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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…
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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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Commemoration of the Fifth Centenary of the Marriage of Infanta Isabel of Portugal and Emperor Charles V
CESAB is part of the Honorary Committee of the Program Commemorating the Fifth Centenary of the Marriage of Infanta Isabel of Portugal…
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Posthumous Work by Herman P. SalomonObra Póstuma de Herman P. Salomon
The posthumous work by Herman P. Salomon, in collaboration with João Félix Almeida and António Guimarães Pinto, Falsidade do Padre Vieira Convencida,…
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Internacional Seminar “History of the Inquisitions”
CESAB is proud to partner with CIDEHUS (University of Évora) and CEHR (Portuguese Catholic University) in organizing the International Seminar History of…
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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…
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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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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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Statement of Condolence – Passing of António Borges Coelho
With profound sadness, the Alberto Benveniste Chair of Sephardic Studies joins the expressions of sorrow for the passing of Professor António Borges…
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Alberto Benveniste Conference 2025
02 June 2025 – FLULUn recorrido por la vida y obra de Joseph Penso de Vega por Fernando Pancorbo (SNSF / Universität…
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VII Colóquio Internacional Diálogos Luso-Sefarditas
The VII Colóquio Internacional Diálogos Luso-Sefarditas will be held from 4 to 6 June 2025. The call for papers is open until…
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Os Gravames dos Cristãos-Novos
Publication of the book Os Gravames dos Cristãos-Novos A valuable work by the late Professor Herman P. Salomon was recently published, with…
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Guarda
On the 28th and 29th of November, the 6th Colóquio Internacional Diálogos Luso-Sefarditas was held at the João Mendes Rosa Art Gallery of the Museu da Guarda, as part…
