CALL FOR PAPERS
THE MOST ANCIENT OF MINORITIES
HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE JEWS OF ITALY
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
April 15,16,17, 1999
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
Hempstead, NY 11549
An international and interdisciplinary conference devoted to exploring the
many
facets of Jewish life in Italy, from antiquity to the twentieth century.
Topics to be addressed:
Jews in classical Rome; Judaism, Christianity, and the Papacy; Jews and the
Renaissance; the Age of the Ghetto; Religious and Daily Life; Emancipation;
Art and Literature; Fascism and Antifascism; the Holocaust in Italy;
Contemporary Jewish Life. Papers on other topics will also be considered.
Presentations will be limited to twenty minutes.
A prospectus or letter of intent is requested by October 1, 1998. A three-page
abstract or completed paper of accepted proposals is required by December 15,
1998. Accepted papers must be submitted in hard copy and computer diskette
(WordPerfect 6.0 preferred).
Previously published material should not be submitted.
Selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
Conference Director:
Stanislao G. Pugliese
Department of History
Heger Hall
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549
Tel: (516) 463-5611
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