David Wacks
@davidwacks.bsky.social
Professor of Spanish at the University of Oregon. Medieval Iberian and Sephardic literature and culture. https://davidwacks.uoregon.edu/
También tenemos un poema en hebreo por Mereçina de Girona, s. XV (ca. 1450). Ver Kaufman, Shirley, Galit Hasan-Rokem, and Tamar Hess,
eds., Hebrew Feminist Poems from Antiquity to the Present: A Bilingual Anthology, Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1999, pp. 64-65.
eds., Hebrew Feminist Poems from Antiquity to the Present: A Bilingual Anthology, Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1999, pp. 64-65.
Florencia del Pinar
Primera poeta española con nombre documentado, siglo XV.
Uno de los nombres que debía aparecer en negrita en la #PequeñaHistoriadelaLiteratura dentro de su vocación de revisión y ampliación de un canon construido, durante siglos, desde una mirada patriarcal.
Primera poeta española con nombre documentado, siglo XV.
Uno de los nombres que debía aparecer en negrita en la #PequeñaHistoriadelaLiteratura dentro de su vocación de revisión y ampliación de un canon construido, durante siglos, desde una mirada patriarcal.
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
También tenemos un poema en hebreo por Mereçina de Girona, s. XV (ca. 1450). Ver Kaufman, Shirley, Galit Hasan-Rokem, and Tamar Hess,
eds., Hebrew Feminist Poems from Antiquity to the Present: A Bilingual Anthology, Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1999, pp. 64-65.
eds., Hebrew Feminist Poems from Antiquity to the Present: A Bilingual Anthology, Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1999, pp. 64-65.
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Did you miss our Open House for prospective MA and PhD Students? You can now watch online! Tune in to presentations from our Faculty, Students, and Alumni, and follow the Q&A for in-depth answers to frequently asked questions.
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Virtual Open House - November 6, 2025
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November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Did you miss our Open House for prospective MA and PhD Students? You can now watch online! Tune in to presentations from our Faculty, Students, and Alumni, and follow the Q&A for in-depth answers to frequently asked questions.
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El viernes pasado falleció a sus 100 años Margit Frenk, maestra absoluta de literatura del Siglo de Oro y de cultura popular. No sé por dónde empezar, pero quiero hablar de ella. Pocas obras de investigación humanística tienen la trascendencia de su legado
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
El viernes pasado falleció a sus 100 años Margit Frenk, maestra absoluta de literatura del Siglo de Oro y de cultura popular. No sé por dónde empezar, pero quiero hablar de ella. Pocas obras de investigación humanística tienen la trascendencia de su legado
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ICYMI AAUP is starting a PAC news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks
The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
ICYMI AAUP is starting a PAC news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
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We are thrilled to announce a call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We are thrilled to announce a call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
@hopkinspress.bsky.social
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JOB POSTING!
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
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Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
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Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints
The Folger Shakespeare Library knows that an exceptional staff is the backbone of any great organization. We hire exceptionally qualified individuals who are committed to the mission, vision, and valu...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
JOB POSTING!
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
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My department is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world. Please circulate!
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Details - Assistant Professor - History of Art & Architecture | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
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November 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My department is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world. Please circulate!
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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Research Spotlight: Albert Evan Kohn, review of Judah D. Galinsky, The Making of a Medieval Bestseller: Rabbi Isaac of Corbeil’s Pillars of Exile and Its Readers (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2025).
#jewishstudies
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#jewishstudies
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November 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Research Spotlight: Albert Evan Kohn, review of Judah D. Galinsky, The Making of a Medieval Bestseller: Rabbi Isaac of Corbeil’s Pillars of Exile and Its Readers (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2025).
#jewishstudies
mjsnow.hypotheses.org/19491
#jewishstudies
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Francisco Goya, Girl Dancing to a Guitar, 1796-97, Indian ink wash, 170 x 99 mm (Museo del Prado, Madrid)
November 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Francisco Goya, Girl Dancing to a Guitar, 1796-97, Indian ink wash, 170 x 99 mm (Museo del Prado, Madrid)
Mañana, DM y te mando el enlace
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Mañana, DM y te mando el enlace
UC alums take note
The federal government is trying to place the University of California under political control. Join with UC Unbowed before the Board of Regents meeting on November 18-20 and tell President James B. Milliken and the Regents to protect UC's independence.
