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Esperança Valls-Pujol

E-mail: espevalls@gmail.com ; espevalls@ub.edu   

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0707-1306 

Academia: https://barcelona.academia.edu/EsperançaVallsPujol/   

UB: https://webgrec.ub.edu/webpages/personal/cat/015399_espevalls.ub.edu.html   

Personal: https://sites.google.com/site/espevalls/  

Summary of the Curriculum Vitae

Esperança Valls Pujol holds a PhD degree in Philology from the University of ‎Girona, and she obtained the degree of Hebrew Philology at the University of ‎Barcelona. She has done doctoral courses at the same university within the ‎programme "El Gresol de la Cultura Mediterrània" (The Crucible of the Ancient ‎Mediterranean) obtaining the Diploma in Advanced Studies. She has also ‎completed studies in the field of Judaism at the University of Castilla La ‎Mancha, and on Psychology of Religions at the Philipps Universität Marburg in ‎Germany. She defended her doctoral dissertation on February 2016: (The ‎Hebrew and Catalan Fragments - written in Hebrew characters- of Historic ‎Archive of Gerona: Textual study, Linguistic Analysis and Palaeographic Edition) ‎at the University of Girona under the direction of Professor Joan Ferrer- Costa, ‎Semitist and Professor of Hebrew and Aramaic. ‎

She is currently associate professor in the Department of Classical, Romance and Semitic Languages. Hebrew and Aramaic Studies at the University of ‎Barcelona. She has participated as a professor in Summer courses at the University of ‎Girona, University of Barcelona and the University Ramon Llull and has taught ‎several university extensions courses for the University of Girona Foundation ‎and conferences, mainly around the Catalan Judaism and Jewish Science.‎

She is a co-founder member and director - coordinator of the Institut d’Estudis Món Juïc, ‎a research institute that aims to investigate and disclose everything that ‎surrounds Catalan Judaism. She is also the president of the Catalan Society of ‎Hebrew Studies (SCEHB) (affiliate Institut d'Estudis Catalans) and since October 2020 is the editor-in-chief of the ‎scientific academic journal Tamid (Annual Catalan Journal of Jewish Studies).

She has published and edited several studies about the Jewish Catalan world, ‎with special focus on science, Jewish loans, Hebrew Catalan manuscripts and ‎archival research. She has attended several academic international conferences ‎and seminars and presented more than twenty academic papers. ‎

In addition to participating in several academic conferences and seminars held ‎in different countries, she currently teaches informative conferences about the ‎Jewish world. On the other hand, she also devotes part of her academic work as ‎editor (Collections Cum Laude, Mirades, Eduard Feliu, Flaixos Juïcs and Bet ‎Guenazim from the IMJ). She has also organised five international conferences ‎concerning the study of Judaism in the territories of the Catalan language, ‎cultural events, and courses of various kinds. She was also part of the team of ‎curators of the exhibition El Call Els jueus a la Barcelona medieval (The Jewish ‎Quarter. The Jews of Medieval Barcelona) of the Museum of History of the City ‎of Barcelona (MUHBA) (2014) and member of his scientific advisory services.‎

She participates in some research projects, such as the European project ‎"Books within Books (Hebrew Fragments in European Libraries)" of Ecole Pratique ‎des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), JACOV- "Juifs a Chrétiens: Origine des valeurs sur les ‎marchés médiévaux" of the University of Tolouse – Le Mirail, "Xarxa de Calls" of ‎Institut Món Juïc and the University of Barcelona or "Catalonia Judaica (GRR)" of University of Barcelona. For two years she made an ‎inventory of documents, buildings, and archaeological remains of the Jewish ‎Middle Ages to the Barcelona City History Museum. In fact, up until two years ‎ago, she worked for the Historical Archive of Girona in the classification, study, ‎and interpretation of over nine hundred Hebrew manuscripts found in the ‎notarial bookbindings of this archive, in collaboration with Professor Mauro ‎Perani of the University of Bologne (Italy), Director of the 'Italian Genizah' ‎Project. The project of Girona is not closed, and she continues to study these ‎manuscripts.‎

