090116 UE From the Ottoman Empire to the Greek nation-state: Jewish history and identity (2026S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 9 - Altertumswissenschaften

Continuous assessment of course work

Moodle

We 13.05. 09:00-10:30 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Mo 02.02.2026 06:00 to We 25.02.2026 23:59
Registration is open from Mo 16.03.2026 06:00 to Th 19.03.2026 14:00
Deregistration possible until Tu 31.03.2026 23:59

Details

max. 20 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Lisa Maria Dodou

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Wednesday 11.03. 09:00 - 10:30 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Wednesday 18.03. 09:00 - 10:30 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Wednesday 25.03. 09:00 - 10:30 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Wednesday 15.04. 09:00 - 10:30 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Wednesday 22.04. 09:00 - 10:30 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Wednesday 29.04. 09:00 - 10:30 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Wednesday 06.05. 09:00 - 10:30 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
N Wednesday 13.05. 09:00 - 10:30 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Wednesday 20.05. 09:00 - 10:30 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Wednesday 27.05. 09:00 - 10:30 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Wednesday 03.06. 09:00 - 10:30 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Wednesday 10.06. 09:00 - 10:30 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Wednesday 17.06. 09:00 - 10:30 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
Wednesday 24.06. 09:00 - 10:30 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course examines the Jewish communities in the Balkans from the 16th until the 20th century, with a special emphasis on the ones later were incorporated into the Greek state after the 19th century. Revisiting the major events during those times, from the expulsion of the Sephardic Jews from the Iberian peninsula to the Tanzimat reforms in the Ottoman Empire and, of course, the nazi Final Solution, as well as the historiographical accounts about them, our aim will be to reveal the multiplicity of frameworks and changing circumstances within which communities shaped their sense of identity and belonging. Furthermore, relying on primary sources of oral and written testimonies and accounts in various languages and forms, the students will have the opportunity to acquaint themselves with contemporary Jewish collective memory of the transition from an imperial to a national setting.

Assessment and permitted materials

Active participation in the class (max. 3 absences allowed) 30%
Weekly written assignments and/or oral presentations 20%
Essay (ca. 2.500 words) 30%
Final presentation 20%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

English is required. Reading comprehension in German, Greek or French is beneficial but not required.

Examination topics

Reading list

(more bibliography will be provided during the course)

Esther Benbassa; Aron Rodrigue: Die Geschichte der sephardischen Juden: von Toledo bis Saloniki, Bochum, 2005
Katherine Fleming: Greece. A Jewish History, Princeton, NJ 2008
Bernard Pierron: Juifs et Chre´tiens de la Grèce Moderne: Histoire des relations intercommunautaires de 1821 à 1945, Paris, 1996.

Association in the course directory

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