Financed by: The Danish Council for Independent Research, Humanities
Granted to: Associate Professor 6.212.936 kr.
Grant: 6.212.936 kr

This project traces the modern history of identifying the Jews and Jewishness. Modern philosophy, cultural thought, literature and humanist scholarship between 1783 and 1939 have speculated immensely over the nature, character, and meaning of Jewishness, and not the least what to do about it: how to correct the so-called “Jewish Problem”. This project follows the actors, institutions, and practices that did the identifying of the Jews and thereby crystallized modern Jewishness in their texts and practices. Following the actors will open up the construction process that has formed our understanding of core identities in European history such as Jewishness.

Participants:

Associate Professor Jakob Egholm Feldt

Professor Michael Harbsmeier

Asssociate Professor Karin Lützen

PhD. student Cecilie Speggers Schrøder Simonsen

PhD. student Rune Larsen