She finished a postdoctoral fellowship from the Rothschild Foundation ‎‎(Hanadiv) Europe and conducts her research at Institut d’Estudis Món Juïc in ‎Barcelona at the Judaism Catalan Studies program on "Economic and Lending ‎Activity of the Catalan and Provençal Jews: History, Impacts and Repercussions”. ‎Recently, she had several short-term research fellowships, one of Memorial ‎Foundation for Jewish Culture (MFJC) and  three others of Institut Ramon ‎Muntaner, to study some aspects of the daily life of medieval Jews in Catalonia ‎through Hebrew and Christian manuscripts.‎ 

Academic Studies

-          Ph.D. Philology - University of Girona, February 2, 2016. Excellent Cum Laude.

-          Diploma of Advanced Studies (Hebrew and Aramaic Studies, Doctorate) (DEA) (MPhil). University of Barcelona. September 26, 2002. Excellent.

-          BA in Hebrew Philology. University of Barcelona, March 15, 2000.

Ph.D. Thesis

-          “Els fragments hebreus amb aljamies catalanes de l'Arxiu Històric de Girona: Estudi textual, edició paleogràfica i anàlisi lingüística” (The Hebrew and Catalan Fragments -written in Hebrew characters- of Arxiu Històric de Girona: Textual study, Linguistic Analysis and Palaeographic Edition). Director: Dr Joan Ferrer Costa, Department of Catalan. University of Girona. [ http://www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/387552 ].

Diploma of Advanced Studies Thesis

-          “Astrònoms jueus al servei de Pere III el Cerimoniós (1136 – 1387) i Joan I el Caçador (1387 – 1396)”. (Jews Astronomers at the Service of Peter III the Ceremonious, 1136 – 1387, and John I the Hunter, 1387 – 1396) Director: Dr Luís Diez Merino. Department of Semitic Languages, Section of Hebrew and Aramaic Studies. University of Barcelona.

-          “Astrologia jueva a l’Edat Mitjana. Exemple del pensament astrològic jueu en un manuscrit del s. xiv” (Jewish Astrology in the Middle Ages. An Example of Astrological Jewish Thought in a Hebrew Manuscript, s. xiv). Director: Dr Josep Ribera-Florit. Department of Semitic Languages, Section of Hebrew and Aramaic Studies. University of Barcelona.

Other Academic Studies:

-          Course “La càbala jueva” (Jewish Kabbalah). Institut d’Estudis Món Juïc - Faculty of Theology of Catalonia, Barcelona, July 2006.

-          Course “Eines informàtiques aplicades als estudis hebraics” (Software and Computing Tools Applied to Hebrew Studies). University of Barcelona - Institut d’Estudis Món Juïc. University of Barcelona, May 15-18, 2006.  

-          Course in Hebrew - Spanish Translation. “Escuela de Traductores de Toledo” University of Castilla-La Mancha. Toledo, September 2000.

-          Course "Psychoanalysis and interpretation of religious texts". Philipps Universität Marburg. Marburg, February 2000.

-          Course "Los judíos en la literatura" (Jewish literature). University of Castilla-La Mancha. Toledo, September 1999.

-          Course "Los judíos en la España contemporánea: historia y visiones, 1898-1998" (The Jews in Contemporary Spain: History and Visions: 1898-1998). University of Castilla-La Mancha. Toledo, September 1998.

Modern Language Skills

Catalan (native), Spanish (advanced), French (advanced), English (intermediate), Hebrew (intermediate), Italian (beginner), Portuguese (beginner) and Arabic (beginner)

Ancient Languages Studied

Aramaic, Akkadian, Medieval and Biblical Hebrew, Latin, Phoenician and Ugaritic.

