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Online Talk by Birgit Wiedl about „In gutem mitterbau zu halten“. Jüdischer Weinbau und Weingartenbesitz im mittelalterlichen Wien (in German)

Take part in this online talk by Birgit Wiedl about „In gutem mitterbau zu halten“. Jüdischer Weinbau und Weingartenbesitz im mittelalterlichen Wien at the Arye Maimon Institute, Trier University, on 18 December 2023, 18:15 CEST.

To do so, please register with Dr. Christoph Cluse cluse@uni-trier.de or Dr. Jörg Müller muellerj@uni-trier.de for the Zoom link.

Online Talk by Danny Grabe about “Von Leibärzten, Henkern und anderen. Die Berufe von Juden und ihre Funktionen in den christlichen Quellen des Frühmittelalters” (in German)

Take part in this online talk by Danny Grabe about ” Von Leibärzten, Henkern und anderen. Die Berufe von Juden und ihre Funktionen in den christlichen Quellen des Frühmittelalters ” at the Arye Maimon Institute, Trier University, on 4 December 2023, 18:15 CEST.

To do so, please register with Dr. Christoph Cluse cluse@uni-trier.de or Dr. Jörg Müller muellerj@uni-trier.de for the Zoom link.

The Shalom Spiegel Institute Summer Seminar in Medieval Hebrew Poetry

Weeklong Seminar on Qalonymos b. Qalonymos

The Shalom Spiegel Institute of Medieval Hebrew Poetry at the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, will be dedicated to the work of Qalonymos b. Qalonymos (c. 14th century, Provence/Catalonia/Italian Peninsula) from June 16-21, 2024 at the Seminary. The week will include daily seminars with leading scholars on various aspects of Qalonymos’ work (Hebrew poetry and philosophical writings) as well as instruction in developing skills in the close reading of medieval Hebrew texts. The seminar will meet for morning and afternoon sessions Monday through Thursday, concluding with one session and lunch on Friday. The program is intended to supplement academic programs that offer medieval Jewish studies, general Hebrew literature and Jewish philosophy, but do not provide courses in which medieval Hebrew texts are read in the original. It is also expected to benefit students and faculty who have had access to such courses, but whose academic work would benefit from more intensive training in this area.

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Lecture series: Bilder von Juden – Der Ritualmordprozess gegen die Trienter Juden und seine Nachwirkungen

Vortragsreihe des Arbeitskreis Jüdisches Schwaben (AKJS)
Universität Tübingen, Hegelbau, Wilhelmstraße 36, 72070 Tübingen

Beginn jeweils 19:00 Uhr

Aktuelle antisemitische Zerrbilder haben lange Wurzeln in der Geschichte des vormodernen Antisemitismus. Es sind Fake News, toxische Bilder von verhängnisvoller Wirkmacht, auch wenn sich der Judenhass der Moderne von den ursprünglich religiösen Motiven gelöst hat. Eines der gefährlichsten Bilder transportiert die Ritualmordverleumdung. Seit dem Ende des 13. Jahrhunderts verbreitete sich das Narrativ über England, Italien und Frankreich im deutschen Sprachraum. Großen Anteil daran hat der von 1475 bis 1478 geführte Ritualmord-Prozess gegen die Juden von Trient.

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Fall 2023 Online History Course: Jewish Women in the Medieval World

What was life like as a Jewish woman 1000 years ago (give or take)? How might she have earned money? What was her understanding of the divine? How did she experience marriage and motherhood? And how can we possibly know? Join JWA as four leading scholars offer us glimpse into the lives of medieval Jewish women from Northern Europe to Iberia to the Middle East. (Please note that all sessions in this series will take place at 12:00 PM ET/9:00 AM PT). Register for Jewish Women in the Medieval World here.

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Online lecture by Alessandra Veronese (in German): “Jüdische Reisende des Mittelalters”, 25 October, 6:30 MEZ

The Universities of Saarland (Medieval Studies) and Graz (Medieval German Philology) are organising a lecture series on “Das Mittelmeer – mediävistische Perspektiven auf ein aktuelles Forschungsfeld” (in German) as part of their interdisciplinary colloquium Medievalia.

On 25 October, Alessandra Veronese from the University of Pisa will speak on “Jüdische Reisende des Mittelalters”, this lecture and the three following lectures are available online. The links will be posted on the websites below shortly before each lecture.