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Generational Conflict In Converso Families, 1492-1550, Sara Nalle
Generational Conflict In Converso Families, 1492-1550, Sara Nalle
Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History
The egodocuments presented to the seminar are Inquisitorial confessions of second-generation "nuevos convertidos" who in one way or another were caught between their parents' desire to maintain contact with Judaism and their own alleged desire to assimilate as Spanish Catholics.
This presentation is for the following text(s):
- Trial of Francisco Martínez, apothocary, resident of Deza (1533)
- Trial of Gaspar de San Clemente (1541)
Revealing, Concealing: Ways Of Recounting The Self In Early Modern Times, Natalie Zemon Davis
Revealing, Concealing: Ways Of Recounting The Self In Early Modern Times, Natalie Zemon Davis
Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History
Keynote address by Natalie Zemon Davis, University of Toronto, “Revealing, Concealing: Ways of Recounting the Self in Early Modern Times” is preceded by opening remarks by Robert Abzug and Miriam Bodian)
Emw 2011: Egodocuments: Revelation Of The Self In The Early Modern Period, Emw 2011
Emw 2011: Egodocuments: Revelation Of The Self In The Early Modern Period, Emw 2011
Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History
The Early Modern Workshop in 2011, “Egodocuments: Revelation of the Self in the Early Modern Period,” seeks to examine how individuals in the early modern period wrote and thought about themselves. The workshop participants explore texts ranging from the obvious autobiographical texts to less obvious, such as ethical wills, Inquisition-prompted accounts of self, family diaries of births and deaths, travelogues, and others. Questions raised deal with issues of self-representation, reading, relationship with the divine, gender differences in self-representation, and motivations to write autobiographical accounts.
The Impact Of Melbourne's Yiddishists, Deborah Gurt
The Impact Of Melbourne's Yiddishists, Deborah Gurt
University Faculty and Staff Publications
Carlton, the gritty inner-city section of Melbourne, served as a first point of entry for many new immigrants to Australia, my father among them. It also was a center of intellectual activity emblematic of the emerging Jewish culture in Australia in the 1930s and 40s. Its cheap rents and proximity to public transit and the city center made it a logical place for immigrants to cluster as they strove to secure their footing in Australia. The immigrants stuck together for support, companionship, and common language, as the cultural gap yawned between new Polish and German immigrants and most established Australian …