Against the Grain: The Experience of Subject Religious Communities in the Medieval Iberian and Western Mediterranean World

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies (JMIS); North American Catalan Society

Organizer Name

John A. Bollweg, Simon R. Doubleday

Organizer Affiliation

Western Michigan Univ., Hofstra Univ.

Presider Name

John A. Bollweg

Paper Title 1

Mingling Martyrdoms: The Employment of Islamic Models in the Construction of a Ninth-Century Martyr Movement

Presenter 1 Name

Margaret Gurewitz

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Fordham Univ.

Paper Title 2

The Doctor and the Notary: A Jewish Latinate Will from Fourteenth-Century Catalonia

Presenter 2 Name

Abigail Agresta

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Yale Univ.

Paper Title 3

Separation and Solidarity: The Letters of Benvenist ibn Lavi

Presenter 3 Name

Adam Rosenthal

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Start Date

10-5-2012 10:00 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1280