Female Body or Women's Bodies? The Limits of the Body Metaphor in Jewish Culture. A Comparative Approach

Le Cermom et l’Université de Modena e Reggio Emilia ont le plaisir de vous inviter au colloque "Female Body or Women's Bodies? The Limits of the Body Metaphor in Jewish Culture. A Comparative Approach" les 21 et 22 mai 2025 organisé par Elisa Carandina, Cermom, Inalco et Federico dal Bo, Università di Modena e Reggio.
Ecritures orientales
Ecritures orientales © Inalco‎

Programme 

21 mai 2025 

14:00 – 14.15 

  • Opening remarks : Elisa Carandina (INALCO, Paris) – Federico Dal Bo (UNIMORE)

14.15 – 15.45 

  • Isabella Scortegagna (Indipendent scholar) – A Guilty Kiss Between MiIdrash and Contemporary Art
  • Ilaria Briata (University of Hamburg) – Scatologic Synecdoches and Sacred Signifiers
  • Zeljko Jovanovic (INALCO, Paris) – Empowering symbolism of female body in Judeo-Spanish folk narrative

15.45 – 16.15 : Coffee break

16.15 – 17.45 

  • Judith Muller (University of Frankfurt) – “Guf Rishon” Female Translators giving a voice to Hebrew authors
  • Alice Giuliani (Unimore) – Embodied interaction: the creative metaphor as a figure of maternity

22 mai 2025

9.00 – 12.00

Workshop

Female Body or Women's Bodies? A Methodological Approach to the Limits of Metaphors

Chairs: Elisa Carandina (INALCO) – Federico Dal Bo (UNIMORE)

Organisation 

Ce colloque se déroulera en anglais.