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April 23rd 2010, The Skylight Room (9100)

The warfare and persecution that accompanied early modern European religious reformation and state formation call into question any notion of steady progress toward toleration, and yet recent scholarship has shown complex negotiations among disparate groups at various levels. Join us for a series of panels discussing questions such as: How were religious differences accommodated and/or repressed in Europe and the Ottoman Empire? And what were the consequences of these divisions for religious experience and cultural creation?

 

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1:30-2:15 PM Elisheva Carlebach (Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture and Society, Columbia University), "Catholics, Protestants, Jews and the Great Calendar Change in Early Modern Europe"

2:15-3:00 PM Nabil Matar (Professor of English and History, University of Minnesota), “Christians in the Ottoman Empire: The Early Modern Period"

3:00-3:30 PM Tea Break

3:30-4:30 PM Susan Einbinder (Professor of Hebrew Literature at HUC-JIR/Cincinnati), "When the Ending Comes First: the Death of Meir Alguades"

4:45-5:30 PM Roundtable discussion featuring responses from CUNY faculty members Richard McCoy (English), Steven Kruger (English) and Sarah Covington (History), and questions from the audience

5:30-6:30 PM Reception: English Department Lounge (Room 4406)

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Co-sponsored by the Renaissance Studies Certificate Program, the Office of the Provost, the Center for Jewish Studies, and the English Department, The Graduate Center, CUNY