HEИндивидуална стипендия2024–2027

BookSHUK · The International Market of Jewish Manuscripts and Books (1900-1948)

„Хоризонт Европа“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2024-09-01 → 2027-08-31
Финансиране от ЕС: 288 859 €
Участници: 3
Схема: HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-GF

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Накратко на български

Пазарът на еврейски книги и ръкописи между 1900 и 1948 г. анализира как мрежи от търговци и колекционери са премествали тези предмети между Европа, САЩ и Израел. Това помага да се разбере влиянието на миграцията и антисемитизма върху движението на културното наследство.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

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The International Market of Jewish Manuscripts and Books (1900-1948)

BookSHUK set out to investigate the modern history of the Jewish book trade, focusing on the circulation, collecting, and redistribution of Hebrew manuscripts and early printed books from the early twentieth century to the aftermath of the Second World War and the establishment of the State of Israel. Despite the remarkable growth of studies on the early modern Jewish book, the twentieth-century market for Judaica—its actors, mechanisms, and cultural meanings—remains largely unexplored. This project aimed to fill that gap by reconstructing the networks that connected booksellers, collectors, librarians, and scholars across Europe, Mandatory Palestine/Israel, and the United States, and by assessing how historical events, from antisemitism and forced migration to new scholarly and political ideologies, shaped the trade in Jewish cultural heritage. The project’s overarching objective was to provide the first systematic, data-driven analysis of this transnational market through archival research and digital methods. By combining microhistorical case studies with digital humanities tools, BookSHUK sought to reveal how books and manuscripts functioned not merely as commodities but as cultural agents, carrying ideas, beliefs, and identities across continents. Through the integration of historical research, digital visualization, and heritage policy reflection, BookSHUK aimed to produce a new model for studying the movement of cultural artifacts—one that bridges scholarly inquiry with contemporary debates on cultural property, restitution, and global memory.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

The encompassing objective of BookSHUK (“book” and “shuk,” in Hebrew “market”) is to provide the first historical and transnational analysis and digital visualization of the scholarly and trade networks related to the market of Jewish manuscripts and early printed books from the beginning of the twentieth century to the aftermath of WWII and the foundation of the State of Israel. Although the last decades have seen a rich harvest of studies on a multitude of aspects concerning the history of the Jewish book from the Middle Ages to the Holocaust, in-depth research on the market in the twentieth century has been largely neglected. BookSHUK aims to assess the international and interconnected nature of networks involving market actors (such as antiquarians, booksellers, private dealers, auction houses, collectors, scholars, librarians) between Europe, Mandatory Palestine (then Israel), and the United States also reflecting on the impact that major historical events such as WWI and WWII had on the trade. Through archival research on selected cases of study concerning sellers, customers, and objects across Europe, Israel, and the United States, the project intends to: a) identify the sellers and their business networks; b) unravel the role of auction houses in the international trade of Jewish manuscripts and early printed books; c) reconstruct the interests and taste that drove customers – both privates and librarians acting on behalf of libraries – to purchase specimens or collections for their private and/or institutional libraries; d) trace back relations among sellers and customers while providing geographical, chronological, and data visualizations of their connections thanks to digital tools, thus contributing to a more inclusive intellectual and cultural history. The three-year MSCA-GF will bring me to the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, and, during a secondment, to the University of Amsterdam.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MODENA E REGGIO EMILIA · ModenaКоординаторИталия
THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CORP · PhiladelphiaСъединени щати
UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM · AmsterdamНидерландия