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TOPICS FOR LECTURES BASED ON RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Listed below are a number of topics on which Dr Berdichevsky has recently lectured
The World’s Languages
Hebrew - Mother of Languages
Why Hebrew?
The Dilemmas of Modern Israeli Hebrew
Maltese and Hebrew - Two Cases of Cultural Revival
The Great Jewish Language Rivalry: Hebrew vs. Yiddish
The Baltic Revival and Zionism
Who Did What For Israel in 1948 - Czech & Soviet Aid
Israel - From Darling of the Left to Pariah State
Jewish Destiny and Disunity
Other Zionisms - The Greeks, Chinese, Armenians, Finns & Hungarians
Spain and Israel–Jewish-Spanish Reconciliation
British and American Language, Folkways & Institutions
The History of Devised Languages
Esperanto - Promise and Fulfillment ?
A Tale of Two Kings - The Danish Yellow Star Myth
Why it Took So Long for the Danish West Indies to be Sold to the United States
Jutland vs. Copenhagen - Country Bumpkins vs. City Slickers.
In Defense of Geography
Is Geographical Ignorance Bliss ?
Why is Don Quixote so Popular ?
Sibling Rivalry Among Nations;
1. Denmark-Sweden;
2. Portugal-Spain;
3. Czech Republic-Slovakia,
4. England-Scotland,
Basque Identity
Modern Spain and Traditional Spanish Stereotypes
Spain’s Muslim Minority: In the Shadow of Bin-Laden?
Spain’s Four National and Regional Languages
Recent Interview on Australian National Radio -
RN Book Show - 17October2007 - War, Denmark and Hans Christian Andersen
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