Grants and Participation in Research Projects:

-       Grant: Fellowship Grant of Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. “Inside a Jewish House in Medieval Catalonia: Correlating Hebrew and Christian sources”. 2019-2020. 

-     Grant: Grant Research of the Institut Ramon Muntaner (Institut d’Estudis Món Juïc). “Producció tèxtil i indumentària dels jueus a la Catalunya medieval: característiques, costums i diferències entre comunitats”. 2019.

-         Grant: Grant Research of the Institut Ramon Muntaner.“The Jewish credit activity according to the Hebrew manuscripts of the Historical Archive of Girona (AHG)” 2018.

-            Grant: Post-Doctoral Academic Jewish Studies in Europe Grant Programme - Post-Doctoral Fellowships. Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe. Research at Institut d’Estudis Món Juïc (Barcelona), at the Judaism Catalan Studies program on "Economic and Lending Activity of the Catalan and Provençal Jews: History, Impacts and Repercussions.".   2016-2018.

-            Grant: Doctoral Fellowship in Archival Research. Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe. “Els fragments hebreus amb aljamies catalanes de l'Arxiu Històric de Girona: Estudi textual, edició paleogràfica i anàlisi lingüística” (The Hebrew and Catalan Fragments -written in Hebrew characters- of Historical Archive of Girona: Textual study, Linguistic Analysis and Palaeographic Edition.)  September 2011- September 2014.

-          Research Project: “The Books within Books (BwB): Hebrew Fragments in European Libraries”. École Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE) – Université Paris-Sorbonne. European network of scholars working on fragments of medieval Hebrew books and documents recovered from book bindings and notarial files in various libraries and archives in Europe, Israel and USA. 2010-current.

-          Research Project: “Catalogació del fons hebreus de l’Arxiu Històric de Girona” (The Cataloguing of the Hebrew Manuscripts from Historical Archive of Girona). Principal Cataloguer and Researcher. Classification, cataloguing and study of these documents. Funding: Government of Catalonia. (Subdirecció d’Arxius de la Generalitat de Catalunya). 2008 - 2012. http://manuscritshebreus.cultura.gencat.cat/

-          Research Project: “Xarxa de Calls” - Recerca i catalogació dels fons jueus de l’Arxiu Històric Municipal de Barcelona. Formació de cultura jueva i paleografia als centres penitenciaris Brians I i Lledoners (Research and Cataloguing of the Jewish Documentation from Historical Archive of the City of Barcelona. Teaching of Jewish Culture and Palaeography in Penitentiary Centres). Institut d’Estudis Món Juïc/University of Barcelona. 2010-2012. Direction and coordination.

-          Research Project: JACOV- Juifs a Chrétiens: “Origine des valeurs sur les marchés medievaux”. JACOV. Université Toulouse-le-Mirail/Equipe FRAMESPA UMR 5136. 2009-2010.

-          Research Project: “Catalogació dels fons relatius als jueus de l’Arxiu Diocesà de Barcelona.” (The Cataloguing of the Hebrew Manuscripts and Jewish Sources from Diocesà Archive of Barcelona) Institut Privat d’Estudis Món Juïc. Funded by Institut Ramon Muntaner, l’IeMJ and Fundació Caixa Catalunya. October 2006 – June 2008. Direction and coordination.

-          Research Project: “Estudio filológico de los dialectos arameos occidentales y orientales”. (Philological study of the western and eastern Arameans dialects). HUM2005-02125/FILO Principal researcher: Josep Ribera-Florit, University of Barcelona. 2007-2008. (Production and publishing in this project Cap estrella per a Israel. Barcelona: University of Girona; University of Barcelona; Institut d’Estudis Món Juïc, 2008. Biblioteca Judaico-Catalana, 6. ISBN: 978-84-8458-196-3).   

