Festschrift - Unusual Festschriften and Feats Concerning Festschriften

Unusual Festschriften and Feats Concerning Festschriften

• Jagdish Bhagwati has been honored with six Festschriften, an extraordinary number. Three were presented in Netherlands, United Kingdom and the United States, the latter two on Bhagwati’s 60th birthday and the former during a scientific conference held at Rotterdam at the time of the award of an honorary degree. On Bhagwati’s 70th Birthday, two Festschrift conferences were organized. The sixth and final Festschrift was organized on 5 August 2005.
• James D. McCawley Two Festschriften, the earlier one (1972) subtitled Defamatory essays presented to James D. McCawley on his 33rd or 34th birthday and anthologizing pseudonymous articles. Some are by McCawley himself, notably the opening paper. The Festschrift was reprinted two decades later.
• Musicologist Egon Voss's Festschrift would already be worthy of note just for being presented on his fortieth birthday (most being for 65th or later birthdays). What makes it especially stand out is the content: a set of articles by eminent scholars discussing a fictional composer Otto Jägermeier—a joke carried to a high extreme.