The Genizah Lab features Samuel Blapp’s new fragment of the month from the Cairo Geniza.
Monthly Archives: December 2021
New Fragment of the Month November by Marina Rustow
The Genizah Lab features Marina Rustow’s new fragment of the month from the Cairo Geniza.
New Article on Debt Seals for Jews in Medieval Germany
The new volume of the journal Archiv für Diplomatik features are German article by Andreas Lehnertz about debt seals for Jews used in medieval Germany: “Sigilla ad debita. Siegel für Judenschulden in den erzstiftisch-mainzischen Städten des 14. Jahrhunderts”.
Open Position for the Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte opened a position for a tenured Associate or Full Professor in Jewish Studies. The particular area of expertise is open.
Deadline: 15 December, 2021
Open Position of an Assistant Professor, Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies
The New York University of Arts and Sciences opened up a position “for a tenure-track assistant professor position specializing in any aspect of Jewish history from the eighth through the eighteenth centuries”.
Deadline: 1 January, 2022
Researcher of the Week
Annika Funke
Doctoral Candidate
University of Trier
Supervisor: Prof. Lukas Clemens
Continue reading Researcher of the Week“In the 15th century a series of expulsions drove out the Jews from most of the free and imperial cities in the German territories. Complying with the restricting settlement policies of the surrounding small towns and villages, Jewish communities reorganized as a rural settlement network with often no more than two families living in close proximity. Religious and communal life was subject to fundamental changes. To visit communal institutions or events, to conduct business and to perform acts of political participation and representation, Jews had to travel on a daily basis. In my PhD project, I investigate the interactions of small-town Jews with civic authorities, differentiating between institutionalized diplomatic actions and the scope of individual agency.
New Article on a Medieval Seal Matrix with a “Judensau”
The new vol. 100 of the journal Bremisches Jahrbuch features a German article by Andreas Lehnertz and Markus Wenninger on a seal matrix that shows a “Judensau.” The article “Zum Heiligenberger Siegeltypar mit einer ‘Judensau’: Das Siegel eines Christen, nicht das eines Juden” as well as a discussion can also be found in the archivalia.hypothesis blog.
Webinar by Society for the Medieval Mediterranean: ‘Jewish women, Conversas and Christian women in Medieval Catalonia: Agency and economic resources’
Featuring Dr Anna Rich-Abad (University of Nottingham); Dr Dana Wessell-Lightfoot (University of Northern British Columbia); Dr Alexandra Guerson de Oliveira (University of Toronto); and Dr Mireia Comas Via (University of Barcelona).
Time: Tuesday, 14 December at 18.00 (UTC)
Online Lecture by Sophia Schommer about the Migration of Sephardic Jews to Italy after 1492
This German lecture within the Colloquium of the Arye Maimon Institute, Trier University, will take place in Zoom on Monday, 6 December 2021 at 18:15 CET.
https://uni-trier.zoom.us/j/89105443587?pwd=MTNGZFJpa1plMXpSS0dTbWxzZzBKZz09
Meeting-ID: 891 0544 3587
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Online Lecture: Muscle Jews and Redheads. The “Red Jews” in Yiddish Culture by Rebekka Voß, Goethe University Frankfurt (in German).
07.12.2021 19:30 CET
The “Red Jews” live in a legendary land behind the mythical river Sambatjon, so Jews and Christians told each other in the Middle Ages and early modern times, and still today. The lecture traces these Yiddish stories about the Red Jews and shows what role this imaginary people played in Jewish culture from the Middle Ages to the present. It is fascinating how Jews and Christians passed the legends on to each other, but at the same time argued about their meaning. The lecture will take place digitally. If you would like to attend via Zoom, please register at welterbe@erfurt.de. In addition, the lecture will also be broadcast on the Youtube channel erfurtkultur.
Continue reading Online Lecture: Muscle Jews and Redheads. The “Red Jews” in Yiddish Culture by Rebekka Voß, Goethe University Frankfurt (in German).