Festschrift

Festschrift (plural Festschriften)

1. Alternative letter-case form of festschrift
   • 1970, P B. Dews, “Preface”, in P. B. Dews, editor, Festschrift for B. F. Skinner (Century Psychology series), New York, N.Y.: Appleton-Century-Crofts, →ISBN, page x; republished New York, N.Y.: Irvington Publishers, 1977, →ISBN, page x:

     So many people of so many different kinds have been influenced by [Burrhus Frederic] Skinner's work and writings; who should be invited to contribute to a Festschrift volume?

   • 1981, “General Editor’s Preface”, in Wilfred Cantwell Smith, On Understanding Islam: Selected Studies (Religion and Reason; 19), The Hague: Mouton Publishers, →ISBN, page v:

     At the present time a scholar of religion who lectures, reads papers and publishes will inevitably find his various products dispersed over a number of periodicals, Festschriften and other volumes, mostly published in different countries and often in different languages.

   • 2012, Fred Karlsson, “Is there a Crisis in Generative Linguistics?”, in Diana Santos, Krister Lindén, Wanjiku Ng’ang’a, editors, Shall We Play the Festschrift Game?: Essays on the Occasion of Lauri Carlson’s 60th Birthday, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, page 4:

     Now that I have the privilege of publishing these remarks in Lauri Carlson's Festschrift, I want, by way of conclusion, to briefly address an issue he brought up in his contribution [...] to my Festschrift.

   • 2014, G. M. T. Emezue, Inge Kosch, Maurice Kangel, “Introduction”, in G. M. T. Emezue, Inge Kosch, Maurice Kangel, editors, Justice and Human Dignity in Africa: Collection of Essays in Honour of Professor Austin Chukwu, : HPC Books, →ISBN, page 11:

     Traditional Festschrifts (or Festschriften) are designed by students and colleagues in honour of a person (usually soon to be or a retiree) they know. This action is very noble. However, Michael Taffart observes in "Gardens or Graveyards of a scholarship?" that the most common failings of Festschriften are lack of "themes, insufficient evidence of strong editorial hands and uneven quality throughout the collection."

From Fest +‎ Schrift.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛstˌʃʁɪft/

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Festschrift f (genitive Festschrift, plural Festschriften)

1. festschrift

• “Festschrift” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Festschrift” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Festschrift” in Duden online
• Festschrift on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de