Tag Archives: Jacob Ben Elazar

Sephardic Literature after Las Navas de Tolosa: The Romance Turn in Jacob ben Elazar’s “Sahar and Kima”

Posted on May 10, 2012 by David Wacks

This is the paper that I would have given today at the 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalmazoo, Michigan, if the ticket from Eugene to Kalamazoo did not cost $900. Special thanks go to Prof Erik Ekman of … Continue reading →

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Work in Progress Talk

Posted on April 12, 2011 by David Wacks

This is the slidecast from a Work in Progress talk I gave last week at the Oregon Humanities Center, where I was Ernest Moll Fellow in Literary Studies during Winter term 2011. You can also listen to the .mp3 here.

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The Pen versus the Sword: What a difference a diaspora makes

Posted on February 23, 2011 by David Wacks

The debate over the relative roles of military force and political rhetoric in governance is very, very old. And while the familiar dictum “the pen is mightier than the sword” may now be received wisdom, for hundreds of years it … Continue reading →

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