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Language
- The grammar of Maskilic (Jewish Enlightenment) HebrewÌýÌý(2017-19)ÌýThisÌýPhilip Leverhulme Prize fundedÌýproject focuses on producing a detailed linguistic profile of Maskilic Hebrew in its full chronological, geographic, and genre range.
- The First Hebrew Shakespeare Translations (2015-2017)ÌýArts and Humanities Research Council project on the earliest translation of Shakespeare’s plays into Hebrew
Culture
- Anti-Semitism in an Era of Transition. The case of Post-Communist Eastern Central EuropeÌý(2009–) In cooperation with SSEES at °×С½ãÂÛ̳ (funded by the Rothschild Foundation, Europe).
- Introductory Poems to the Babylonian TargumsÌýA grant from the Rothschild Foundation Europe in the Post-doctoral Research Fellowships Programme.
- Towards a New Cultural History of Czernovitz: The Jewish Press, 1918-1940Ìý
Politics
- Transformation of Jewish political culture: Intercession from the early modern period to the 19th centuryÌý(2002-) Ongoing work by François Guesnet looking at the history of intercession in the history of the European Jewish diaspora
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Calendars
- Calendars in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Standardization and FixationÌý(2013-2018)ÌýThis ERC funded research project studiedÌýthe evolution of calendars in late antique and medieval societies, with a special focus on Roman, Christian, Jewish, and Islamic calendars.
- Medieval Christian and Jewish Calendar Texts from England and Franco-GermanyÌý(2011-2013)ÌýThis Leverhulme-funded research project survived a large number of Hebrew and Latin calendar manuscripts that have been largely neglected until now in modern scholarship, and prepared critical editions and translations of the texts.
- The Jewish Calendar in Early Islamic SourcesÌý(2010–2012)ÌýA Leverhulme-FundedÌýresearch projectÌýfocused onÌýAbu Rayhan al-Biruni'sÌýChronology of the Ancient Nations, which contains substantial sections on the Jewish calendar and its historical origins.Ìý
- Medieval Monographs on the Jewish CalendarÌý(2008–2013)ÌýA major Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded research projectÌýto increase understanding and promote the study of medieval writings on the Jewish calendar, by providing access to neglected and largely unpublished works.