The Cloisters and the Jews in Medieval Spain: A Conversation on Art, Literature, and History

This special program is organized in conjunction with the exhibition at The Met Cloisters, Spain, 1000-1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith.

The roundtable will feature three scholars who have pioneered work on Jewish life in medieval Spain. The discussion will respond to the themes of the Frontiers of Faith exhibition, focusing particularly on Jewish presence within and across the geopolitical regions at the meeting points of Christian- and Muslim-ruled Spain, as well as the other kinds of “frontier zones,” or sites of intensive interaction between faiths, from urban markets to princely courts.

This event is a collaboration between the Center for Jewish Studies at Fordham University and The Met Cloisters. For questions, please contact Nina Rowe: nrowe@fordham.edu

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Speakers:
Peter Cole, Senior Lecturer in Judaic Studies and Comparative Literature, Department of Comparative Literature, Yale University

Katrin Kogman-Appel, Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Münster

Jonathan Ray, Samuel Eig Professor of Jewish Studies, Department of Theology, Georgetown University

Moderator:
Julia Perratore, Assistant Curator, The Met Cloisters