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09:00-10:00
Opening Ceremony
Prof. Sonja Viahovie
Minister of Science, Montenegro
Prof. Zvi HaCohen
Rector of Ben-Gurion University ofthe Negev, Israel
Dr. Eliezer Papo
Chair ofthe Academic Committee,
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Mr. Ratko Cerovi
President of NGO Likud Montenegro
Mr. Fatmir Gjeka
Mayor ofthe City of Uleinj
ssion I: Ideology and Methodology
Chairperson; Tova Rosen
10,00-10:30
Haim Weis, Ben-Gurion University ofthe Neg, Israel
Shimon Bar-Kosibah a False Messiah?
10:30-11:00
Maoz Kahana, el Aviv Universit
Shabbetai Sevi~A Modern Temple
Legal-Messianic Action
Israel
Literary Mouifin
1:00-1:30
‘Tamar Alexander, Ben-Gurion University ofthe Nege, Israel
Shabbetai Sevi ~ Encounters after Death
1130-1200
Amir Engel, Ben-Gurion University of the Negey, Irae]
When a Dream Comes True: Gershom Scholem’s Zionism and
His Study of Shabbetai Sevi
12:00-13:30 Lunch
Session II: Back to the Sources
CChaigperson: Peter Lehnardt
13:30414:00
Michael Studemund-Halévy, The Institute forthe History
of the German Jews, Germany
Shatbbetai Sevi and His Reception in Contemporary
German-Language Sources
14:00-14:30
Mehmet Tattined, Research Centre for Turkish and Arabic
‘World, Netherlands
‘Shabbetai Sevi: New Sources from the Netherlands
(Oprechte Hoarlemsche Courant in About Shabetai Sevi14:30-15:00
Haviva Pedaya, Ben-Gurion University ofthe Nege, Israel
The Messiah Acconding to Nathan’ Two Visions
15:00-15:30
José Alberto R, Silva Tavim, Evora University, Portugal
The Wandering Messiah: Echoes of Shabbetai in Moroccan
Oral Narratives (178 Century)
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
Session III: Staging The Messiah
Chaieperson: Han
16:00-16:30
Jacob Barnai, University of Haifa, Israel
The Image of Shabbetai Sev in Theatre
16:30-17:00.
Nan Goodman, University of Colorado, USA
Messianism and Democracy in Sholem Asch s Shabbetai Sevi
17:00-17:30
Yitzhak Ben-Moriect
of the Negey, Israel
A Dialogue with God Concerning Shabbetai Sevi in Martin
i Ben-Gurion University
Shermans Play Messiah
17:30-18:00
Zahava Caspi, Ben-Gurion University ofthe Negev, Israel
Shabbetai evi in Israeli Drama: Between History
and the Present
Matinee
Chairperson: Zahava Caspi
18:00-18:30
Gad Kaynar, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Dramatic Reading of Selections from Joseph Mundy's Messiah
19:00 Dinner
Concert
Ottoman Sephardic Musical Tradition
21;00-22:00
Place: Plaza of the Dvori Balsi¢a Hotel
Los Pasharos Sefaradis,
Singers: Karen Sarhon and Izzet Bana
Piano: Ceyda Pirali
Kanun: Giinay Celik
Percussion: Ttirker Colak31 July 201.
sm in ex-Yugoslavian
Visual Culture
CChainperson: Krinka Vidakovié Petrov
0900-09:30
Svetlana Smol&ig Makuljevig,
University of Belgrade, Serbia
The Grave of Natan of Gaza in Skopje
(09:30-10:00
Ivan Cereénje’,
The Hebrew University
‘of Jerusalem, Israel
The Mysterious Stone Pucsle
(A Hidden Message or ¥oiceless Call?)
10:00-10:30
‘Jelena Erdeljan, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Funerary Artin the Ottoman Balkans in Shabbatean Context
10:30-11:00
Vuk Dautovié, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Memory of Shabbateanism in Yugoslavia in the Interwar Period
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
Chairperson: Vitzhak Ben-Mordechai
11:30-12:00
Nenad Makuljevig, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Reception of Shabbetai Sevi and Shabbateanism in the Balkans
12:00-12:30.
