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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A volume compiled as a tribute, especially to a scholar, consisting of articles or essays relating to the honoree's work or interests.
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- noun A
tribute ormemorial volume filled withessays andarticles byadmirers in memory of acolleague . A comparable book presented posthumously is called a Gedenkschrift ("memorial publication").
Etymologies
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Examples
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Participants will examine Siegler's work and influence on the field in a traditional European "festschrift," in which a scholar's colleagues and trainees honor him with a discussion of his work-in this case, the intellectual contributions to clinical ethics and the study of the doctor-patient relationship.
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Participants will examine Siegler's work and influence on the field in a traditional European "festschrift," in which a scholar's colleagues and trainees honor him with a discussion of his work-in this case, the intellectual contributions to clinical ethics and the study of the doctor-patient relationship.
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My article is freely online, so you should read it and all of the other great pieces in that issue, which was a festschrift for Eugenie C.
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My article is freely online, so you should read it and all of the other great pieces in that issue, which was a festschrift for Eugenie C.
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My article is freely online, so you should read it and all of the other great pieces in that issue, which was a festschrift for Eugenie C.
Random responses to Luskin on evolution of creationism, quotes, and information - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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When she retired twenty years later, her students and colleagues honored her with a festschrift, The Aegean and the Near East.
Hetty Goldman. 2009
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Here will gather a few of Anne's many friends and colleagues to celebrate her life with collected essays published as a festschrift both online and in print.
February 2007 2007
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White gave the paper at the conference in honor of Morton Horwitz, and it will appear as a chapter in the next volume of the festschrift from the Harvard University Press.
White on the Charles Warren Fellowships Dan Ernst 2009
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To describe all the sordid details of what it took to get TWS to adopt a position on economic growth is beyond the scope of a festschrift (or maybe anything in print).
Herman Daly Festschrift~ May There Be Dalyists~ Politics for a Steady State Economy 2009
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The fact that he is widely recognized as a good fellow in addition to a scholar should not be lost in a festschrift.
Herman Daly Festschrift~ May There Be Dalyists~ Politics for a Steady State Economy 2009
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In mid-April, as Mr. Hawley’s cancer worsened amid the coronavirus pandemic, Mr. Negroponte organized an online Festschrift, a celebration of one’s scholarly work.
Michael Hawley, Programmer, Professor and Pianist, Dies at 58 By 2020
seanahan commented on the word festschrift
A volume of essays in tribute to someone.
October 3, 2007