07.10.2024 – 09.10.2024, Prague

Submission Deadline: 15.03.2024

Researchers from various disciplines are invited to submit proposals for 30-minute papers on the subject of invective practices in Medieval and Early Modern Europe.

When it comes to constituting and maintaining social cohesion, contemporary political discourse usually warns against social polarization and division, while also invoking values such as solidarity and cooperation. From an analytical point of view, however, the roots of human communities are more diverse and contradictory. A group may have come into being by command or consensus, by contract or propaganda, by necessity or kinship, by all at the same time, or in another way altogether. Particularly effective are such concepts that enable a group to recognize and determine itself through some kind of conflict with others. The “we” is thus often constituted in demarcation and in contrast to “the other(s)”.
This mechanism of communication was also decisive in premodern Europe, from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. It can be observed in ever-changing constellations, from the confrontation between orthodox believers and “heretics” to the humanists’ vituperation and the Enlightenment’s contempt towards the common people. The manifold patterns of intercommunitary disparagement will be the focus of the planned conference.

This collection will offer a pioneering perspective on Jewish masculinities, significantly enriching our understanding of the intricate intersections of aging, gender, and migration. Our goal is to publish these contributions in an edited volume through Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Venice University Press, ensuring rigorous peer review for scholarly excellence.

Der Arbeitskreis Jüdisches Schwaben (AKJS) am Institut für Geschichtliche Landeskunde und Historische Hilfswissenschaften der Universität Tübingen; Akademie der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Fachbereich Geschichte, veranstaltet folgende Tagung:

Faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars of Jewish Studies are invited to submit proposals for papers, panels, and roundtable discussions Paper proposals should be no longer than one double- spaced typed page and should be submitted with a short CV that contains contact information. Organizers of panels and roundtable discussions should submit a cover sheet with the title of the session, the titles and abstracts for each paper and bios and contact information of the participants. Individuals wishing to chair a session should indicate their area of expertise and submit a short CV. A few partial travel stipends are available for graduate students and overseas scholars presenting at the conference. The conference will be primarily in-person, though there will be one entirely virtual panel in each morning time slot reserved for overseas presenters. . Deadline for submission of proposals is January 6, 2024.

Contact Information Laurie Baron
Contact Email lbaron@sdsu.edu

Here is a CfP for the new issue of Revue du Rhin supérieur 6 (2024): Les juifs et la cité dans l’espace du Rhin supérieur.

We are pleased to announce that the Jewish Studies Program at Cornell University is seeking papers for its inaugural graduate student conference, MAKING SPACE: Peopling and Placing the Matter of Jewish Studies. This graduate-organized conference aims to bring together student research that contributes to interdisciplinary approaches to Jewish studies through the “making of space for new ways of addressing history and giving voice to marginalized and minoritized identities and experiences”. Relevant topics and subfields include critical historiography, ethnography, cultural geography, media studies, material culture studies, and gender and feminist studies. The Call for Papers is available online.