“Jewish Commercial Cultures in Global Perspective” Workshop co-organized by Paris Papamichos

Posted on September 28, 2015

The Borns Jewish Studies Program at Indiana University, Bloomington and the Modern Greek Studies Initiative at the University of Illinois at Chicago organize the international workshop “Jewish Commercial Cultures in Global Perspective” featuring new work on Sephardi and Askenazi Jewries and commerce and bringing together the fields of Jewish and global history.

The workshop aims to introduce the notion of “Jewish commercial cultures” to discussions about networks, mobility, empires, migration and material life. It examines Jewish merchants beyond trading diaspora frameworks, the overly determining contexts of “family” and “community”, and their stereotypical representations in anti-Jewish discourses. Instead, it views Jewish merchants anew as commercial citizens and legal agents from the early 18th- to the mid-20th centuries in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and Eastern Europe.

For more information: visit the workshop website.

Workshop Organizers Heading link

  • Dr. Paris Papamichos-Chronakis, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Constanze Kolbe, Indiana University, Bloomington

The workshop is made possible with the generous support of: Heading link

  • The Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • The Modern Greek Studies Association Initiative Grant
  • Mellon Innovating International Research, Teaching and Collaboration: Innovative Workshop in International Research, Teaching, and Collaboration, Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • The Provost of International Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • The Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • The Associate Dean for Arts and Humanities and Undergraduate Education, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • The College of Arts and Humanities Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • The European Union Center, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • The Center for the Study of Global Change, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • The Departments of International Studies, Ottoman and Turkish Studies, French and Italian, Indiana University, Bloomington
Modified on June 21, 2019