Participation in the Cluster of Excellence
- Field of research A Transcultural entanglement and disentanglement
- Research assistant within project Pope Pius XII. and baptized Jews in Romania and Brazil
Dr. Alessandro Grazi
Research Foci
- Jewish intellectual history of the 19th and 20th centuries
- Jewish Christian Relations
- History of the Jewish Book
CV
Academic Education
- PhD in the Humanities, University of Groningen. PhD Thesis: Patria ed Affetti. Jewish Identity and Risorgimento Nationalism in the Oeuvres of Samuel Luzzatto, Isaac Reggio, and David Levi
- Visiting Research Graduate Student, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Research Master in Literary Studies, University of Amsterdam
- Master in Preservation of the Cultural Heritage (MA), University of Bologna
- Overseas Student and Teaching Assistant, Dickinson College, Carlisle, USA
Positions
- Senior researcher responsible for the subproject "Pope Pius XII and baptized Jews in Brazil"
- Senior researcher in Digital Jewish Studies. Department of History of Religions, Leibniz Institute of European History, Mainz
- Rothschild Postdoctoral Fellow - Department of Jewish Studies, University of Amsterdam
- Business Italian and Business English Teacher, SKT Gießen (Continental, Schunk, Isabellenhütte, etc.)
- Business English Teacher, English Learning Consultancy, Marburg (Siemens, GlaxoSmithKline, Behring, etc.)
- Lecturer of Italian Language and Culture - Zentrum für fremdsprachliche und berufsfeldorientierte Kompetenzen Justus Liebig University Giessen
- Lecturer of Italian Language and Culture, Volkshochschule Mittelhessen
- Research Assistant, University of Gronigen Department of Languages and Cultures of the Middle East
- Rsearch Assistant - Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana Amsterdam
External Functions
- Incontri – European Journal of Italian Studies (Co-Editor)
- Annali d’Italianistica – Italian Studies Journal (Review Editor)
Publications
Books
Books (Monographs)
- Grazi, Alessandro. . Studies in Jewish History and Culture, Prophet of Renewal: David Levi, a Jewish Freemason and Saint-Simonian in nineteenth-century Italy, Leiden: Brill.
Books (Edited Collections)
- Dagnino, Roberto, and Grazi, Alessandro, eds. . Groningen Studies in Cultural Change, Believers in the Nation - European religious minorities in the age of nationalism (1815-1914), Löwen: Peeters Publishers.
Articles
Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines
Research Articles (Journals)
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “Wissenschaft des Judentums goes digital: Neue Möglichkeiten, Herausforderungen und Spannungen.” Cursor - Zeitschrift Für Explorative Theologie, № 1
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “Il pensiero di Isacco Samuele Reggio tra Haskalah e Wissenschaft des Judentums.” Filosofia Italiana, № XV (1): 181–194.
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “Divergent Jewish approaches to Italian nationalism and nation-building.” Annali d’Italianistica - Italian Studies Journal, № 36: 261–282.
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “Il Teatro di David Levi.” La rassegna mensile di Israel, № 83 (2-3): 133–146.
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “David Levi – A child of the Nineteenth Century.” Quest - Issues in Contemporary Jewish History, № 8 doi: 10.48248/issn.2037-741X/740.
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “In Quest of a (Jewish) Identity: David Levi's Il Mistero delle Tre Melarancie.” Zutot, № 9: 97–110.
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “A Jewish Construction of a Catholic Hero: David Levi's A Pio IX.” Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations, № 6 (1) doi: 10.6017/scjr.v6i1.1909.
- Perani, Mauro, and Grazi, Alessandro. . “La “scuola” dei copisti ebrei pugliesi (Otranto?) del sec. XI. Nuove scoperte.” Materia Giudaica, № XI (1-2): 13–42.
Review (Journals)
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “Review of E. D’Antonio, Il sangue di Giuditta. Antisemitismo e voci ebraiche nell’Italia di metà Ottocento.” Annali d’Italianistica - Italian Studies Journal, № 39: 675–677.
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “Review of G. Schorch – B. Klosterberg (ed.), Mission ohne Konversion? Studien zu Arbeit und Umfeld des Institutum Judaicum et Muhammedicum in Halle.” Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte, № 132 (1): 113–114.
