Elodie Attia

Academic positions

• Since Sep. 2011: Wiss. Mitarbeiterin Post-doc, SFB 933 Material Texkulturen, Universität Heidelberg and Hochschule für Jüdische Studien.
• Sep. 2010-Sep. 2011 : Wiss. Mitarbeiterin, Genizat Germania Projekt, Universität Mainz.
• Since 2009 : Post-Doctorate Student at EPHE, IVth, section Paris. Research for Books within Books project in southern France.

Studies

• 2004-2008: Ph.D. degree at EPHE IVth section, Paris, Sorbonne, Thesis' title: The Jewish Italian Milieu of the Sixteenth Century : the manuscripts of Raphael Salomon ben Jacob ha-Cohen of Prato (Advisor: Prof. Colette Sirat then Prof. Judith Olszowy-Schlanger).
• 2000-2001: DEA, EPHE IVth section, Paris, Sorbonne. Thesis' title: The MS. Hebr. 369 : a Jewish intellectual profile of the Sixteenth century (Advisor: Prof. Colette Sirat).
• 1998-1999 : M. A. at University of Provence (Aix-en-Provence, France) - University of Granada (Spain), Jewish History Department. Specialization: Medieval Jewish thought. Title thesis : “Edition, translation and commentary of an unedited text of Jacob ben Jacob ha-Cohen, XIIIth century, Spain”
• 1996-1998 : Historical studies at the University of Provence, Aix-en- Provence, France.

Conferences

• February 2010 : Participation Seminar on Books and Readers in Antiquity and Medieval Ages, CNRS Centre Paul Albert Février, Aix en Provence. Lecture : “The private library of Raphael Salomon da Prato : presentation and analysis”
• November 2009 : Participation to the 1st Doctoral and Post-doctoral Seminar on Hebrew Manuscripts Research at EPHE, IVth Section, Paris, Sorbonne. Lecture : “Types of Italian Hebrew script in the manuscripts of the 16th century”.
• July 2009 : Participation in Researchers Seminary "History and Manuscripts”, organized by the EAJS, Oxford, Yarnton. Lecture : “How were read the texts? Annotations in some Italian Hebrew manuscripts from the 16th century”
• July 2006 : Participation to VIIIth EAJS Congress in Moscow Lecture : “Raphael da Prato’s manuscripts kept in Moscow”
• January 2003 : Participation to Seminar in Centre of Renaissance Research (Tours, France) Lecture : “The Hebraic cultures in the 16th century in Western Europe”

Publications

Books

• The manuscripts of Raphael da Prato, Berlin Studies in Judaism 2, Torino, 2012, 472 pages.

Articles

• 2009, « La bibliothèque de Mordekhay Dato : nouvelles preuves », Revue des Etudes Juives, 168/3-4, juillet-décembre 2009, pp. 483-506.
• “ Raphael da Prato’s manuscripts kept in Moscow” in Materia Giudaica, 2009 (forthcoming in feb. 2010).
• 2003, « Les cultures hébraïsantes du XVIe siècle en Europe Occidentale », in Bulletin des Amis du Centre d’Etudes Supérieures de la Renaissance, n° 16, 2003, pp. 12-13.