-          Grant: Inventari dels béns dels jueus medievals de Barcelona. (Inventory of the Goods of the Medieval Jews of Barcelona). Museu d’Història de la Ciutat de Barcelona / Red de Juderías de Sefarad. Fellowship of University of Barcelona and City Council of Barcelona. First part: December 2004– May 2005. Second part: October 2005 – March 2006.

-          Grant: Course in Hebrew - Spanish Translation. “Escuela de Traductores de Toledo” University of Castilla-La Mancha”. Toledo, September 2000.

-          Grant: Course “Psychoanalysis and Interpretation of Religious Texts”. Philipps Universität Marburg. Marburg, February 2000.

Relevant Academic Publications

 Papers

-        Valls Pujol, Esperança. «Textile Production and Jewish Clothing in the Iberian Peninsula: Characteristics, customs and differences between communities» in Dress and Textiles of Multi-Cultural Medieval Iberia: production, trade and consumption. Edited by Gale R. Owen-Crocker, María Barrigón, Nahum Ben-Yehuda and Joana Sequeira. Boydell & Brewer, 2020 [in progress].

-      ———.   «Le recyclage des manuscrits dans l'Archive Historique de Gérone» in Journées d’étude doctorale et postdoctorale de l’EPHE. Edited by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger et al. Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études,  2020 [in progress].

-       ———.  «La regulació interna de les comunitats catalanes: els llibres de declaracions econòmiques de l’AHG» (The internal regulation of the Catalan communities: the books of economic declarations of the AHG) Tamid 14, 2019-2020 [ in progress].

-        ———. «The Astrological and Religious Thinking in Ramban and links with Ramon Llull». Perichoresis, 18 (July 2019) [article in press].

-        Calders, Tessa; Valls, Esperança. «La Xarxa de Calls a Tortosa». Amics dels Castells Nucli Antic Tortosa, 1 (2017), 38-39.

-        Calders, Tessa; Valls, Esperança. «L’Institut d’Estudis Món Juïc». Podall, 5, (2016) 449-453.

-        Valls Pujol, Esperança. «El congrés per a l’Estudi dels Jueus en Territoris de Llengua Catalana.» Mozaika, 7 (2016), 211.

-        ———. «Els manuscrits hebreus de l’Arxiu Històric de Girona.» Mozaika, 7 (2016), 166.

-        ———. «Hebrew Fragments as a Window on Economic Activity: Holdings in the Historical Archives of Girona (Arxiu Històric de Girona).» In Lehnardt, Andreas and Judith Olszowy-Schlanger ed. Books within Books. New Discoveries in Old Book Bindings. Wolfson College, Oxford 18th - 20th July 2011, 149-182. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2014. ISBN: 978-9004258495.

-        ———. «L’impost de la renda de l’any 1427 (sobre els guanys de 1426) o l’egualtat dels guanyatges de la comunitat jueva de Girona. » Materia Giudaica 17-18 (2012-2013): 263-277.

-        ———. «Addendum 1. The Electronic Cataloguing of the Fragments» i «Addendum 2. A Sample of a Fragment from a Jewish moneylender. » In Perani, Mauro. «The "Gerona Genizah": an Overview and a Rediscovered "Ketubah" of 1377.» Hispania Judaica Bulletin 7 (2010): 137-174.

-        ———. «De què parlen els manuscrits hebreus de l’AHG?»  Els Apunts de l’Arxiu Històric de Girona 11 (2010): 1-2.

-        Calders, Tessa; Valls, Esperança. «Catalunya and the Myth of Sepharad.» Catalonia International View, 4 (2010): 56-59.

-        Valls Pujol, Esperrança. «De part et d'autre des Pyrénées. Économie, commerce et mouvements de la population juive au temps de la Croisade dans les territoires géronais». In 1209-1309. Un siècle intense au pied des Pyrénées. Actes du colloque tenu à Foix les 23, 24 et 25 octobre 2009 dans le cadre du 800e anniversaire de la Croisade contre les Albigeois, 395-413. Foix: Conseil Géneral de l’Ariège – Archives Départementales, 2010.

