Michelle Margolis Chesner
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David A. Wacks deposited Sepharadim/conversos and premodern Global Hispanism in the group
Sephardi / Mizrahi Studies on AJS Commons 6 years, 9 months agoSepharadim 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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David A. Wacks deposited Sepharadim/conversos and premodern Global Hispanism in the group
Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History, Literature, and Culture on AJS Commons 6 years, 9 months agoSepharadim 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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David A. Wacks deposited Sepharadim/conversos and premodern Global Hispanism in the group
LLC Sephardic on MLA Commons 6 years, 9 months agoSepharadim 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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David A. Wacks deposited Sepharadim/conversos and premodern Global Hispanism in the group
LLC 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish and Iberian Poetry and Prose on MLA Commons 6 years, 9 months agoSepharadim 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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David A. Wacks deposited Sepharadim/conversos and premodern Global Hispanism in the group
CLCS Global Hispanophone on MLA Commons 6 years, 9 months agoSepharadim 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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David A. Wacks's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 months ago
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David Wacks deposited Sepharadim/conversos and premodern Global Hispanism on Humanities Commons 6 years, 9 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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David Wacks started the topic CFP Medieval Academy 2020: Abrahamic Mediterranean retellings of Bible (may 15) in the discussion
CLCS Medieval on MLA Commons 6 years, 9 months ago2020 Medieval Academy, University of California at Berkeley (March 26-28) Call for Abstracts: Session of papers Muslim, Jewish, and Christian Retellings of the Old Testament in the Medieval Mediterranean The Hebrew Bible or Old Testament is a sacred text for both Judaism and Christianity, and Islam reveres biblical figures such as Abraham and Mo…[Read more]
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David Wacks started the topic CFP MLA 2020 Seattle: New Currents in Medieval Iberian Studies in the discussion
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 7 years agoThe MLA Forum for Medieval Iberian Literatures, Languages, and Cultures seeks proposals for a session titled “New Currents in Medieval Iberian Studies.” We invite abstracts for 15 minute papers featuring new work, issues or approaches in medieval Hispanic or Iberian studies. Deadline for submission of abstracts is March 8, 2019. Please send…[Read more]
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Martina Mampieri's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 7 years, 2 months ago
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Janelle Peters posted an update on Humanities Commons 7 years, 3 months ago
My latest Atlantic article: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/09/how-tea-helped-women-sell-suffrage/571546/
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Amalia S. Levi deposited Silences as News: The Relevance and Urgency of Preserving Historical Newspapers in Postcolonial Settings on Humanities Commons 7 years, 8 months ago
In postcolonial countries in the Caribbean, more than natural disasters, newspapers are threatened by oblivion, stemming from indifference in and dismissal of a traumatic past. Traditionally, scholars have read historical newspapers for the information they contain. More recently, area studies and digital tools have enabled us to read them against…[Read more]
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Janelle Peters deposited Projects applying R to the Dead Sea Scrolls and what they mean in the group
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months agoThese slides present digital pedagogies for students in biblical studies, religion, history, philosophy, etc. classes.
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Janelle Peters deposited Projects applying R to the Dead Sea Scrolls and what they mean on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months ago
These slides present digital pedagogies for students in biblical studies, religion, history, philosophy, etc. classes.
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David A. Wacks posted an update on Humanities Commons 7 years, 11 months ago
@ricpadron Hello Ricardo can you recommend some basic secondary essays for an MA student preparing Brevísima relación and a couple of other colonial texts? For background? Something perhaps equivalent to the essays in The Cambridge History of Spanish Literature? Thanks!
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Janelle Peters posted an update on Humanities Commons 8 years ago
I contributed to the Washington Post’s Made By History section: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/01/05/why-statues-dominated-in-2017/
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Janelle Peters deposited Springs as a Civilizing Mechanism in Daphnis and Chloe in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 1 month agoAbstract: In Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe, springs are a central motif of the Prologue
and the novel as a whole. This motif counters male domination, since it
is associated with Chloe, while the flowers watered by springs in this novel
are identified with Daphnis. This study will examine how the motif of springs reflects
the resistance of D…[Read more] -
Janelle Peters deposited Springs as a Civilizing Mechanism in Daphnis and Chloe in the group
Ancient Greece & Rome on Humanities Commons 8 years, 1 month agoAbstract: In Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe, springs are a central motif of the Prologue
and the novel as a whole. This motif counters male domination, since it
is associated with Chloe, while the flowers watered by springs in this novel
are identified with Daphnis. This study will examine how the motif of springs reflects
the resistance of D…[Read more] -
Janelle Peters deposited Springs as a Civilizing Mechanism in Daphnis and Chloe on Humanities Commons 8 years, 1 month ago
Abstract: In Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe, springs are a central motif of the Prologue
and the novel as a whole. This motif counters male domination, since it
is associated with Chloe, while the flowers watered by springs in this novel
are identified with Daphnis. This study will examine how the motif of springs reflects
the resistance of D…[Read more] -
David Wacks deposited Textbook for SPAN 341: Hispanic Culture Through Literature: Polemics and Debates (1100-1600) in the group
TM The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 1 month agoSyllabus and Course Reader (Creative Commons Licensed) of survey course of premodern Hispanic literature and culture taught as a series of debates on social questions (see https://davidwacks.uoregon.edu/2017/12/14/survey4/)
Course description: This class introduces students to a variety of texts written in Spain and the New World from 1100-1600…[Read more]
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