PROGRAM OF THE SIXTH MEDIEVAL HEBREW POETRY COLLOQUIUM (MHPC) 18-20 JULY 2011 STUDIERENDENHAUS SH 1/187 RUHR -UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM Organized by Dr. Joachim Yeshaya (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) Under the Auspices of the European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS) With the Support of Prof. Elisabeth Hollender (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) And Prof. Wout Jac. van Bekkum (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) Contact: [email protected] MondaMonday,y, July 18 ththth , 2011 Tammuz 16 ththth , 5771 9:30-10:00: Registration at Studierendenhaus SH 1/187 + Welcome to the 6th MHPC 10:00-12:00: Session 1: Topics of Literary Research Joseph Yahalom, Literary Reactions to the Spanish Expulsion Aurora Salvatierra, The “aesthetic” of ugliness in the Middle Ages: Literary Hebrew representations in their context Peter Sh. Lehnardt, ‘Let us make man in our image’ Character and Characterization in Hebrew Liturgical Poetry 12:00-13:00: Lunch break 13:00-15:00: SSSessionSession 2: Hebrew Poetry and Rhymed Prose in Christian Spain and Provence Ayelet Oettinger, The Path of Religion: between Buddhism, Islam, Christianity and Judaism in The King's Son and the Ascetic by Ibn Ḥasdai Revital Refael-Vivante, The Book Mishle Shualim (Fox Fables) by Rabbi Berechiah Hanakdan: Andalusian Sources and Originality Nili Shalev, "There is a true friend who is closer than a brother": Reading in chapter "On Friends and Companions" of Sheqel HaQodesh by Joseph Qimhi in light of Michel de Montaigne's essay "On Friendship" 15:00-15:30: Coffee break 15:30-17:00: Opening Debate: The Centrality of the Spanish Contribution to HebreHebreww Poetry Participants: Tova Rosen Arie Schippers Joseph Yahalom 17:00-20:00: Trip to Kemnader Lake TuesdayTuesday,, July 119999ththth , 2011 Tammuz 17 ththth , 5771 9:00-10:30: Textual WorkshopWorkshop:: The Ascension of Moses in Piyyut and Midrash Ophir Münz-Manor 10:30-11:00: Coffee break 11:00-13:00: Session 3: Piyyut and Piyyut Commentary Michael Swartz, Creation and Cosmogony in Early Piyyut Michael Tzvi Novick, The Poetics of Law in Yannai Michael Rand, Hebrew Piyyut Commentary in the Genizah 13:00-16:00: Lunch break, time to relax; walk in Botanical Garden Ruhr-Universität Bochum 16:00-18:00: Session 44:: On the Occasion of 17 Tammuz and the Start of the Three Weeks Wout Jac. Van Bekkum, Themes and Motifs of Shabbat Shim’u: A Kaleidoscopic View Arie Schippers, Some remarks on Qinot and Maḥberot in medieval Hebrew literature and their relationship with Arabic and Romance literatures Elisabeth Hollender, On an Ashkenazic Qinah 18:00-18:30: Refreshment WednesdayWednesday,, July 202020 ththth , 2011 Tammuz 18 ththth , 5771 9:00-10u30: Session 5: Reading Hebrew Poetry from MMuslimuslim Spain Haviva Ishay, On Another Possibility of Reading Shmuel HaNagid’s After Proverbs Avi Shmidman, Intertextual Appropriations in the Redemption Requests of Yehudah ha-Levi 10:30-11:00: Coffee break 11:00-13:00: Session 66:: Rabbanite and Karaite Poetry in the Muslim East and Eastern EEuropeurope Joachim Yeshaya, “Relational Intertextuality” in the Liturgical Poetry of the Karaite Poet Moses ben Abraham Darʿī Riikka Tuori, Polish-Lithuanian Karaite Zemirot: Imitation only? Tova Beeri, Sheerit Yisrael by Yisrael Najara 13:00-14:30: Lunch break 14:30-16:00: Concluding Debate: Intertextuality of Medieval Hebrew Poetry Participants: Elisabeth Hollender Michael Tzvi Novick Avi Shmidman 16:00-16:30: Summary of the 6th MHPC + Planning of the 7th MHPC? AlAlAllAl l sessions will take place at the Studierendenhaus, room SH 1/187, of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg (KHK), RuhrRuhr----UniversitätUniversität Bochum, Germany. .