-        ———. «The cataloguing of the Hebrew Manuscript Fragments of the Historical Archives of Gerona: Process and Results». In: XXIII Convegno internazionale dell’AISG su: L’Ottocento ebraixo in italia fra tradizione e innovazione: la figura e l’opera di Marco Mortara (1815-1894). Ravenna: 14-16th September 2009. [http://xac.gencat.cat/en/llista_arxius_comarcals/girones/manuscrits_hebreus/publicacions/].

-        ———.        «Israel no té estrella?: El pensament astrològic de Moixé ben Nakhman, Abraham ibn Ezra i Abraham bar Khiia.»  In Diéz Merino, L.; Giralt-López, E. (ed.). Profesor J, Ribera Florit. Targum i Judaísmo. Homenaje al profesor J. Ribera Florit en su 70º Aniversario, 267 – 282. Barcelona: Publicacions i Edicions Universitat de Barcelona, 2007. (Col·lecció Homenatges, 26). ISBN: 84-475-3108-2.

-        ———. «Estat de la qüestió dels estudis sobre ciència jueva en els territoris de llengua catalana». In Actes del II Congrés per a l’estudi dels jueus en territoris de llengua catalana. Barcelona, del 25 al 27 d’octubre del 2004, 223-279. Barcelona: Institut Europeu de la Mediterrània, 2005. ISBN: 84-393-6431-8.

-        ———. «Astrònoms jueus al servei de Pere III el Cerimoniós (1336 – 1387) i Joan I el Caçador (1387 – 1396).»  R.H.U, Revista d’Història Universitària, 2 (2003): 113-154.

-        ———. «Notes bibliogràfiques a l’estudi del palmirè.»  Anuari de Filologia. Estudis hebreus i arameus, vol. XXIII, Secció E, 10 (2001): 45- 56.

On-line:

-        Manuscrits hebreus dels segles XIV – XV. Database of Hebrew manuscripts (on-line catalogue). Girona: Arxiu Històric de Girona (AHG), 2010 – 2014. [http://xac.gencat.cat/en/llista_arxius_comarcals/girones/manuscrits_hebreus]

Books:

-         Cap estrella per a Israel. Barcelona: Universitat de Girona; Universitat de Barcelona; Institut d’Estudis Món Juïc, 2008 (Biblioteca Judaico-Catalana, 6). ISBN: 978-84-8458-196-3.

-        ———. (dir. and coord); Abella, G; Gómez, D; Rincón, CN; Vives, V. Regest dels documents de l’Arxiu Diocesà de Barcelona relatius als jueus. Barcelona: Institut d’Estudis Món Juïc; PPU, 2008.  ISBN: 978-84-477-1019-5.

-        Els fragments hebreus amb aljamies catalanes de l'Arxiu Històric de Girona: estudi textual, edició paleogràfica i anàlisi lingüística. Doctoral Thesis on line. Girona: Universitat de Girona, Departament de Filologia i Comunicació, 2016. 

[ http://www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/387552 ].

-        The Hebrew and Catalan Fragments of Arxiu Històric de Girona: Textual study, Linguistic Analysis and Palaeographic Edition. Book derived of the Doctoral Thesis in preparation for the Main Series Brill in Leiden – Boston: "European Genizah" Texts and Studies.

Books Reviews:

-        Parés, R; Vernet, J. (dir.). La ciència en la Història dels Països Catalans. Vol. 1 (Dels àrabs al Renaixement). Barcelona; València: Institut d'Estudis Catalans; Universitat de València, 2004. In Aljamia. Universidad de Oviedo, 19 (2007): 511-521. ISSN: 1135-7290.

-        Howard Kreisel. Judaism as Philosophy: Studies in Maimonides and the Medieval Jewish Philosophers of Provence. Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2015. 473 p.; ISBN 978-1-61811-179-1 (Coŀl. Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah). Tamid. 12, Societat Catalana d'Estudis Hebraics, IEC, 2017.

