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Monsoons Project
Since April 2025, the Monsoons Project has included the participation of History students from the Federal University of Viçosa, who are contributing to research on the presence of New Christians in the Estado da Índia. Under the localcoordination of Professor Angelo Adriano Faria de Assis, the group is analyzing a…
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Project Monsoons
The project “Monsoons – New Christians, Jews and other individuals prosecuted for Judaism in the Goa Inquisition (1561–1812)” has a new logo!…
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Conference Atlantic Voices in Colonial Newport
Researcher Carla Vieira will take part in the seminar “Atlantic Voices in ColonialNewport: Rethinking Trade, Religion, and Culture in the Early Modern…
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Conference Roman Congregations in the Early Modern World
Researcher Miguel Rodrigues Lourenço took part in the international conference “Roman Congregations in the Early Modern World: New Research and Perspectives on…
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Workshop Shaping Colonial Normativities
Researcher Susana Bastos Mateus took part on June 4–5, 2025, in the international workshop Shaping Colonial Normativities: Law, Land and Villages in…
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The Alberto Benveniste Library is located at the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa. Our collections are available on site and by appointment only. If you wish to visit us, please contact us via the e-mail address cesab@letras.ulisboa.pt to book your visit.
Cadernos de Estudos Sefarditas is a biannual peer-reviewed journal, which is indexed to the international databases Latindex, Qualis/CAPES, WorldCat and Atla Religion Database.
Usque is a name that invokes the diaspora. Samuel, the author of Consolation for the Tribulations of Israel. Abraham, the printer of this masterpiece of Sephardic culture in exile that has become an inspiration. The Usque Collection is a CESAB editorial project dedicated to the critical edition of sources that are key to the knowledge of the multifaceted Sephardic Diaspora.
The Monographic Series Alberto Benveniste publishes monographs on the Sephardic diaspora, the Iberian Jewish communities, and other related subjects, as well as collective works resulting from the scientific activities organised by CESAB or in partnership with other research centres in Portugal and abroad.
The CESAB newsletter is an information bulletin about the activities and projects developed by the Cátedra de Estudos Sefarditas Alberto Benveniste. In its pages, we also publicise the most recent editions, as well as the initiatives in which the researchers of the centre took part or organised.
cesab editions
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Raízes: as origens portuguesas das elites sefarditas Norte-Americanas (sécs. XVII-XVIII)
Raízes é uma plataforma online que visa a partilha de materiais e ferramentas de trabalho (documentação, bibliografias, notas biográficas, instrumentos de pesquisa, genealogias, etc.) sobre as famílias portugueses que protagonizaram a Diáspora Sefardita para a América do Norte nos séculos XVII e XVIII.
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Project Monsoons
O projecto Monções – Cristãos-novos, judeus e condenados por judaísmo na Inquisição de Goa procura resgatar as experiências individuais e colectivas…
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Praying to the God of Israel
Praying to the God of Israel according to the Portuguese Tradition (16th-18th centuries) is a project funded by the Cátedra de Estudos Sefarditas Alberto Benveniste in collaboration with the Universidad Finis Terrae (Santiago de Chile). The project has been underway since 2020 by the researchers Ignacio Chuecas Saldías and Susana…