Dr. Rainer Josef Barzen
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Academic Education | |
| 2014 - 2015 | Postdoctoral Fellow at the ‘Center for the Study of Conversion’ (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev / The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) |
| 2010 - 2014 | Postdoctoral Fellow am ‘The Martin Buber Society of Fellows in the Humanities’ (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) |
| 2005 | University of Trier: Ph.D. dissertation: Takkanot Kehillot Schum. Die Rechtssatzungen der jüdischen Gemeinden von Mainz, Worms und Speyer im hohen und späteren Mittelalter (summa cum laude). Advisers: Prof. Dr. Alfred Haverkamp, Prof. Dr. Israel Yuval. [Taqqanot Qehillot Shum. The Ordinances of the Jewish Communities of Mainz, Worms, and Speyer in high and later Middle Ages] |
| 1997 | University of Trier: Magister Artium (History and Jewish Studies) |
| 1993 - 1997 | University of Trier (Studies in Medieval and Modern History and Western Yiddish) |
| 1988 - 1990 | Freie Universität Berlin (Studies in Jewish Studies, History) |
Work Experience | |
| since 2024 | Vertretungsprofessor am "Institut für jüdische Studien" der Heinrich-Heine-Universität in Düsseldorf |
| 2016 - 2024 | Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Researcher) at the "Institute for Jewish Studies", Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
| 2014 - 2015 | Lecturer at the "Academic Center Shalem", Jerusalem |
| 2014 | Visiting Professor at the "Department of Theology", Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana |
Publications
Barzen, Rainer Josef In: Weltecke, Dorothea; Retterath, Jörn (eds.), Religiöse Gewalt in historischer Dimension (2023, im Druck) . Oldenbourg Verlag. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Barzen, Rainer Josef In: Das Mittelalter Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Barzen, Rainer Josef (2023) In: Baumgarten, Elisheva; Hollender, Elisabeth; Kogman-Appel, Katrin; Shoham-Steiner Ephraim (eds.), Perception and Awareness: Artefacts and Imageries in Medieval European Jewish Cultures. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Barzen, Rainer Josef (2022) In: Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry, 34 Type of Publication: Research article (journal) | |
Barzen, Rainer Josef (2021) In: Liss, Hanna; Leipziger, Jonas (eds.), Philology and Aesthetics: Figurative Masorah in Western European Manuscripts. Berlin: Peter Lang. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) |
Talks
| Liturgical commemoration of the dead and memorial books as local and regional identity carriers (13th -17th) Barzen, Rainer Josef (05/11/2024) „Up ewige tzyden“ - For all eternity. International conference on the occasion of the expulsion of the Jews from…, Köln Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Vom Rhein hin zur Elbe und Oder? Jüdische Siedlungsbewegungen im Hoch- und Spätmittelalter (, 3. September 2024) Barzen, Rainer Josef (03/09/2024) Vom Rhein hin zur Elbe und Oder? Jüdische Siedlungsbewegungen im Hoch- und Spätmittelalter, Erfurt Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Lists of Names and Places. The Liturgical Commemoration of the Dead in Medieval Prayer Books (Siddurim and Mahzorim 13th – 15th Century Ashkenaz) Barzen, Rainer Josef (18/07/2023) XIIth Congress of the European Association for Jewish Studies., Frankfurt am Main Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| The Synagogue of Worms, Inner Courtyard and Mikveh, and the Temple of Jerusalem. Architectural, Liturgical and Symbolic Perspectives (11th –13th centuries) Barzen, Rainer Josef Barzen (12/07/2023) Jerusalem. From Umbilicus Mundi to the four Corners of the Earth and back. International Conference on the Study of…, Jerusalem Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Jews of Ashkenaz or Ashkenazi Jews? Self-Designation and Self-Perception of Jews from the German Lands in Medieval and Early Modern Italy Barzen, Rainer Josef (31/01/2023) Ashkenazi Jews in Italy During the Long Renaissance Period. 15th – 17th Centuries. New Perspective on History and…, .Pisa Type of talk: scientific talk |