Relevant Academic Talks Presented

-   -         «Textile Production and Jewish Clothing in the Iberian Peninsula: Characteristics, customs and differences between communities». University of Porto, Porto, June 13-14, 2019.

-   -         «The Hebrew Documents of the Historical Archives of Girona». The Jewish heritage of Girona. Program for Oranim College, Israel. University of Girona, Girona, March 25, 2019.

-    -        «Catalan Manuscripts from the Historical Archive of Gerona Catalan written in Hebrew characters (14th-15th centuries». XIth Congress of the European Association of Jewish Studies. Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University. Krakow, July 15-19, 2018.

-         «Economic and Commercial Activity of the Medieval Jews from Catalonia: The Hebrew account books of the Catalan Genizah», Association for Jewish Studies 49th Annual Conference, Washington, December 17-18  2017.

-        «Hebrew Manuscripts Fragments from Catalonia Genizot. A Comparative Analysis». The 17th World Congress of Jewish Studies.  The Union World for Jewish Studies - Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Jerusalem,  August 7, 2017. 

-        «Economic and Commercial Activity of the Medieval Jews from Girona and Catalonia: The Hebrew account books of the Girona Genizah». XXXVI Encontr da/36th Conference of Associação Portuguesa de História Económica e Social. Quantidade e Quantificação em História /Quantity and Quantification in History. Faculdade de Economia. University of Porto, Porto, November 18-19, 2016.

-        «Le recyclage des manuscrits dans l’Archive Historique de Gérone» Archives, Genizah, et Recyclage des Manuscrits, dans la Culture Juive. VIIe journée d’études doctorale et post-doctoraleen paléographie et diplomatique hébraïques. École doctorale de l’École Pratique des Hautes Études et l’équipe SAPRAT. Paris, December 1, 2015.

-          «The Last Fragments of Hebrew Manuscripts Recovered from the Historical Archive of Girona (2013)». Xth Congress of the European Association of Jewish Studies. Jewish and non-Jewish cultures in contact: new research perspectives. Paris, July, 20-24, 2014.

-          «Els manuscrits hebreus de l’Arxiu Històric de Girona: una font per a l’estudi històric, literari i lingüístic de les comunitats jueves catalanes». Societat Catalana d’Estudis Hebraics, Institut d’Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, May 22, 2013.

-          «Les manuscrits hébreux des Archives de Gérone. Une source pour l’étude historique, économique, et linguistique des Juifs en Catalogne», Histoire médiévale et moderne des Juifs: sources hébraïques, latines, vernaculaires. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - École Pratique des Hautes Études — UMR 8584 -Nouvelle Gallia Judaica. Montpeller, January 4, 2013.

-          «The Hebrew Fragments of Arxiu Històric de Girona: A Hidden Treasure-Trove Inside The Notarial Bookbindings» International Medieval Congress 2012, University of Leeds, Leeds, July 9-12, 2012.

-          Poster: «Medieval Hebrew manuscripts in the Historical Archive of Girona», The First International Conference of Judaica Collection Curators: Curating and Cultivating Exchange, Jewish National Library, E.J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, June 4-6, 2012.

-          «Los manuscritos hebreos del Archivo Histórico de Girona (S. XIV-XV)». II Simposio Internacional de Estudios Medievales. Universidad Gabriela Mistral- Centro de Estudios Medievales.  Santiago de Chile, September 28-30, 2011.

-          «The Hebrew fragments of the Historical Archive in Gerona, in comparison with the Italian Fragments». Bar-Ilan University - University of Bologna International conference on "The Jews in Italy". Ravenna, Italy, September 4-8, 2011.

-          «The Economic Hebrew Fragments of Arxiu Històric de Girona». The Books within Book (BwB) Meeting: Hebrew Fragments in European Libraries. European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS) Annual Colloquium. Wolfson College, Oxford, July 18-20, 2011.

