The Jewish Institute for Adult Education (JIFE) is proud to host the first international Vienna Yiddish Language Conference on the 22nd and 23rd of January, 2018 in cooperation with the University of Vienna's Departments of Jewish Studies and Linguistics. The Conference will take place at Vienna’s oldest hotel, Hotel Stefanie, in Vienna’s historic Jewish district, Leopoldstadt. We encourage submissions in all areas of Yiddish language research including Yiddish linguistics, Yiddish literature and more generally Yiddish philology. JIFE will publish an online proceedings volume to which all participants will be asked to submit paper versions of the research presented at the conference. The best paper will be awarded the “VYLC Best Paper Award” which comes with a EUR 300 cash prize.