IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 611: CEU 25, II: Jewish Studies
Tuesday 3 July 2018, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
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Organiser: | Carsten L. Wilke, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
Moderator/Chair: | Gerhard Jaritz, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
Paper 611-a | The Lady with the Book: Iconographical Peculiarities in a 15th-Century Ashkenazi Rylands Haggadah (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Painting, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Women's Studies |
Paper 611-b | The Maid and Her Rescuer: Gendered Allegories of Exile in Andalusian Hebrew Poetry (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Language and Literature - Other, Liturgy |
Paper 611-c | Blurred Memories: The Sufi Background of a Sephardi Myth of Origin (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Literacy and Orality |
Abstract | From biblical Exodus to the Spanish Expulsion, experiences of captivity, flight, and exile are intensely reflected in medieval Jewish historical self-representations and in Hebrew literature in particular. The present panel will explore some lesser known instances commemorating past displacement in the imaginative genres of visual art, poetic metaphor, and folktale. An emphasis will be placed on cross-cultural processes and the image of women. At the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the CEU Department of Medieval Studies, this panel illustrates the research on medieval Jewry undertaken by alumni and members of Budapest scholarly institutions. |