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Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2024 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2024, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2024. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who…[Read more]
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Monique Rodrigues Balbuena deposited The Shoah in the Sephardic World in the group
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 4 months, 1 week ago
Abstract of panel organized by the Sephardic Studies Discussion Group for the 2024 MLA Annual Convention.
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David A. Wacks deposited Wine, Women and Song: Hebrew and Arabic Literature of Medieval Iberia in the group
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 2 years, 2 months ago
From the introduction:
“This volume brings to light a series of studies inspired by the conference, ‘Wine, Women and Song,’ that took place at the University of California at Berkeley in the spring of 2001. The conference provided a forum for topics in medieval Iberian literature and its legacy in the Spanish Colonial tradition. One of our…[Read more] -
David A. Wacks deposited Ferrán Martínez’s speech at the Tribunal del Alcázar in Seville, 19 February, 1388 (Spanish version) in the group
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 3 years, 2 months ago
This unit contains a brief introduction (Spanish), edition of the original Castilian text with facing modernization and notes in Spanish, and a short bibliography.
The text is the first modernization of the medieval Castilian of Ferrán Martínez’s speech at the royal court in Seville in 1388. Martínez was a canon at the Cathedral Chapter and th…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks started the topic Blog post: A Moroccan Jewish nightclub artist sings sáetas to the Virgin in León in the discussion
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 3 years, 7 months ago
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David A. Wacks deposited Conversos e identidad in the group
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 3 years, 7 months ago
This is a pedagogical edition of the medieval Castilian texts with modern Spanish introduction, notes, and bibliography by Ana Gómez Bravo, of a series of excerpts of late fifteenth-century texts related to the cultural practices (perceived and actual) of judeo-conversos, or Jews who have converted to Christianity. It includes an introduction…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Conversos and Identity in the group
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 3 years, 7 months ago
This is a pedagogical edition of the medieval Castilian texts with English introduction, translation, notes, and bibliography by Ana Gómez Bravo, of a series of excerpts of late fifteenth-century texts related to the cultural practices (perceived and actual) of judeo-conversos, or Jews who have converted to Christianity. It includes an…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Isaac Cardoso, Las excelencias de los hebreos (1679) (English .doc) in the group
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 3 years, 8 months ago
This is a pedagogical edition of a selection of Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679), in .doc format with Spanish introduction and notes, with the original text in Spanish. Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679) is a treatise describing the positive characteristics (excelencias) of the Jewish people and a containing a…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Isaac Cardoso, Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679) in the group
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months ago
This is a pedagogical edition of a selection of Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679), in .doc format with a Spanish-language introduction and notes, with the original text in both the original Castilian.
Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679) is a treatise describing the positive characteristics (excelencias) of the Jewish…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679) in the group
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months ago
This is a pedagogical edition of a selection of Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679), in .pdf format with an English-language introduction and notes, with the original text in both the original Castilian and English translation.
Las excelencias de los hebreos (Amsterdam 1679) is a treatise describing the positive characteristics…[Read more]
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Nohemy Solorzano-Thompson started the topic MLA 2020 LLC Sephardic Forum Panel — Friday, January 10, 8:30 am, at WSCC 614 in the discussion
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months ago
Dear colleagues
I am writing to invite you to the LLC Sephardic Forum Panel for the 2020 MLA on Friday, January 10, 8:30 am, WSCC 614.
This year’s panel focuses on Sephardic Cultural Expressions in the Portuguese- and Spanish-Speaking Americas and Beyond.
Full details below and please note the title update for Dr. Bolorinos A…[Read more]
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Payton Phillips-García Quintanilla replied to the topic Elections: Sephardic Forum Executive Committee Nomination in the discussion
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month ago
Dear Members of the MLA Sephardic Forum:
First of all, my thanks to Monique for beginning this thread; it is an honor to have been nominated alongside such a dynamic and accomplished professor. As an early career academic, I also welcome this opportunity to introduce myself to a community of scholars that I hope to work with in the years to…[Read more]
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Monique Rodrigues Balbuena started the topic Elections: Sephardic Forum Executive Committee Nomination in the discussion
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 4 years, 1 month ago
Dear MLA Sephardic Forum Members,
Thank you for the opportunity to run for a position on the Sephardic Forum Executive Committee. The voting will close at midnight (EST) on 10 December.
I would like to introduce myself and share some of my interests and goals. I am Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Jewish Studies in the Clark…[Read more]
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Nohemy Solorzano-Thompson started the topic LASA 2020: Interest in a Latin American Sephardic Culture Panel?? in the discussion
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 4 years, 4 months ago
Hi everyone,
The Latin American Studies Association (LASA) just issued its call for the 2020 conference which will be held in Guadalajara, Mexico, on May 13 to 16, 2020.
The conference theme is entitled “Améfrica Ladina: vinculando mundos y saberes, tejiendo esperanzas” [Améfrica Ladina: link worlds, knowledge, and disciplines, weave h…[Read more]
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Judith Roumani replied to the topic Serving on the Sephardic Forum Executive Committee in the discussion
LLC Sephardic via email on MLA Commons 4 years, 4 months ago
Hello, Bethany,
Thank you for this opportunity, I am sorry but I have dropped my MLA
membership.
Good luck with your search,
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Bethany Beyer started the topic Serving on the Sephardic Forum Executive Committee in the discussion
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 4 years, 5 months ago
The MLA Sephardic Forum Executive Committee is looking for forum members who would be interested in serving as future committee members. This process involves running for election, and if successful, serving for 5 years. It’s not a lot of work; instead, the committee helps organize/plan the yearly (guaranteed) MLA panel, takes care of committee b…[Read more]
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David A. Wacks deposited Sepharadim/conversos and premodern Global Hispanism in the group
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 4 years, 7 months ago
Sepharadim participated in the Hispanic vernacular culture of the Iberian Peninsula. Even in the time of al-Andalus many spoke Hispano-Romance, and even their Hebrew literature belies a deep familiarity with and love of their native Hispano-Romance languages. However, since the early sixteenth century the vast majority of Sepharadim have never…[Read more]
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Bethany Beyer replied to the topic CFP MLA 2020 LLC Sephardic Cultural Expressions Panel in the discussion
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 4 years, 7 months ago
Here are the abstracts for the 2020 LLC Sephardic Studies Panel:
Elisabeth Bolorinos Allard
Spanish Jew or Hispanist? Abraham Z. López-Penha and the Negotiation of Columbian, Pan-Hispanic, and Sephardic Identity
Abstract: This paper explores the negotiation of Sephardic, Columbian, and Hispanic identity in the poetry and correspondence of…[Read more]
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Bethany Beyer started the topic CFP MLA 2020 LLC Sephardic Cultural Expressions Panel in the discussion
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 4 years, 8 months ago
Sephardic Cultural Expressions in the Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking Americas
This panel seeks to explore expressions of Sephardic culture in the Americas in Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking nations. Papers could examine cultural products from fields including literature, performance, music, visual art, or language. Submission deadline: Friday,…[Read more]
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Nohemy Solorzano-Thompson started the topic PANEL: 040 Echoes of Sepharad, Thurs, January 3 at 1:45 pm, Sheraton Grand Huron in the discussion
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 4 years, 11 months ago
040 Echoes of Sepharad Across the Humanities:
Strategies for Teaching Sephardic Content
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm
Thursday, January 3, 2019
Sheraton Grand – Huron
Session Information:
Scholars from different disciplines with an interest in Sephardic literature and culture present strategies for including Sephardic content in undergraduate and…[Read more]
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