Lilach Assaf
Vita
Since 2008 a Ph.D. Student at the University of Konstanz
2007-2008 “Förderkreis Konstanz-Tel Aviv” scholarship, University of Konstanz
2005-2008 M.A. studies in Medieval History, Tel Aviv University.
Master-thesis title: “Orthodoxy and Heresy: Montaillou at the Beginning of the 14th Century”
2005-2006 Co-founder and tutor at the Lessing Undergraduate Workshops, History Department, Tel Aviv University
2001-2005 B.A. studies in History and Philosophy, Tel Aviv University
Research Areas
Cultural history, urban history in late Middle Ages, inter-religious relations
Function within the Center
Research Project “Gender, Name Choice, and Marriage Ceremonies” (with Prof. Dr. Gabriela Signori, Prof. Dr. Gadi Algazi, Dr. Christof Rolker, Karin Czaja)
Abstract
Partial Project “German Jews in the Late Medieval City: Identities, Names and Acculturation”
Abstract
Selected Publications
The language of names: Jewish onomastics in late-medieval Germany, identity and acculturation. In: Christof Rolker und Gabriela Signori (Hg.): Konkurrierende Zugehörigkeit(en). Praktiken der Namengebung im europäischen Vergleich, Konstanz: UVK, 2011 (Spätmittelalterstudien 2), 149-160.