Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture
JESSICA MARGLIN AND DANIEL SCHWARTZ, SERIES EDITORS
This series features novel approaches to examining the Jewish past in the form of innovative work that brings the field into productive dialogue with the newest scholarly concepts and methods. Open to a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches, from history to cultural studies, this series publishes exceptional scholarship balanced by an accessible tone, illustrating histories of difference and addressing issues of current urgency. Books in this list push the boundaries of Jewish Studies and speak compellingly to a wide audience of scholars and students.
Books
- Jewish and Greek Merchants of Salonica from Ottoman to Greek RuleParis Papamichos Chronakis
- Award winner
No Longer Ladies and Gentlemen
Gender and the German-Jewish Migration to Mandatory PalestineViola Alianov-Rautenberg - David Biale
- Award winner
Diary of a Black Jewish Messiah
The Sixteenth-Century Journey of David Reubeni through Africa, the Middle East, and EuropeAlan Verskin - Award winner
Undesirables
Aomar Boum, Illustrated by Nadjib Berber - Award winner
Jewish Primitivism
Samuel J. Spinner - Award winner
The Converso's Return
Conversion and Sephardi History in Contemporary Literature and CultureDalia Kandiyoti - Award winner
Stepchildren of the Shtetl
The Destitute, Disabled, and Mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939Natan M. Meir