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 Areas
- Jewish intellectual history of the 19th and 20th centuries
- Jewish Christian Relations
- History of the Jewish Book
CV
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)
- . . Prophet of Renewal: David Levi, a Jewish Freemason and Saint-Simonian in nineteenth-century Italy. Leiden/Boston: Brill.
Books (Edited Collections)
- (Eds.): . Believers in the Nation - European religious minorities in the age of nationalism (1815-1914). Leuven: Peeters Publishers.
Articles
Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines
Research Articles (Journals)
- . . „Wissenschaft des Judentums goes digital: Neue Möglichkeiten, Herausforderungen und Spannungen.“ Cursor - Zeitschrift Für Explorative Theologie 1.
- . . ‘Il pensiero di Isacco Samuele Reggio tra Haskalah e Wissenschaft des Judentums.’ Filosofia Italiana XV, No. 1: 181–194.
- . . ‘Divergent Jewish approaches to Italian nationalism and nation-building.’ Annali d’Italianistica - Italian Studies Journal 36: 261–282.
- . . ‘Il Teatro di David Levi.’ La rassegna mensile di Israel 83, No. 2-3: 133–146.
- . . ‘David Levi – A child of the Nineteenth Century.’ Quest - Issues in Contemporary Jewish History 8. doi: 10.48248/issn.2037-741X/740.
- . . ‘In Quest of a (Jewish) Identity: David Levi's Il Mistero delle Tre Melarancie.’ Zutot 9: 97–110.
- . . ‘A Jewish Construction of a Catholic Hero: David Levi's A Pio IX.’ Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations 6, No. 1. doi: https://doi.org/10.6017/scjr.v6i1.1909.
- . . ‘La “scuola” dei copisti ebrei pugliesi (Otranto?) del sec. XI. Nuove scoperte.’ Materia Giudaica XI, No. 1-2: 13–42.
Review (Journals)
- . . ‘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.
- . . ‘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, No. 1: 113–114.
- . . ‘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.
- . . ‘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.
- . . ‘Review of E. Castelnuovo, The Moncalvos, Translated by Brenda Webster and Gabriella Romani.’ Annali d’Italianistica - Italian Studies Journal 36: 499–501.
- . . ‘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.
- . . ‘Postmodern tricksters: a comparative approach to contemporary picaresque literature .’ Incontri - European Journal of Italian Studies 33, No. 1: 151–153. doi: https://doi.org/10.18352/incontri.10248.
- . . ‘Review of C. Ferrara degli Uberti, Making Italian Jews. Family, Gender, Religion and the Nation.’ Annali d’Italianistica - Italian Studies Journal 35: 515–517.
- . . ‘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)
- . . ‘Questioning the Canon: Prayer Books and Jewish Reform in Nineteenth-Century Italy.’ In Multiple Sacralities. Rethinking Sacralizations in European History, edited by , 81–102. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- . . ‘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, edited by , 33–46. Wien: Böhlau. doi: https://doi.org/10.7767/9783205212904.33.
- . . ‘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 , 268–288. Brookline, MA: Academic Studies Press.
- . . ‘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 , 77–96. Leuven: Peeters Publishers.
Review Articles (Book Contributions)
- . . ‘Religious minorities’ adaptation strategies in the Nineteenth century.’ In Believers in the Nation - European religious minorities in the age of nationalism (1815-1914), edited by , ix–xxvi. Leuven: Peeters Publishers.
Theses (Doctoral or Postdoctoral)
- . . Patria ed Affetti. Jewish Identity and Risorgimento Nationalism in the Oeuvres of Samuel Luzzatto, Isaac Reggio, and David Levi Dissertation thesis, University of Groningen. Groningen: University of Groningen Press.
Web Publications (Blog Articles)
- . . 'Hello, World!': a Python course for beginners with the Codingschule Düsseldorf Digital Humanities Lab des IEGs.
- . . Initial familiarity with Transkribus: The User Conference 2020 Digital Humanities Lab des IEGs.
- . . 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
- . . Rom Ortstermine. Umgang mit Differenz in Europa.