Their project looks at the experiences of conversas in Valencia, Girona, and Barcelona during the second half of the fifteenth century. They are planning to hire a post-doctoral fellow to help with the research, as well as fund graduate students as research assistants at the University of Northern British Columbia and the University of Toronto.
Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office Katja Keul hands over the certificate to Erfurt’s Lord Mayor Andreas Horn (© City of Erfurt)
On 11 August 2024, the World Heritage certificate was officially presented in Erfurt and celebrated with a big party in the medieval Jewish quarter!
Listen to the new SeforimChatter Podcast episode with Jodi Magness discussing “Jerusalem Through the Ages – From Its Beginnings to the Crusades”
Publisher DeGruyter announces a one-year paid trainee position in their medieval studies editorial team. Starting date is flexible, with a preference for 1 October; (some) knowledge of German is helpful, but not required. Working remotely is possible.
It saddens us deeply to learn that Ilana Tahan passed away peacefully on Saturday 6 July 2024.
Ilana Tahan at her lecture on the Leather Cut-Book Binding Technique and Meir Jaffe at one session on Jewish Craftspeople and Their Material Evidence, Leeds International Medieval Congress 2019.
A birthday with uncertainty: RNL Evr Arab I 4816 by Nadia Vidro
Organisation:
Görge Hasselhoff (TU Dortmund), Judith Kogel (IRHT/CNRS) and Amélie Sagasser (DHIP)
The conference explores the interactions between Christians and Jews in France from 1096 to 1394, focussing on social, legal, economic and cultural factors that influenced Jewish-Christian coexistence during and after the Crusades. It centres on interreligious exchange and the transformations of both religions: With regard to the handling of sacred scriptures, there is evidence of an intensive dialogue. This also applies to the social sphere where many indications suggest an inclusion of the Jewish community in Christian society. On the other hand, until the 12th century there were no detailed regulations that formalised the place of the Jewish population in law. Instead, it can be observed that from the end of the 12th century onwards, successive expulsions fuelled by religious, economic and political interests ultimately led to the final expulsion of the Jews from France in 1394.
The journal In Geveb has published an interview with Chava Turniansky and Chaya Alyada about Old Yiddish scholarship.
The prize is awarded annually by the American Academy for Jewish Research.
Honorable Mention was awarded A.J. Berkowitz, A Life of Psalms in Jewish Late Antiquity, University of Pennsylvania Press.
