Updated version of "Accounts of the Anti-Jewish Riot in Valencia, July 1391" now online by @AbigailAgresta, trans. and ed. Sol Miguel-Prendes, ed. Albert Lloret @albertlloret https://t.co/phTY0F17DX
On this day in 1305, Catalan Mercenary Roger de Flor was assassinated in Constantinople, spurring the bloody rampage by his troops known as the 'Catalan Vengeance.' Read Ramon Muntaner's account in his Crònica (ca. 1330) https://t.co/phTY0F17DX
Recent PhDs in in Medieval/Early Modern Iberia or Brazilian/Latin American Studies, please consider applying to these one-year VAP positions at Boston University.
Review of applications begins Fri. March 29!
Summer skills workshop: “Sephardic Culture: An Introduction” 8-11 July 2024 (remote). Deadline to enroll: Apr 15 Info at https://t.co/b5c2RZmLVP #sephardic#sefarad
To kick off #Blackhistorymonth2024 here's a unit on Europe's first Black poet (a professor of Latin at the University of Granada) Juan Latino https://t.co/yphvv9mw5L
@TessRenker Suggestions for early modern: Juan Latino, "Del advenimiento de una era de paz" (Spanish translation of the original Latin is available on @openiberia ); Núñez Muley's "Memorial"; María de Zayas (novelas); Catalina de Erauso's Historia de la monja alférez
On this day in 1388, Ferrán Martínez gave an anti-Semitic speech at the Tribunal del Alcázar in Seville that kicked off a deadly wave of violence against the Jewish communities of Iberia. read/teach Maya Soifer's unit on the speech in Spanish or English: https://t.co/z0AAqYpFoT
@DrDanielleTW Welcome Danielle! If you end up using any OpenIberia/América units in class, I'd be grateful if you'd consider leaving a comment describing your experience on the unit's page. Thanks very much.
To kick off #Blackhistorymonth2022 here's a unit on Europe's first Black poet (a professor of Latin at the University of Granada) Juan Latino https://t.co/yphvv9Dz7L
To kick off #Blackhistorymonth2022 here's a unit on Europe's first Black poet (a professor of Latin at the University of Granada) Juan Latino https://t.co/yphvv9Dz7L
[new teaching unit] Leyenda de la Doncella Carcayçiyona (Aragón, ca. 1587) by @Aljamiadonnie and Jordan Rosen-Kaplan https://t.co/phTY0EIYpP #aljamiado#moriscos
[Thread] If you're planning winter/spring term courses in medieval, early modern, Judaic, or Islamic studies, have a look at our teaching units, free to download, use, remix, and republish. Here's some ideas for different kinds of courses /1