Since 2017, Shemah has been offering high-level academic courses on the history of Jewish culture.
Our program grants the possibility of accumulating, over time, a consolidative knowledge of the history of Jewish culture in its various aspects. Our approach is systematic and interdisciplinary, as it highlights the dialogical nature of Jewish culture through direct readings of Jewish texts. The School is based in Florence, an historical center of humanism and dialogue, but our courses can be attended from remote.
Ongoing courses (Academic Year 2024-2025)
Sefarad e i sefarditi: dalla penisola iberica ai quattro angoli della terra.
with James W. Nelson Novoa
La Biblioteca di Qumran.
with Giovanni Ibba
Lettura del Talmud: trattato Chaghigah.
with Rav Joseph Levi
Leggere Primo Levi oggi.
with Alberto Cavaglion
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From the Margins: Jewish Women Photographers in, and after, Weimar
Photography as a Jewish Space[1] By: Camilla Balbi A few years ago, I wa...
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