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ONLINE "Beyond the Ghetto. Inside&Out" Four centuries of Italian history on display

19 January 2022, 5:00 pm–6:30 pm

Esther before Ahasuerus” by Sebastiano Ricci

鶹ýƵվ Italian Studies Seminar, '"Beyond the Ghetto. Inside&Out". Four centuries of Italian history on display at the Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah' . Carlotta Ferrara degli Uberti (University of Pisa) and Sharon Reichel (MEIS) with Michael Berkowitz (鶹ýƵվ)

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Cost

Free

Organiser

Dr Lisa Sampson

The current exhibition “” guides visitors through four centuries of Italian Jewish history (1516-1914), with a focus on connections and social, cultural, economic relations between Jews and their Christian neighbours. It is the latest addition to a series of exhibitions that the Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah (MEIS, Ferrara, Italy) has sponsored and hosted to honour its official mission, which is to present Italian Jewish history to a wider public. 

Carlotta Ferrara degli Uberti (University of Pisa) and Sharon Reichel (MEIS), two of the curators, will discuss with Michael Berkowitz (鶹ýƵվ) the characteristics of the exhibition and the methodological and practical challenges that they encountered in the planning phase. 

  • On the exhibition, see: 
  • For the exhibition catalogue, see: 

Image: , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons