PD Dr. Ilaria Briata

Since 2024: Research Associate (PI), DFG Project “Horror and Literary Manifestations of Fear in Early Modern Judaism” at the Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion at Universität Hamburg

2018–2023: Research Associate, Emmy Noether Programme: Early Modern Musar Literature at the Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion at Universität Hamburg

2016–2017: Temporary Research Associate, SIR Project "E.S.THE.R. Enquiry on Sephardic Theatrical Representation" at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Università degli Studi di Verona

2011–2015: Doctoral Programme in Asian and North African Studies at the Department of Asian and North African Studies, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia

2008–2010: MA in South and West Asia: Languages, Cultures and Institutions at the Department of Asian and North African Studies, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia

2005–2008: BA in Eurasian and Mediterranean Languages and Cultures at the Department of Asian and North African Studies, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia

• Jewish horror and the history of emotions
• Jewish moralistic literature (Musar)
• Sephardic Judaism (Ladino Literature)
• Rabbinic Literature

See the complete list of publications at this link.

2016–2017: Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Scholarship—Visiting Research Fellow at the Rothberg International School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2012: Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe Grant—Advanced Summer School in Rabbinic Literature at the Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv University

2011–2014: Doctoral Scholarship—Department of Asian and North African Studies, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia

2007–2008: Erasmus Project Scholarship—Department of Hebrew Philology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

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