Cosmic Ecologies and Animalities in the Jewish Middle Ages

The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast by Will Beattie, Jonathan Correa Reyes, Reed O'Mara, & Logan Quigley

Episode notes

In this episode, MMA series producer and host Reed O'Mara chats with organizers of and participants in Cosmic Ecologies: Animalities in Premodern Jewish Culture, a recent symposium held at Northwestern University and the Newberry Library. The conversation explores medieval Jewish art and culture, particularly cosmic ecologies and their continuities across the animal-human-divine-demonic spectrum. Special thanks to Elina Gertsman, David Shyovitz, Julie A. Harris, Beth Berkowitz, and Sara Offenberg.

For more about this topic and the speakers' research, visit www.multiculturalmiddleages.com.

Keywords
middle agesmedievalmulticulturalmuseumshistoryethnicityidentitymanuscriptsart historydiversitycultural narrativesjewishreligionmonstersliteraturemythologyagencyrepresentationmedieval studieshebrewreligious studies