University of California: Reject the federal government's political control
The federal government is trying to place the University of California under political control. Join with UC Unbowed before the Board of Regents meeting on November 18-20 and tell President James B. M...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:18 AM
UC alums take note
[book] Rose Walker, Art and Artifice in Twelfth-Century Iberia www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
Art and Artifice in Twelfth-Century Iberia
"This innovative, wide-ranging and erudite book illuminates the sophistication of artistic exchange at this time and place. " Costanza Beltrami, Stockholm University. Sculptors and painters produced e...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
[book] Rose Walker, Art and Artifice in Twelfth-Century Iberia www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
[book] Elena Caetano Álvarez, Alfonso X, the Dream of Empire, and (Re)Writing History in the Estoria de Espanna www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
Alfonso X, the Dream of Empire, and (Re)Writing History in the <I>Estoria de Espanna</I>
Why did Alfonso X of Castile-Leon-Galicia relentlessly pursue his claims to the imperial thrones of the Holy Roman Empire and the Iberian 'empire', despite the high costs and probability of failure? W...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
[book] Elena Caetano Álvarez, Alfonso X, the Dream of Empire, and (Re)Writing History in the Estoria de Espanna www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
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If you know anyone who works on medieval Judaism, please send them this! Binghamton is hiring a Talmud/Rabbinics assistant prof: half in Judaic Studies, half in the Med/Ren center. A killer R1 job for the right person, and not a ton of applicants so far....
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November 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
If you know anyone who works on medieval Judaism, please send them this! Binghamton is hiring a Talmud/Rabbinics assistant prof: half in Judaic Studies, half in the Med/Ren center. A killer R1 job for the right person, and not a ton of applicants so far....
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Interested in doing a Ph.D. in Hispanic literatures, cultures, and linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst? We are holding an information session next week, on Friday. Please share widely!
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Interested in doing a Ph.D. in Hispanic literatures, cultures, and linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst? We are holding an information session next week, on Friday. Please share widely!
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We are now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars Grant for research on the Ancient Mediterranean! Awards range from $2,000-$30,000.
Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026.
More information: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-schol...
Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026.
More information: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-schol...
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
We are now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars Grant for research on the Ancient Mediterranean! Awards range from $2,000-$30,000.
Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026.
More information: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-schol...
Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026.
More information: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-schol...
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Guillem Gavaldà (@uab.cat) online about Alonso de Espina's Fortalitium fidei, next Tue, Nov 11 16.00 CET
Link medieval.udl.cat/en/activitie...
#Conversos #MedievalSky
Link medieval.udl.cat/en/activitie...
#Conversos #MedievalSky
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Guillem Gavaldà (@uab.cat) online about Alonso de Espina's Fortalitium fidei, next Tue, Nov 11 16.00 CET
Link medieval.udl.cat/en/activitie...
#Conversos #MedievalSky
Link medieval.udl.cat/en/activitie...
#Conversos #MedievalSky
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Katja Šmid, David Bunis & Chava Turniansky (eds), #Rabbinical Literature in #Yiddish and #Ladino www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... from @degruyter_brill #JewishHistory #JewishBooks #OA A long awaited project finally coming to fruition! בשעה טובה ומוצלחת!
Rabbinical Literature in Yiddish and Ladino
The volume offers a broad introduction to the rabbinical literature written in the two major traditional Jewish languages of Europe: Yiddish, the language which arose in the Middle Ages amongst the Je...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Katja Šmid, David Bunis & Chava Turniansky (eds), #Rabbinical Literature in #Yiddish and #Ladino www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... from @degruyter_brill #JewishHistory #JewishBooks #OA A long awaited project finally coming to fruition! בשעה טובה ומוצלחת!