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “Review of E. Mortara, Writing for Justice. Victor Séjour, the Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, and the Age of Transatlantic Emancipations.” Annali d’Italianistica - Italian Studies Journal, № 38: 424–426.
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “Review of G. Veltri – L. Pisano, L’ebraismo come scienza. Cultura e politica in Leopold Zunz.” Annali d’Italianistica - Italian Studies Journal, № 37: 499–501.
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “Review of E. Castelnuovo, The Moncalvos, Translated by Brenda Webster and Gabriella Romani.” Annali d’Italianistica - Italian Studies Journal, № 36: 499–501.
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “Review of F. Bregoli, C. Ferrara degli Uberti & G. Schwarz, eds. Italian Jewish Networks from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century. Bridging Europe and the Mediterranean.” Annali d’Italianistica - Italian Studies Journal, № 36: 496–499.
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “Postmodern tricksters: a comparative approach to contemporary picaresque literature.” Incontri - European Journal of Italian Studies, № 33 (1): 151–153. doi: 10.18352/incontri.10248.
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “Review of C. Ferrara degli Uberti, Making Italian Jews. Family, Gender, Religion and the Nation.” Annali d’Italianistica - Italian Studies Journal, № 35: 515–517.
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “Review of C. Pontecorvo – A. Salah (eds.), Diari risorgimentali: due ragazzi ebrei si raccontano. Libro delle cronache (1861-1862) di Giuseppe Luzzatto. Giornale ebdomadario (1863-1864) di Amalia Cantoni.” Annali d’Italianistica - Italian Studies Journal, № 35: 518–520.
Book Contributions
Research Article (Book Contributions)
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “Questioning the Canon: Prayer Books and Jewish Reform in Nineteenth-Century Italy.” in Multiple Sacralities. Rethinking Sacralizations in European History, Ein Europa der Differenzen, edited by Bernhard Gissibl and Andrea Hofmann. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “On the Road to Emancipation. Isacco Samuele Reggio’s Jewish and Italian Identity in 19th-century Gorizia.” in Jewish Literatures and Cultures in Southeastern Europe. Experiences, Positions, Memory, Vol. 037 of Schriften des Centrums für Jüdische Studien, edited by Renate Hansen-Kokoruš and Olaf Terpitz. Köln / Wien: Böhlau. doi: 10.7767/9783205212904.33.
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “Freemasonry and Saint-Simonism as carriers of Enlightenment values in David Levi’s Weltanschauung.” in The Jews in Italy: Their Contribution to the Development and Diffusion of Jewish Heritage, edited by Yaron Harel and Mauro Perani. Brookline, Massachusetts: Academic Studies Press.
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “The Role of the Italian Jews in Freemasonry and Secret Societies during the Risorgimento.” in Believers in the Nation - European religious minorities in the age of nationalism (1815-1914), edited by Roberto Dagnino and Alessandro Grazi. Löwen: Peeters Publishers.
Review Articles (Book Contributions)
- Grazi, Alessandro, and Dagnino, Roberto. . “Religious minorities’ adaptation strategies in the Nineteenth century.” in Believers in the Nation - European religious minorities in the age of nationalism (1815-1914), Groningen Studies in Cultural Change, edited by Roberto Dagnino and Alessandro Grazi. Löwen: Peeters Publishers.
Theses (Doctoral or Postdoctoral)
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “Patria ed Affetti. Jewish Identity and Risorgimento Nationalism in the Oeuvres of Samuel Luzzatto, Isaac Reggio, and David Levi.” Dissertation thesis, University of Groningen.
Web Publications (Blog Articles)
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “'Hello, World!': a Python course for beginners with the Codingschule Düsseldorf.” Digital Humanities Lab des IEGs
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “Initial familiarity with Transkribus: The User Conference 2020.” Digital Humanities Lab des IEGs
- Grazi, Alessandro. . “Minhag Italia: Variations of Jewishness in the nineteenth century as reflected in Italian prayer books; A digital analysis.” The Digital Humanities Showcase – European Association of Jewish Studies
reviews as epapers
- Grazi, Alessandro, and Müller, Markus. . “Rom.” Ortstermine. Umgang mit Differenz in Europa