10–9:50	E. Hollender (invited speaker)
	Vernacular glosses in piyyut commentary: the case of Lashon Kenaan
9:50–10:20	E. Geller
	Knaanic glosses as code-switching phenomenon
10:20–10:50	L. Uličná – D. Polakovič
	Knaanic glosses from the perspective of Judeo-Czech studies
10:50–11:20	M. Prudký
	Notes on the term Knaan/Knaanic in biblical tradition and its reception

11:20–13:00	Lunch break

Session 2, chair: C. Aslanov
Location: Jewish museum in Prague – Education and Culture Centre, Maiselova 15, Prague 1

13:00–13:40	A. Kulik (invited speaker)
	Jews and the language of Eastern Slavs in the Middle Ages
13:40–14:10	J. Šedinová
	Poznámky k ortografii nehebrejských výrazů v hebrejských písemných památkách střední Evropy
14:10–14:40	W. Moskovich
	From Leshon Knaan to Yiddish: some case studies

14:40–15:00	Coffee break

Session 3, chair: E. Geller
Location: Jewish museum in Prague – Education and Culture Centre, Maiselova 15, Prague 1

15:00–15:40	D. Katz (invited speaker):
	Slavic/Knaanic and Old Yiddish: A Real or Imagined Connection?
15:40–16:10	A. Beider
	Czech lands as the cradle of Eastern Yiddish
16:10–16:40	J. van Straten
	Demography and the dissemination of Yiddish in Eastern Europe
16:40–17:10	M. Gajek
	Das Diaphonem ei\|ai als Reflex des altslawischen Lautes ě im Jiddischen

19:00	Conference dinner Location: Restaurant Zlatý hrozen, Železná 544/7, Prague 1 (very close to the Celetná Street where the Rectorate Hotel is situated)

Location: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, nám. J. Palacha 2, Prague 1, room 18

8:45–9:00

Registration

Session 1, chair: A. Kulik
Location: Jewish museum in Prague – Education and Culture Centre, Maiselova 15, Prague 1

9:00–9:40	C. Aslanov (invited speaker)
	Kna'anim vs. Ashkenazim: From Difference to Convergence
9:40–10:10	D. Strolovitch
	The role of Hebrew writing in a medieval Jewish vernacular: the case of Judeo-Portuguese
10:10–10:40	J. Olszowy-Schlanger
	The use of vernacular languages in Hebrew legal contracts from medieval England

10:40–11:00	Coffee break

11:15–12:00	National Library of the Czech Republic – visit to see the Cheb (Eger) Bible The Eger Bible will be presented by D. Polakovič of the Jewish museum in Prague


12:00–13:30	Lunch break

Session 2, chair: L. Uličná
Location: Jewish museum in Prague – Education and Culture Centre, Maiselova 15, Prague 1

13:30–14:00	V. Boček
	K etymologii slovanského židъ
14:00–14:30	E. Steinová
	“All that suffering”: Hebrew and Latin narratives about the Prague pogrom of 1389
14:30–15:00	D. Soukup
	K obrazu Židů v literatuře českého středověku do roku 1400 (will be specified)
15:00–15:30	R. Dittmann – O. Bláha
	The lexicological contribution of Abraham ben Azriel and Isaac ben Moses to Old Czech

15:30–15:40	Closing remarks, end of the conference

Knaanic Language