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Celebrating 30 Years of CESAB
This week marks the beginning of the Commemorative Cycle celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Alberto Benveniste Chair of Sephardic Studies. Founded in 1996, CESAB has consistently maintained a dynamic level of activity, particularly in organizing scientific meetings and publishing its work. During this week’s sessions, CESAB researchers will give…
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Hebrew Calligraphy Workshop
CESAB invites you to explore one of the oldest and richest scribal traditions of humankind. In this workshop, Rachel Peled Cuartas will…
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Public presentation of a new CESAB edition
CESAB invites all interested parties to join us for the public presentation of its most recent publication. Volume 6 of our Usque…
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A new researcher at CESAB
CESAB welcomes Fernando Pancorbo! The Centre’s newest researcher holds a PhD in Sephardic Studies from the Universität Basel (Switzerland) and is a…
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International Workshop at Yale University
As a result of a partnership between CESAB, CHAM – Centre for the Humanities (NOVA-FCSH), and the Yale Program in Jewish Studies,…
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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…