Auctor – Auctoritas – Authorship: Claiming Authorial Agency in Rabbinic Literature and Medieval Midrash
Salon Hildebrand Maria-Theresia-Str. 23, MünchenAuctor – Auctoritas – Authorship Claiming Authorial Agency in Rabbinic Literature and Medieval Midrash The modern concept of the individual author as a creative genius plays an eminent role in literary studies. Its omnipresence and applicability to medieval texts … Continued
Lunch-Time Lecture with Prof. Dr. Craig Perry (Emory University): “Slavery and Jewish-Muslim Entanglement in Medieval Egypt, 11th-13th c.”
Veterinärstr. 1, Room 009 München, GermanyThe Jewish community of Cairo preserved what is arguably one of the richest archives for the study of slavery in the medieval Middle East. This talk will explore these writings to illustrate different aspects of Jewish-Muslim entanglements in Egypt and … Continued
Vortrag von Dr. Diana Matut (Alte Synagoge – Haus der jüdischen Kultur in Essen): “Her:Voice. Die vernakularen Liedkulturen jüdischer Frauen”
Säkulare jüdische Frauen und Anhängerinnen der Reformbewegungen haben die Freiheit, sich in jeder Form von Musik auszudrücken. Diese Freiheit ist jedoch ein relativ neues Phänomen. Historisch sowie im gegenwärtigen orthodoxen bzw. haredischen Kontext kann Singen ein höchst transgressiver und provokativer … Continued
Masterclass “Mizrahi Music: The Postvernacular Age!?” with Dr. Diana Matut (Alte Synagoge – Haus der jüdischen Kultur in Essen)
From the margins to mainstream - this is how Mizrahi music has often been described. What reads as a story of revivalist success is, under close scrutiny, rather a story of complete social, linguistic and musical shift into an age … Continued
