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Dr. Ronnie Perelis

Dr. Ronnie Perelis, Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaac Abraham and Jelena (Rachel) Alcalay Associate Professor of Sephardic Studies, and Dr. Flora Cassen, associate professor of history and associate professor of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern studies at Washington University in St. Louis have received a Cross-Institutional Cooperative Grant from the American Academy for Jewish Research (AAJR) to organize, according to their application, 鈥渢wo workshops鈥攐ne at Washington University in St. Louis, the other at 麻豆区 in New York City鈥攖o discuss the analysis and translation of the works of Yoseph Ha-Kohen and Luis Carvajal. These workshops will not only help us formulate the best ways to bring our ambitious project to completion, but also assist us in constituting a committed group of collaborators.鈥� This grant will spark ideas and new connections between scholars. 鈥淥ur hope,鈥� said Dr. Perelis, 鈥渋s that these conferences, which we are titling 鈥楾ranslating the Americas: Early Modern Jewish Writing on the New World,鈥� will set the stage for our more ambitious project of collecting, annotating and translating the fascinating texts written by Early Modern Jews about the New World in Hebrew, Spanish and other languages. Of course, given the challenges we face today with having in-person meetings, we are also planning a series of virtual encounters around this multifaceted theme.鈥� Read the full proposal here.