| ID | 185809 |
| Title Proper | Sylvia Kedourie 1925–2016 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kelly, Saul |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This special issue is dedicated to the memory of Sylvia Kedourie, who maintained her editorship of this journal from 1992-2016. Of course, she had been closely involved with the journal since its foundation by her husband, Elie, in 1964. Yet, following his premature death in 1992, she continued the editorship, aided by her daughter, Helen, who continues the Kedourie connection with the journal to this day. As most of the contributors to this special issue can testify, Sylvia was very much a hands-on editor. She read all the submitted articles and edited and proofed those that were accepted for publication. She continued to do this right till the end of her long life. She was, rightly, insistent that the highest standard of scholarship should always be maintained by the journal. She kept in touch with her contributors, often welcoming them to her London home in Lawn Road. She was keen to encourage younger scholars to publish with the journal and even invited some of them to join the editorial board. She took a personal interest in them and was always ready to give advice when it was required. She had an infectious sense of humour and would delight in telling a joke, always accompanied by a chuckle. After being fed with sandwiches and coffee, one always came away from Lawn Road with an armful of books to review, pulled from the tottering towers of paper and publishers’ volumes in her library. Literally, she lived for the journal. |
| `In' analytical Note | Middle Eastern Studies Vol. 58, No.3; May 2022: p.325-326 |
| Journal Source | Middle Eastern Studies Vol: 58 No 3 |
| Key Words | Sylvia Kedourie 1925–2016 |