Kriszta Eszter Szendrői (HU; Yiddish language)

is a professor of linguistics at the University of Vienna.

She was the co-leader of the University College London Contemporary Hasidic Yiddish research group, documenting the characteristics of this newly emergent variety of Yiddish. In addition to language practices, the group also studied Hasidic books, magazines, pedagogical materials and pop culture, as well as translating government health advice into Hasidic Yiddish.

Eszter was the main organiser of the year-long Ada-Rapaport-Albert online seminar series; the academic conference YiLaS Yiddish Language Structures 3 in London; the week-long Yiddish language immersion and cultural school Shtayt geshribn; and the Yidish oyf der shpur - A quest for Yiddish Festival in Vienna. She is also the founder of the new Yiddish library and cultural centre in Vienna, YUNG YiDiSH WIEN.

Eszter is widely recognized for her central role in raising awareness of contemporary Hasidic Yiddish and bringing it into contexts that have been exclusively focused on Standard Yiddish.

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