Cevidet M. Kosemen, Independent Researcher, Turkey
The Portraits of Osman Hassan: Distinct Tombstone
Photographs
12;30-13:00
Gila Hadar, University of Haifa, Israel
Golden Trays, Amulets and the Iumination ofthe Yeni Cami
Relations Between Maamini, Jews and Muslims
inthe 17> 20° Centuries
13:00-13:30
Yuri Stoyanoy, School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London
Possible Traces of Shabbateanism in Neo-Kabbalistic
Currents in the late/early post-Ottoman Balkans
13:30-15:00 Lunch.Session VI: Shabbateanism in
Visual Culture
Chairperson: Eli Yassit|
15:00-15:30 10:00 Excursion to places related to
‘Shalom Sabar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Shabbetai Sevi’s residence in Ulcinj
The Iconography of Shabbetai evi: Between Judaism
‘and Christianity
15:30-16:00.
Yossi Chajes, University of Haifa, Israel
What Isa Shabbatean lan?
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
Session VII: The Messiah in Contemporary.
CChaitperson: Shalom Sabar
16:30-17.00
Kedem Golden, Ben-Gurion University ofthe Negey, Israel
‘Bound with Fetters of Iron”: Jacob Frances
on Shabbetai Sevis Arrest (1666)
17:00-17:30.
Peter S. Lehnardt, Ben-Gurion University ofthe Nege, Israel
There are New(s) Every Morning (Lam 3:23%): Shomerim
la-Boger Societies as an Arena for the Shabbatean Controversy
17:30-18:00 et : Pe Plant
Session VII: Shabbetai Sevi Playing on
Eliezer Papo, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel “Foreign” Ground 5 ee
‘The Sacred Shabbatean Romansero Caitpesot Lave Reset
18:00-18:30
17:00-17:30
Krzysztof Nivelinski, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Shabbetai Svi on Siage. Literary, Theatrical and! Operatic
Creations ofthe Messiah
Hadar Feldman Samet, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
“Mi Amor Canam Sultanum Mehmed Sevi” ~The Image of
Shabbetai Sev in the Hymns of the
Ma ‘amin
19:30 Kabbalath Shabbath 17:30-18.00
followed by a festive dinner Gordana Todorié, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
The Literary Portrait of Shabbetai Sevi in E
{In search for the Messiah
oh Kosch’s Novel
19:00 Dinnerust 201.
sion IX: Religious and Nationalist
Constructions of Shabbateanism
‘Chairperson: Amir Banbaji
09:00-0930
Avraham Elqayam, Baran University sal
Islamic Elements in Shabbateanism: Mysticism, Theology
and Ideology
030-1000
engi Sisman, Furman University, USA
Fram Empire io Natlon-Siate: A Critical Reappraisal of
(Ottoman and Turkish Lterrre on Shabbetal Sev and
‘Shabbaieans
10200-1030
“Tamir Karkason, Hebrew University of Jerslem, sal
‘Shabba Sevi and Shabbatcanism in the Writings
of Abraham Elmaliach
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
Session X: Shabbetai $evi as a Literary
Character
Chairperson: Tamar Alexander
1:00411:30
Eli Vassif, Tel Aviv Universiy, Israel
Sefer Me‘orot Sevi as an Historical Novel, Theological
Tractate and Anthropological Study
1130-12:00
Hagai Dagan, Sapir College, Israel
Demonte Shabbateanism in Singer’ Stories
12:00-12:30
Pilar Romeu, Independent Researcher, Spain
Shabbetai Sevi as Reflected in Sephardic Memoirs
12:30-14:00 Lunch,
jession XI: Thinking the Messiah
CChaitperson: Jacob Barns
14:00-14:30
Oued Israeli, Ben-Gurion University ofthe Negev, Isract
The Controversy on the Antiquity ofthe Zohar in lis Shabbatean
Comext
14:30-15:00
‘Matthew Morgenstern, Tel Aviv University, Israel
The Language of Shabbetai’s Kingship ~ Linguistic
Observations on Nathan of Gaza s Epistle
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Amir Banbaji, Ben-Gurion University ofthe Negev; Isract
Shabbateanism and Haskalah: The Case of Mapu
‘and Satanov
Project Presentation
CChanperson: Muzafer Korkuti
15:30-16.00
‘Ami Drozd, Movie Direcor, Israel
Inserts from an Unfinished
Documentary Film on the Alternative
Tradition of Shabbetal’s Place of Burial
{in Berat, Albania
The Academic Committee:
Eliezer Papo
Peter Lehnardt
Amir Banbaji
‘Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
The Organizing Committee:
Ratko Cerovié, NGO Likud Montenegro
Jusuf Lika, Lika Foundation
‘Tamar Alexander, Ben-Gurion Uni
ity ofthe Negey, Israel