Part 1 Linguistics: Solomon A. Birnbaum and Shmuel Hiley; Noyakh Prilutski - Philosopher of Language, Christopher Hutton; Matisyohu Mieses, Robert D. King. Part 2 Dialects: Northwestern Yiddish - the state of research, Marion Aptroot, inter-language geography and Yiddish lexical area, Ulrike Kiefer. Part 3 Literature and folklore: Queen Esther, Jutta Baum; riddles and riddle parodies - Shloyme Bastomski's Yidishe folks-retenishn; literary history and the politics of allusion, David Neal Miller; critical approaches to modern Yiddish drama, David Schneider; changing perspectives on two poems by Avrom Sutzkever, Heather Valencia. Part 4 Special feature - Khoyzek and katoves: Khoyzek - from Zimri and Shelemiel to Balaam and Jesus, Joseph Bar-El; a late 20th century case of Katoves, Dovid Katz; symposium programme; registered participants.