[podcast] Què tenen en comú Joanot Martorell i Quentin Tarantino? Clàudia Rius conversa amb Marta Marfany sobre l’univers de Joanot Martorell, un escriptor singular i més modern del que sembla open.spotify.com/episode/7poR...
Joanot Martorell, amb Marta Marfany
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November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
[podcast] Què tenen en comú Joanot Martorell i Quentin Tarantino? Clàudia Rius conversa amb Marta Marfany sobre l’univers de Joanot Martorell, un escriptor singular i més modern del que sembla open.spotify.com/episode/7poR...
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@davidwacks.bsky.social sobre el Shevet Yehuda de Shelomo ibn Verga, entre la historia y ficción #EarlyModern #JewishHistory #JewishStudies
En línea y luego disponible en canal de YT de la benemérita cátedra libre de Estudios Judíos de la #UBA
👉https://www.youtube.com/@catedramosesmendelssohnffy3260
En línea y luego disponible en canal de YT de la benemérita cátedra libre de Estudios Judíos de la #UBA
👉https://www.youtube.com/@catedramosesmendelssohnffy3260
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
@davidwacks.bsky.social sobre el Shevet Yehuda de Shelomo ibn Verga, entre la historia y ficción #EarlyModern #JewishHistory #JewishStudies
En línea y luego disponible en canal de YT de la benemérita cátedra libre de Estudios Judíos de la #UBA
👉https://www.youtube.com/@catedramosesmendelssohnffy3260
En línea y luego disponible en canal de YT de la benemérita cátedra libre de Estudios Judíos de la #UBA
👉https://www.youtube.com/@catedramosesmendelssohnffy3260
Here's a nice public humanities DH project memorializing David Miller AKA Frog, who sold his joke books on the streets of Eugene for some 40 years before his passing last year: frogsjokes.org
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November 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Here's a nice public humanities DH project memorializing David Miller AKA Frog, who sold his joke books on the streets of Eugene for some 40 years before his passing last year: frogsjokes.org
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Konkurso de Kompozision en Ladino /#Ladino Short Story Contest! 3 levels! Deadline 12/31/25 - all details here: americanladinoleague.org/programs/con...
November 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Konkurso de Kompozision en Ladino /#Ladino Short Story Contest! 3 levels! Deadline 12/31/25 - all details here: americanladinoleague.org/programs/con...
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I miss translating literature so much. last week I read a chapter from henry berlin’s “alone together” for @albertlloret.bsky.social’s class and couldn’t resist trying to translate the ausiàs march excerpts into portuguese.
here’s one example (lines 9-12) from poem XIII.
here’s one example (lines 9-12) from poem XIII.
October 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I miss translating literature so much. last week I read a chapter from henry berlin’s “alone together” for @albertlloret.bsky.social’s class and couldn’t resist trying to translate the ausiàs march excerpts into portuguese.
here’s one example (lines 9-12) from poem XIII.
here’s one example (lines 9-12) from poem XIII.
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La Universitat de Xicago busca algú per a un contracte de 4 anys, cofinançat per l'Institut Ramon Llull, d'Assistant Instructional Professor in Catalan and Spanish
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Academic Jobs | The University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private, nondenominational, culturally rich and ethnically diverse coeducational research university located in Hyde Park, Chicago.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
La Universitat de Xicago busca algú per a un contracte de 4 anys, cofinançat per l'Institut Ramon Llull, d'Assistant Instructional Professor in Catalan and Spanish
academicjobs.uchicago.edu/positions/17...
academicjobs.uchicago.edu/positions/17...
[Open Iberia/América] Día de los Muertos/Halloween are coming up: read a medieval 'Danza general de a muerte' edited by Michelle Hamilton to celebrate openiberiaamerica.hcommons.org/2021/10/18/a...
Anónimo, La danza general de la Muerte (s. XV) | Open Iberia/América
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October 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
[Open Iberia/América] Día de los Muertos/Halloween are coming up: read a medieval 'Danza general de a muerte' edited by Michelle Hamilton to celebrate openiberiaamerica.hcommons.org/2021/10/18/a...