-          «The Hebrew Fragments of Arxiu Històric de Girona». Workshop 2011: “Toward a Pan-European Survey of Archives with Jewish Collections”». Rothschild Foundation Europe - University of Southampton, April 12-15, 2011.

-          Participation in the Workshop «From Access to Integration:  Digital Technologies and the Study of Jewish History». Stan Katz of Princeton University and Arthur Kiron of the University of Pennsylvania. Center for Jewish History – New York, November 9-10, 2011.

-          «The Hebrew Historical Documents of Girona: A Necessary Comparasion with the Cristian Sources». IX Congrés anual de l’European Association for Jewish Studies, Judaism in Mediterranean Context, University Bologna-Ravenna, July 25-29, 2010.

-          «The Cataloguing of the Hebrew Manuscript Fragments of the Historical Archives of Gerona: Process and Results». The Books within Book (BwB) Meeting: Hebrew Fragments in European Libraries. École Practique des Hautes  Etudes – Université de la Sorbonne. Paris, March 11, 2010.

-          «Estudi dels fragments hebreus de comptes de l’Arxiu Històric de Girona». Seminaire JACOV (CNRS Framespa de l’Université de Toulouse-le-Mirail). Solidarités entre juifs et chrétiens au Moyen Âge. “Des éritures ordinaires, témoins des solidarités”. Société d’Études du Crédit et des Échanges Médievaux (SECEM). Archives Municipales de Perpignan. Perpinyà, March 9 -10, 2010.

-          «Le catalogage des fonds hébreux de l’Arxiu Històric de Girona: processus, typologie et analyse de la documentation». Premier séminaire Jacov 2010: Des écritures ordinaires: les documents hébraïques de Gérone (Catalogne), XIVe siècle. FRAMEPSA- Equipe JACOV. Tolouse, January 14, 2010.

-          «De part et d'autre des Pyrénées. Économie, commerce et mouvements de la population juive au temps de la Croisade dans les territoires géronais». Colloque international XIII° siècle dans le comté de Foix et dans les terres voisines, languedociennes et catalanes. Université de Toulouse-le-Mirail - Archives de l'Ariège, October 23- 25, 2009.

-          «La catalogazione dei frammenti di manoscritti ebraici dell’Archivio Storico di Girona: processo e risultati». Congress L’Ottocento ebraico in Italia fra tradizione e innvovazzione: la figura e l’opera di Marco Mortara (1815-1894). Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Giudaismo. Universitat de Bologna-Ravenna, September 14-16, 2009.

-          «Científics jueus en territoris de llengua catalana: la rellevància de la ciència conreada en hebreu pels jueus catalans a partir del catàleg de l’Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts (IMHM)». Congrés internacional La presència catalana a l’espai de trobada de la mediterrània medieval: noves fonts, recerques i perspectives.  Institut de la Mediterrània. Congrés de la Mediterrània. Barcelona, May 13-16, 2009.

-          «Pensament i ciència en la cultura jueva medieval europea».“Les tres grans religions monoteistes del Mediterrani” - VIII Jornades Universitàries de Cultura Humanista. Abadia de Montserrat- Universitat de Barcelona. April 18-19, 2009.

-          «Estat de la qüestió dels estudis sobre ciència jueva en els territoris de llengua catalana».  II Congrés per a l’estudi dels jueus en territoris de llengua catalana. Universitat de Barcelona, October 27, 2004.

Experience in University Teaching

-          “Astrologia i astronomia a l’antiguitat i l’edat mitjana” (Astrology and Astronomy in Antiquity and Middle Ages) (30 hours course) Cultural Foundation of University of Girona, February 21 - May 23, 2005.

-          “Ciència dels jueus catalans: Astrologia, Astronomia, Medicina, Màgia i Alquímia” (Jewish Catalan Science: Astrology, Astronomy, Medicine, Magic and Alchemy). In the course “Ciències i lletres en el Judaisme Català” (6 hours Summer Course) University of Barcelona, July 2005.

