Rainer Josef Barzen, Ph.D

Rainer Josef Barzen, Ph.D Nov Street 12 Center for the Studies of Conversion 94503 Jerusalem The Hebrew University, Mount Scopus Israel Jerusalem 91905, Israel ++972 (0) 2 5661767 barzen@mail.huji.ac.il curriculum vitae Education 2005 University of Trier: Ph.D. dissertation: Taqqanot Qehillot Shum. Die Rechtsatzungen der jüdischen Gemeinden im hohen und späteren Mittelalter (summa cum laude). Advisers: Prof. Dr. Alfred Haverkamp, Prof. Dr. Israel Yuval. [Taqqanot Qehillot Shum. The Ordinances of the Jewish Communities of Mainz, Worms, and Speyer in high and later Middle Ages] 1997 University of Trier: Magister Artium (History and Jewish Studies) 1993-1997 University of Trier (Studies in Medieval and Modern History and Western Yiddish) 1990-1992 Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Studies in Jewish History) 1988-1990 Freie Universität Berlin (Studies in Jewish Studies, History and Political Science) Academic Experience and Positions Since 2014 Since 2014 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for the Studies of Conversion (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Lecturer at the Academic Center Shalem, Jerusalem 2014, Jan.-May Visiting Professor at the Department of Theology, Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana 2010-2014 Fellow at The Martin Buber Society of Fellows in the Humanities (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) 2006 and Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Lecturer and Researcher) for

2009-2010 Collaborative Research Cluster, Forschungszentrum Europa. Strukturen langer Dauer und Gegenwartsprobleme (FZE). "Corpus der Quellen zur Geschichte der Juden im mittelalterlichen Reich" (Leitung: Prof. Dr. Alfred Haverkamp), of the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz, Arye Maimon-Institut für Geschichte der Juden (Universität Trier) [Research Centre on Europe. Long-lasting Structures and Problems of the Present (FZE). "Corpus of Sources on the History of the Jews in the Medieval Empire" (directed by Prof. Dr. Alfred Haverkamp), the Academy of the Sciences and Literature, Mainz, at Arye Maimon-Institute for History of the Jews (University of Trier)] 2001-2008 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Lecturer and Researcher) for Collaborative Research Cooperation, Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 600 "Fremdheit und Armut. Wandel von Inklusions- und Exklusionsformen von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart" (Universität Trier), Teilprojekt A4 Christen und Juden: Inklusion und Exklusion angesichts religiöser Differenz in Gemeinden und weiteren Organisationsformen (9. 17. Jahrhundert) (Leitung: Prof. Dr. Alfred Haverkamp) ["Strangers and Poor People. Changing Patterns of Inclusion and Exclusion from Classical Antiquity to the Present Day" (SFB 600) at the University of Trier. Project A4 Christians and Jews: Inclusion and Exclusion in the Face of Religious Difference in Communities and Other Forms of Organization (9th 17th centuries) (directed by Prof. Dr. Alfred Haverkamp)] 2005-2006 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Lecturer and Researcher) for Collaborative Research Cooperation Schwerpunktprogram (SPP) 1173 "Integration und Desintegration der Kulturen im europäischen Mittelalter" der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (Leitung Prof. Dr. Michael Borgolte und Prof. Dr. Bernd Schneidmüller), Projekt Achsenzeiten jüdischer Geschichte während des späten Mittelalters in westeuropäischen Zusammenhängen (Leitung Prof. Dr. Alfred Haverkamp) ["Integration and Disintegration of Civilizations in the European Middle Ages" (SPP 1173). Project Pivotal Times of Jewish History during the Late Middle Ages in Western European Contexts (directed by Prof. Dr. Alfred Haverkamp)] 1997-1999 and Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Lecturer and Researcher) for 2000-2001 Collaborative Research Cooperation Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 235 "Zwischen Maas und Rhein: Beziehungen, Begegnungen und Konflikte in einem europäischen Kernraum von der Spätantike bis zum 19. Jahrhundert" (Universität Trier), Teilprojekt C 1 "Zur Geschichte der Juden im hohen und späten Mittelalter in der Landschaft zwischen Maas und Rhein und angrenzenden Gebieten" (Leitung Prof. Dr. Alfred Haverkamp) ["Between Meuse and Rhine: Relationships, Encounters and Conflicts in a European Core Area from Late Antiquity to the 19th Century" (SFB 235) at the University of Trier. Project C1 "On the History of the Jews in the High and Late Dr. Rainer Josef Barzen Curriculum Vitae 2

Middle Ages in the Region between the Meuse and the Rhine and Adjacent Regions" (directed by Prof. Dr. Alfred Haverkamp)] 1993-1997 Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft (Research Assistant) for Jewish Medieval History Fellowships Since 2010 Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Martin Buber Society of Fellows in the Humanities. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1999-2000 DAAD [German Academic Exchange Service] One-year fellowship for doctoral research at the Hebrew University Jerusalem 1990-1991 Student Scholarship Exchange Program, Freie Universität Berlin and Hebrew University Jerusalem 1990 Student Scholarship Summer Ulpan, Hebrew University [Modern Hebrew language course] Languages German Hebrew English Latin Yiddish French Native speaker near-native level fluent reading reading working knowledge Dr. Rainer Josef Barzen Curriculum Vitae 3

