Prof. Dr. Giulio Busi

Insitute for Jewish Studies
Professor
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CV overview
- 1989: Ph.D. in Jewish Studies (“Dottorato di ricerca”)
- Since 2004: Member of the Accademia Nazionale Virgiliana (Mantua)
- Since 2003: Member of the scientific board at the Hanadiv Foundation (London)
- 1998-2002: board member at the European Association for Jewish Studies
- Since 1999: C-4 Professor for Jewish Studies at Freie Universität Berlin
- 1991-1999: Secretary at the Italian Association for Jewish Studies (AISG)
- 1992-1999: Professor for Jewish Studies at the University of Venice
Research Focus:
History of Jewish Mysticism, Jewish culture in late antiquity and eraly modern times.
Organisation of Congresses:
- “‘Ovadyah Yare da Bertinoro e la presenza ebraica in Romagna nel Quattrocento”, Bertinoro 1988
- “Viaggiatori ebrei. Berichte jüdischer Reisender vom Mittelalter bis in die Gegenwart”, San Miniato 1991
- “Strategie della persistenza”, Mantova 1996
- “Hebrew to Latin – Latin to Hebrew. The Mirroring of two Cultures in the Age of Humanism”. London, Warburg Institute, 2004
Current Third-Party Funded Research Projects:
“The Kabbalistic Library of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola” (Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali, Italien)
- Consultant expert for several national and institutions in Germany and abroad:
DFG, DAAD, Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF)-Österreich, British Academy, Hanadiv Foundation, international universities
- Publisher of: “The Kabbalistic Library of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola”; “Berlin Studies in Judaism”
- Advisory BoardMember at: Materia Giudaica (Bologna), Studia Rosenthaliana (Amsterdam).
List of publications.