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Challenges of Religious Expansion in the Early Modern Period 2026
CESAB, in partnership with the Centre of Religious History Studies of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, is organizing the workshop “Challenges of Religious Expansion in the Early Modern Period.” Coordinated by CESAB researcher Miguel Rodrigues Lourenço and Professor Patricia Souza de Faria (Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro), the workshop…
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International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
Online event | 27 January 2026, 6:00 p.m. (Lisbon time) To mark the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the…
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Updates on the Monsoons Project
The Monsoon Project has, since April 2025, involved students from the History course at the Federal University of Viçosa in research on…
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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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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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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…
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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…