The Jewish Eighteenth Century: A Global Perspective with Stanley Mirvis

This presentation explores the major Jewish settlements, personalities and cultural developments of the eighteenth century – without borders. This whirlwind tour makes stops in Eastern and Western Europe, the Ottoman Balkans, Egypt, Anatolia, Tunisia, Safavid Persia, Uzbekistan, Alaouite Morocco, Kerala, Yemen, the Caribbean and North America. Applying a global perspective to pre-modern Jewish history enables us to decentralize the European experience and to identify elements that transcend state, empire, region or ethnic distinction.