Preaching in the Venetian Ghetto
Preaching in the Venetian Ghetto: The Sermons of Leon Modena The personality of the Venetian Rabbi Leon (Judah Aryeh) Modena (1571–1648) has intrigued scholars both past and present.[1] Widely divergent…
Academia
A Third Model of Jewish Enlightenment?
Francesca Bregoli. Mediterranean Enlightenment: Livornese Jews, Tuscan Culture, and Eighteenth-Century Reform. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2014 Despite its status as the second-largest Jewish community in western Europe in the eighteenth…
“Non contrarii, ma diversi”
“Non contrarii, ma diversi” : the question of minority in the eyes of Christians and Jews in Italy (early 15th-mid 18th century) Dead line for submitting papers : April 15,…
The Secret of the Last Jews of Rhodes
A Daunting Discovery: The largest Carabinieri Archives Outside of Italy and a List of 1661 Names Shed Light on a Greek island’s Darkest Moments How was it possible? A locked door,…
Judeo-Languages
Giudeo-Lingue. Who Speaks, When, Where, and With Whom? Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale” – Dipartimento Asia, Africa e Mediterraneo – Centro di Studi Ebraici An Annual Seminar on Judeo-languages past and…
The Ghetto Reconsidered
The Ghetto Reconsidered: Minority and Ethnic Quarters in Text and Images On the occasion of the 500th Anniversary of the establishment of the Venice Ghetto (1516) by a decree of the Serenissima,…
The Jewish Experience in Contemporary Italy
NeMLA Journal: Special Issue: The Jewish Experience in Contemporary Italy Click here to read the issue More than any other religious or ethnic minority in the history of the Bel…
CDEC Seeks New Director
Director of the Fondazione Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea CDEC Deadline: February, 28th The Fondazione Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea CDEC onlus is currently looking for a high profile candidate…
Medieval Mediterranean
Individuals and Legal Institutions in the Medieval Mediterranean Center for Jewish Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC – March 7-8, 2016 While there is a vast literature on medieval Jewish and Islamic…
Representing Perpetrators
Call for Papers: Representing Perpetrators of Mass Violence. Utrecht University, 31 August–3 September, 2016. Organizers: Susanne C. Knittel and Uğur Ümit Üngör Keynote speakers: Prof. Alexander Hinton (Rutgers University) Milo Rau,…