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CATEGORIES:Wolfson College Humanities Society
SUMMARY:Antisemitism in the anonymous Renaissance dialogue
  Viaje de Turquía -  Dr Şizen Yiacoup (University 
 of Liverpool) 
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/153337
DESCRIPTION:Despite being widely regarded by commentators as a
 dvocating cultural and religious diversity due to 
 its ideological indebtedness to reformist and huma
 nist thought and its largely flattering portrayal 
 of Ottoman Constantinople\, the anonymous Renaissa
 nce dialogue known as Viaje de Turquía is neverthe
 less reliant upon antisemitic stereotypes to facil
 itate the development of its plot and central char
 acters.  The analysis that forms the basis of this
  presentation addresses the conspicuous gap in our
  current understanding of this seminal example of 
 Spanish Renaissance literature by scrutinising the
  crucial parallels it draws between two situations
  presented as broadly analogous: Christ’s persecut
 ion at the hands of the Pharisees and his subseque
 nt crucifixion by the Roman imperial authorities\,
  and the hero’s mistreatment by Sephardi physician
 s and the constant threat of execution held over h
 im by the Ottomans. A fundamental aim of this stud
 y is therefore to challenge and ultimately alter s
 cholarly perceptions of a text widely acclaimed fo
 r its espousal of Renaissance humanist ideals\, an
 d\, by extension\, to underscore the fact that tho
 se ideals were by no means unanimously concerned w
 ith achieving harmonious coexistence with the Othe
 r. \n\nDr Şizen Yiacoup lectures on Spanish cultur
 al history at the University of Liverpool. Her tea
 ching and research interests lie mainly in the way
 s in which the memory of conflict and cross-cultur
 al exchange between Muslims\, Christians and Jews 
 is preserved in the literature of late medieval an
 d early modern Spain. Her most recent research pro
 ject explores the significance of antisemitism in 
 the anonymous sixteenth-century dialogue known as 
 Viaje de Turquía.\n\nThis event will be held onlin
 e via Zoom. Register here:\n\nhttps://wolfson-cam-
 ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/1816019923288/WN_UL
 4G36pBR16N4MdjbAVe2A
LOCATION:Online via zoom
CONTACT:Dr Stephen Wilford
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