HOLOCAUST
STUDIES
IN TRANSLATION
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Cornell University Press are pleased to invite nominations for a new scholarly book series: Holocaust Studies in Translation. This interdisciplinary series will showcase cutting-edge scholarship from Eastern Europe, newly accessible to an English-speaking audience.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Scholarship published in Eastern Europe contributes significantly to our understanding of the Holocaust, but to date the audience for this work has been limited by language barriers. Translating such work into English will increase its accessibility, which will in turn promote new research projects and facilitate communication among scholars from different countries. The series will draw attention to research emerging from the region that was at the epicenter of the Holocaust and where scholarship continues to face significant obstacles.
The first set of books currently underway features scholarship originally published in Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine on diverse topics including the development and evolution of key Holocaust sites, local responses to the unfolding persecution, and postwar representations of the Holocaust.
The series is edited by the Museum’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies. Holocaust Studies in Translation is funded in part by the Claims Conference.
The series is now accepting nominations for books to consider in future years. Use this nomination form to find out more details and submit books for consideration.
We are primarily interested in recent scholarly monographs published in Eastern Europe, but will also consider other works (such as edited volumes) that fulfill the goals of the series: to bring attention to significant scholarly works from the region that, when translated, will make a broader contribution to the field, and that without support from the Museum would face difficulty being translated and published in English.
The nomination should include the following materials in English:
· A biography of the author
(approximately 200 words) or CV
· A detailed description of the book
(approximately 750 words) that
includes the book’s key questions,
argument, sources, method, and table
of contents
· A letter of nomination (maximum 1
page) that explains the strengths of
the book and its contribution to the
field
The submission deadline
is October 30, 2024.
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