A segunda conferência internacional da sociedade de estudos sefarditas "O Encontro dos Judeus Sefarditas com o Islão e os Muçulmanos", organizada pelo Centro Interdisciplinar de História, Culturas e Sociedades (CIDEHUS), decorrerá de 20 a 23 de maio de 2012, na Universidade de Évora

Programa

Sala 131 (Anfiteatro) do Colégio do Espírito Santo da Universidade de Évora

May 20

15.30-18.00: Visit the Museu de Évora and the Jewish Quarter

MUSEU DE ÉVORA, Largo Conde de Vila Flor 7000-804 ÉVORA. http://museudevora.imc-ip.pt/

20.00: Dinner

May 21

Chair: Maria Filomena Lopes de Barros

09.00-9.30: Greetings

• Rector of The University of Évora
• President of Câmara de Évora
• Director of the School for Social Sciences of Évora University
• President of CIDEHUS
• Director of the History department of Évora University
• President of the Society for Sefardic Studies
• Chairperson of the Organizing Committee

09.30.00-10.00: Keynote Address

Yom Tov Assis, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Sefardi Refugees on Muslims and Islam after 1492

10.00-10.15: Break

Session 1: The Encounter of Jews of Sefarad with Islam through the Time

Chair: Hilary Pomeroy

10.15-10.35: Renée Levine Melammed, Schechter Institute, Israel
A Gendered Analysis of the Encounter of Jews of Sefarad with Islam

10.35-10.55: Abraham David, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Ibn Yahya Family in Portugal and Spain in the Middle Ages as Reflected in Shalshelet ha-Kabbalah of Gedalia Ibn Yahya

10.55-11.15: Leopoldo Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Los encuentros de los judíos sefardíes con el Islam y los musulmanes en la novela El Señor Mani, de A.B. Yehoshua

11.15-11.45: Discussion

11.45-12.00: Break

Session 2: Medieval History: The Crown of Aragon

Chair: Abraham David

12.00-12.20: José Hinojosa Montalvo, Universidad de Alicante, España
Las relaciones de los judíos valencianos y el Islam en el marco mediterráneo

12.20-12.40: Miguel Ángel Motis Dolader, Universidad San Jorge, Zaragoza, España
Relaciones transversales entre judíos y mudéjares en Aragón en la Baja Edad Media: el mercado financiero y los flujos crediticios

12.40-12.55: Discussion

13.00-15.00: Lunch

Session 3: The Middle Ages: The Iberian Peninsula

Chair: José Hinojosa Montalvo

15.00-15.20: Maria Filomena Lopes de Barros, Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Muslims and Jews in Medieval Portugal

15.20-15.40: José Ramón Magdalena, Universitat de Barcelona, España
Moros y judíos en una villa valenciana bajomedieval: Castelló de la Plana

15.40-16.00: Maria Antonieta Amarante M. Cohen, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil
Jews and Moors in Alfonso X's Las siete partidas

16.00-16.20: Discussion

16.20-16.35: Break

Session 4 – The Place of Arabic in Sephardic Medieval Literature

Chair: José Ramón Magdalena

16.35-16.55: Merixtell Blasco Orellana, Universitat de Barcelona, España
Arabismos en manuscritos hebraicos medievales de la Corona de Aragón

16.55-17.15: Revital Refael Vivante, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Moshe ibn Ezra and Ibn Khaldun: An Imaginary Discussion. The Poet and the Historian on Literature and History

17.15-17.35: David Bunis, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
The Impact of Arabic on Jewish Ibero-Romance in Sefarad

17.35-17.55: Discussion.

17.55-18.10: Break

Session 5 – The Medieval Literature on the Sephardic Jews

Chair: David Bunis

18.10-18.20: Shmuel Refael, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
The Sephardic Ballad as a Poetic Strategy against Women's Exclusion from Public Masculine Arena: The Impact of Islamic Influences and Jewish Law

18.20-18.40: Dora Zsom, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
The Drawing Brougth to Life. The Sufi Background of a Sefardi Legend

18.40-19.00: Rachel Peled Cuartas, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
La Vejez en la literatura hebrea y árabe medieval y sus ecos en Rodrigo Cota

19.00-19.20: Discussion

21.00: Dinne

May 22

Session 6 – Canon, Logic and Science in the Middle Ages

Chair: Alisa Meyuhas Ginio

09.00-09.20: Ricardo Muñoz, Universidad de Salamanca, España
Canon y canonicidad en la historiografía hispanohebrea medieval: la Huella del Islam

09.20-09.40: Moisés Orfali, Bar Ilan University, Israel
El objetivo de la lógica en los autores hispanohebreos

09.40-10.00: Aba Cohen Persiano, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil
Maimonides and Averroes: Similarities and Differences in the Light of Contemporary Sciences

10.00-10.20: Discussion

10.20-10.35: Break

Session 7 – The Sefardic Jews in the Muslim World

Chair: Moisés Orfali

10.35-10.55: Alisa Meyuhas Ginio, Tel Aviv University, Israel
A Salonican Sefardi Admires the Virtues of his Contemporary Ottoman Sultans and Describes the Grandeur of Costantina (Istanbul): Rabbi Mosheh Almosnino`s Crónica de los Reyes Otomanos (1566-1567)

11.15-11.35: Ruth Lamdan, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Jerusalem Encounters – Jews vs Jews in Muslim courts

11.35-11.55: José Alberto Rodrigues da Silva Tavim, Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Lisboa, Portugal
O auxílio que vem do 'exterior': a sedacá dos cristãos-novos portugueses em Marrocos e no Império Otomano durante o século XVI – alguns exemplos

11.55-12.25: Discussion

12.30-14.30: Lunch

Session 8 – Travellers in the Mediterranean

Chair: Shmuel Refael

14.30-14.50: James Nelson Novoa and Susana Bastos Mateus, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Travellers in the Mediterranean: Pathways of Portuguese New Christians between Portugal, Northern Africa and Tuscany in the Sixteenth Century

14.50-15.10: Hillary Pomeroy, University College, London, United Kingdom
Two Accounts of Jewish Life in Islamic Lands

Session 9 – Modern Times

Chair: Maria Antonieta Amarante M. Cohen

15.10-15.30: Jorge Afonso, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Os Judeus do ocidente mediterrâneo na obtenção do resgate de cativos e da paz de Portugal com a Regência de Argel (1810/1813)

15.30-15.50 Itzchak Kerem, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Rescue of Sephardic Jews by Muslims in the Holocaust

15.50-16.20: Discussion

16.20-16.30: Break

Chair: José Alberto Rodrigues da Silva Tavim

16.30-17.00: Closing Conference

Gérard Nahon, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sorbonne, Paris, France
Istanbul métropole de la diaspora séfarade en Orient au XVIIIe siècle. Quelques témoins français

17.00-17.15: Discussion

17.15-17.45: Closing Session

17.45-19.45: General Assembly of The Society for Sefardic Studies

21.00: Dinner

May 23

Visit of Castelo de Vide

10.00 – Departure

12.30 – Arrival and Lunch

14.00 – 16.00: Visit the Jewish Quarter

16.00 – Departure

18.00 – Back to Évora.

Organização:

• Society for Sephardic Studies
  
• CIDEHUS - Centro Interdisciplinar de História, Culturas e Sociedades.