IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 1104: Digital Approaches to Jewish History in Medieval Germany
Wednesday 5 July 2017, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Amélie Sagasser, Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Johannes Heil, Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg |
| Respondent: | Jörn Roland Christophersen, Seminar für Judaistik, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main / Arye Maimon-Institut für Geschichte der Juden, Universität Trier |
| Paper 1104-a | 'Epidat': Database of Jewish Epigraphy (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Epigraphy, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Technology |
| Paper 1104-b | The 'New Gallia-Germania Judaica': An International Database of Jewish Settlements, Locations, and Migrations (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Geography and Settlement Studies, Hebrew and Jewish Studies |
| Abstract | In the last years, several projects in the field of the Digital Humanities on Medieval Jewish History Studies have been established and contribute successfully to the interdisciplinary and international Jewish-medieval research. The session will present three databases: -a) The epigraphical database 'epidat', providing the inventory, documentation, editions, and presentation of epigraphical collections (11th-20th centuries); -b) The 'New Gallia-Germania Judaica', containing local entries documenting the Jewish history of all cities, places, and regions within the German- and French-speaking world (9th-13th centuries); the session will then conclude with a response that will reflect upon these projects in addition to the 'Medieval Ashkenaz', recording for the first time all relevant sources on the history of the Jews in the Roman-German Empire (1273-1519). |