IIAS-ISF Conference
ORGANIZERS:
Elisheva Baumgarten, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Judah D. Galinsky, Bar-Ilan University
This conference will examine two central issues. The first is a basic problem that has often troubled scholars. Since almost all medieval texts that have reached us were authored by the learned, the educated elites, how should one use these texts (as well as other findings from the past such as objects, illuminations and archaeology) to learn about those who were not part of the elites? Focusing on medieval northern Europe during the High Middle Ages (11th-14th centuries), the speakers will present various approaches to contend with this difficulty. The second theme to be explored throughout deals with the similarities (and the differences) between medieval Jewish and Christian societies.
SPEAKERS:
Elisheva Baumgarten (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Malachi Beit-Arié (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Scott Bruce (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Adam S. Cohen (University of Toronto)
Rita Copeland (University of Pennsylvania)
Adam Davis (Denison University)
Susan Einbinder (University of Connecticut)
Alan Fletcher (University College, Dublin)
Judah Galinsky (Bar-Ilan University)
Sara Hamilton (University of Exeter)
Eva Haverkamp (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Ephraim Kanarfogel (Yeshiva University)
Rella Kushelevsky (Bar-Ilan University)
Richard A. Leson (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)
Anne Lester (University of Colorado, Boulder)
James Morey (Emory University)
Carolyn Muessig (University of Bristol)
Judith Olszowy-Schlanger (Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne)
Micha Perry (University of Haifa)
Eyal Poleg (Queen Mary University of London)
Pinchas Roth (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Miri Rubin (Queen Mary University of London)
Paul Saenger (Newberry Library)
Yosef Schwartz (Tel Aviv University)
Sarit Shalev-Eyni (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Ephraim Shoham-Steiner (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
David Shyovitz (Northwestern University)
Julia Smith (University of Glasgow)
Andrew Taylor (University of Ottawa)
