Joseph Shatzmiller
Joseph Shatzmiller (* 1936 in Haifa ) is professor of European-Jewish history of the Middle Ages.
He studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem . From 1962 to 1965 he taught as an assistant. In 1965 he completed his MA After studying in Jerusalem, he did his doctorate in 1967 with Georges Duby in Aix-en-Provence with the work: Recherches sur la communauté juive de Manosque au Moyen Age .
From 1967 to 1972 he was a professor at the University of Haifa. In 1972 he moved to the University of Toronto where he became a full professor in 1974. He had a teaching position at Harvard University (Summer School 1973) and a visiting professor in Nice (1982-1983). He is currently Professor of Jewish History at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
His most famous works are: Shylock Reconsidered Jews, Moneylending and Medieval Society and Jews, Medicine an Mediaval Society. Shatzmiller is one of the world's best experts on the history of the Jews in Europe in the Middle Ages.
Web links
- Literature by and about Joseph Shatzmiller in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website of Joseph Shatzmiller
- Publications by Joseph Shatzmiller in the Opac der Regesta Imperii
- Biographical and scientific information on Joseph Shatzmiller (pdf; 120 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shatzmiller, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haifa |