My first monograph Identity and Violence in Early Modern Granada: Conversos and Moriscos is finally available! https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666915341/Identity-and-Violence-in-Early-Modern-Granada-Conversos-and-Moriscos
Podcast Jewish Studies
A couple of colleagues and I have started a little podcast where we interview former students and see where they are now in life. With this we intend to answer the questions everyone in the field of humanities has been asked: What are you going to do with your degree? Our first guest was Sven … Weiterlesen Podcast Jewish Studies
In other news
My project was featured on Iberome. Check it out. https://iberome.hypotheses.org/625
Wehrhafte Demokratie und die Grenzen politischer Toleranz
Ich wurde kürzlich von der Heinrich Böll Stiftung gebeten, im Rahmen eines Haltungstrainings für die Johanniter einen kurzen Input-Vortrag zum Thema Wehrhafte Demokratie und Grenzen politischer Toleranz zu halten. Das sind für sich allein zwei große Themenbereiche - zu denen ich darüber hinaus schon seit einer Weile nicht mehr gearbeitet habe. Deswegen habe ich mir … Weiterlesen Wehrhafte Demokratie und die Grenzen politischer Toleranz
A Warrior’s Valour, Honour and Identity: The case of the Moriscos of Granada
Today I will talk about notions of honour and loyalty in Early Modern Spanish society. More specifically, I will talk about how Moriscos defined these notions of honour and how they used them to construct Morisco identity. The analysis I am going to present is based on one of the few sources of Morisco origin … Weiterlesen A Warrior’s Valour, Honour and Identity: The case of the Moriscos of Granada
Conversos and Moriscos: possible entanglements
A new approach In contrast to the prevailing approach of viewing Converso and Morisco histories as separate or parallel at best, I include both in a shared narrative. In order to establish the shared narrative, I will employ the approach of entangled history as proposed by Michael Werner and Bénedicte Zimmermann. I have set myself … Weiterlesen Conversos and Moriscos: possible entanglements
Conference dos and don’ts – the organiser’s perspective
Conferences are challenging, exciting and exhausting. In addition to that, when you're the one organising the conference, they're also a lot of work. I just finished a conference I organised with my colleagues and I thought I list some of the things that make conferences better and some things that are better avoided. Let's start … Weiterlesen Conference dos and don’ts – the organiser’s perspective
Conference season is upon us
I did the thing I told myself I would never do because it sounds like a really bad idea: I agreed to participate in two conferences that are barely a month apart. On the plus side the first one is at my home university so I don't need to travel. So I spent the last … Weiterlesen Conference season is upon us
Stick to your schedule
A couple of weeks ago I started an experiment. I realised that I tend to let myself be interrupted by emails from my students. They email me with a question regarding the coursework and I drop whatever I am doing to answer. They hand in their essays and I would feel obligated to read it … Weiterlesen Stick to your schedule
Writing goals
August, for me, is writing month. I don't have to teach anymore and the flood of essays does not arrive before September. Except for the librarians and cafeteria staff there is almost nobody on campus. The offices adjacent to mine are vacated - which means I can take my shoes off, blast the Lord of … Weiterlesen Writing goals
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