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SUMMARY:Antisemitism in the anonymous Renaissance dialogue Viaje de Turqu
 ía - Dr Şizen Yiacoup (University of Liverpool)
DTSTART:20201110T180000Z
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CONTACT:Julian Siebert
DESCRIPTION:Despite being widely regarded by commentators as advocating cu
 ltural and religious diversity due to its ideological indebtedness to refo
 rmist and humanist thought and its largely flattering portrayal of Ottoman
  Constantinople\, the anonymous Renaissance dialogue known as Viaje de Tur
 quía is nevertheless reliant upon antisemitic stereotypes to facilitate t
 he development of its plot and central characters.  The analysis that form
 s the basis of this presentation addresses the conspicuous gap in our curr
 ent understanding of this seminal example of Spanish Renaissance literatur
 e by scrutinising the crucial parallels it draws between two situations pr
 esented as broadly analogous: Christ’s persecution at the hands of the P
 harisees and his subsequent crucifixion by the Roman imperial authorities\
 , and the hero’s mistreatment by Sephardi physicians and the constant th
 reat of execution held over him by the Ottomans. A fundamental aim of this
  study is therefore to challenge and ultimately alter scholarly perception
 s of a text widely acclaimed for its espousal of Renaissance humanist idea
 ls\, and\, by extension\, to underscore the fact that those ideals were by
  no means unanimously concerned with achieving harmonious coexistence with
  the Other. \n\nRegister "here":wolfson-cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register
 /9316019923374/WN_UL4G36pBR16N4MdjbAVe2A .
LOCATION:Zoom webinar
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