-          “Història del Judaisme Català” (History of Catalan Judaism) (30 hours course) Cultural Foundation of University of Girona, October 17, 2005- January 31, 2006.

-          “Taller de màgia i alquímia jueva” (Workshop on Magic Jewish and Alchemy). In the course “La Càbala Jueva” (Jewish Kabbalah) (3 hours Course), Institut d’Estudis Món Juïc - Faculty of Theology of Catalonia, July 18, 2006.

-          “Els jueus als territoris catalans” (The Jews in the Catalan Territories). In Permanent Training Course of the Faculty of Theology of Catalonia. (6 hours Course), November 15, 22 and Decembrer 13, 2007.

-          “Història del Judaisme Modern i Contemporani” (Modern and Contemporary History of Judaism) (30 hours course), Cultural Foundation of University of Girona, October 2008 - January 2009.

Experience in Language Teaching

Intensive Catalan courses for beginners in Atento -Telefónica Company (Spain-Tangier, Morocco). September 16, 2005- February 2010.

Other Relevant Experience

-     - Founding member and coordinator of Institut d’Estudis Món Juïc.

- Member of the scientific advisory services of the Museum of History of the City of Barcelona (MUHBA).

- Member of the Catalan Society of Hebrew Studies (actual treasurer) (SCEHB).

- Member of European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS).

- Member of Association for Jewish Studies (AJS)

- Member of Associação Portuguesa de História Económica e Social (APHES).

- Editor of academic publications of the Institut d’Estudis Món Juïc (Collections Series Cum Laude, Mirades, Flaixos Juïcs, Eduard Feliu and Bet Guenazim).

- Editor of the Acts of the Congrés per a l’estudi dels jueus en territoris de llengua catalana (Congress for the study of Judaism in the Territories of Catalan Language) 

- Organization of five international academic conferences concerning the study of Judaism in the territories of Catalan language (Congrés per a l’Estudi dels Jueus en Territoris de Llengua Catalana), cultural events and courses of various kinds.

- Organization Panel: “Xarxa de Calls”. A Macro-research Project on Medieval Catalan Jewish Communities. Xth Congress of the European Association of Jewish Studies. Jewish and non-Jewish cultures in contact: new research perspectives. Paris, July 20-24, 2014. 

- Curator of the exhibition El Call. Els jueus a la Barcelona medieval (The Jewish Quarter. The Jews of Medieval Barcelona) (2014). Museum of History of the City of Barcelona (MUHBA). 

- Formation of Jewish Culture and Paleography in the penitentiary centers Brians I and Lledoners. 2010-2011. 

- Visits organization to the religious temples (Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and Christian Orthodox) for the Master of the University of Barcelona "Immigration, religions and society. Anthropological perspective, Historical and Social." (2008 -2009).

- Identification and study of two pieces of the Museum of the City of Barcelona (a plate and a ring from the excavations of the Call of Barcelona) (Exposed in the Permanent Exhibition of Jewish Interpretation Centre of Barcelona) (2006 and 2010).

- Study and translation of a Jewish tombstone from Castelló d'Empúries (2007).

- Several university extension courses and informative conferences on the Jewish world.

- Large experience with archival work (Hebrew medieval manuscripts and Catalan medieval manuscripts and documents. Advanced Palaeographical skills)

Computer Skills

- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft ® Windows environments, Windows Server Office package (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, FrontPage and Outlook), Prezi, DavkaWriter; user knowledge Android and Mac OS X.

- Graphics Tools: Good knowledge of Paint Shop Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator.

- Good knowledge of web browsers (Mozilla Firefox and its add-ons, Microsoft Edge, Safari, Google Chrome, Opera) and e-mail applications (Mozilla Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Microsoft Outlook).

- Basic knowledge web designing. 

- Good knowledge of WordPress and Social Media.