IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 307: Jews in Medieval Christendom, III: Resistance, Rescue, Resurgence
Monday 9 July 2007, 16.30-18.00
| Organiser: | Laura Hollengreen, School of Architecture, University of Arizona |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Laura Hollengreen, School of Architecture, University of Arizona |
| Respondent: | Irven Resnick, Department of Philosophy & Religion, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga |
| Paper 307-a | Jewish Resistance to Conversion in the Late Medieval Crown of Aragon (Language: English) Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 307-b | The Other 'Other': Muslims in Medieval Christendom (Language: English) Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Islamic and Arabic Studies |
| Paper 307-c | A Context for Conversion: Saracens, Jews, and Unrecognized Sources of The Jew of Malta and The Merchant of Venice (Language: English) Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Language and Literature - Other |
| Abstract | In July 2006, a five-week NEH Summer Institute convened at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies to investigate the topic 'Representations of the "Other": Jews in Medieval Christendom'. Ten of the participants, together with the Institute's Director, now seek to present the impact of their joint study on the handling of sources within their different disciplines. Each of the three proposed sessions incorporates scholars from multiple disciplines; each will have the Director of the Institute, Irven Resnick, as respondent. Our goal is to revive the intellectual exchange of the institute, to publicize to others our work on Jews in all aspects of medieval life and art, and to invite fellow scholars to join us in critical dialogue on the topic. |