Publications Monograph Taqqanot Qehillot Shum. Die Rechtssatzungen der Rheinischen Gemeinden von Mainz, Worms und Speyer im Hohen und Späten Mittelalter (Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Hebräische Texte im Mittelalterlichen Deutschland 3). Hannover: Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung 2015 (forthcoming). ["Taqqanot Qehillot Shum. Ordinances of the Rhenish Communities in Mainz, Worms and Speyer in the High and Late Middle Ages" (Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Hebrew Texts in Medieval Germany 3). Hannover: Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung 2015] Articles "Eger 1449. On Poverty and Authority in a Bohemian Jewish Community." In Meditation on Authority, hg. von David Shulman, 71-86. Jerusalem: Magnes Press 2013. "Ländliche Jüdische Siedlungen und Niederlassungen im Hoch- und Spätmittelalter in Aschkenas. Typologie, Struktur und Vernetzung." In Juden auf dem Lande. Vorträge zur Tagung des Arbeitskreises für Agrargeschichte am 02.07. 2010, edited by Sigrid Hirbodian. In Aschkenas 21 (2013), 5-35. ["Jewish Presence at Rural Settlements in the High and Late Middle Ages in Ahkenaz. Typology, Structure and Interconnectedness." In Rural Jews] "Die Schumgemeinden und ihre Rechtssatzungen. Geschichte und Wirkungsgeschichte." In Die SchUM-Gemeinden Speyer-Worms-Mainz. Auf dem Weg zum Welterbe, edited by Pia Heberer und Ursula Reuter, 23-35. Regensburg: Verlag Schneller und Steiner 2013. ["The Shum-Communities and their Ordinances. Their History and Legacy." In The Shum-Communities Speyer- Worms-Mainz] "Das Nürnberger Memorbuch. Eine Einführung." In Corpus der Quellen zur mittelalterlichen Geschichte der Juden im Reichsgebiet, edited by Alfred HAVERKAMP and Jörg R. MÜLLER, 2011. Online <http:// www.medieval-ashkenaz.org/quellen/nuernberger-memorbuch /einleitung.html>. ["The Memorbook of Nuremberg. An Introduction." In Corpus of Sources on the History of the Jews in the Medieval Empire] "'Ich der Herr schaffe Gnade, Recht und Gerechtigkeit'. Jüdische Armenfürsorge." In Armut. Perspektiven in Kunst und Gesellschaft, edited by Herbert Uerlings, Nina Trauth, and Lukas Clemens, 82-91. Trier 2011. [" I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness. Jewish Pourrelief." In Poverty. Perpectives in Art and Society] "Zedakah und Gemilut Chassadim." In Armut. Perspektiven in Kunst und Gesellschaft, edited by Herbert Uerlings, Nina Trauth, and Lukas Clemens, 67-68, Trier 2011. ["Zedakah and Gemilut Hassadim." In Poverty. Perpectives in Art and Society] "The Meaning of Tzedakkah for Jewish Self-Organisation within a Non-Jewish Environment." In Iggud. Selected Essays in Jewish Studies, Vol. 2: History of the Jewish People and Dr. Rainer Josef Barzen Curriculum Vitae 4

Contemporary Jewish Society, edited by Gershon Bacon, Albert Baumgarten, Jacob Barnai, Chaim Waxman, and Israel J. Yuval, 7-17. Jerusalem: World Union of Jewish Studies 2009. With Lennart Güntzel, "Die Vertreibung der Juden aus Frankreich (1287-1306) und England (1290)" In Mittelalter im Labor. Die Mediävistik testet Wege zu einer transkulturellen Europawissenschaft (Europa im Mittelalter 10), edited by Michael Borgolte, Juliane Schiel, Bernd Schneidmüller, Annette Seitz, 228-251. Berlin: Akademie Verlag 2008. ["The Expulsion of the Jews from France (1287-1306) and England (1290)" In The Middle Ages in the Laboratory. Medieval Studies Tests Ways to a Transcultural Science of Europe (Europe in the Middle Ages 10)] "Was der Arme benötigt, bist Du verpflichtet zu geben. Forschungsansätze zur Armenfürsorge in Aschkenas im hohen und späten Mittelalter." In Wirtschaftsgeschichte der mittelalterlichen Juden. Fragen und Einschätzungen (Schriften des Historischen Kollegs 71), edited by Michael Toch in cooperation with Elisabeth Müller-Luckner, 139-152. München: R. Oldenbourg Verlag 2008. ["You are Obligated to Give the Poor Man What He Needs. Approaches to Research on Poor Relief in Ashkenaz in the High and Late Middle Ages." In Economic History of the Medieval Jews. Questions and Estimations (Writings of the Historical College 71)] "Nur unter Vorbehalt? Jüdisches Leben in Trier 1945 1990. Aus dem Gemeindearchiv." In Neue Adresse: Kaiserstraße. 50 Jahre Synagoge Trier. Festschrift (Schriften des Emil-Frank- Instituts 10), edited by Reinhold Bohlen and Benz Botmann, Benz, 65-76. Trier: Paulinus Verlag 2007. ["Only under Condition? Jewish Life in Trier 1945 1990. From the City Archives." In New Address: Kaiserstraße. 50th Anniversary of the Synagogue of Trier. Festschrift (Writings of the Emil Frank Institute 10)] "'So haben wir verhängt und beschlossen...'. Takkanot im mittelalterlichen Aschkenas." In Ein Thema zwei Perspektiven. Juden und Christen in Mittelalter und Frühneuzeit, edited by Eveline Brugger, and Birgit Wiedl, 218 233. Innsbruck, Wien, Bozen: Studienverlag 2007. ["'Thus We have Imposed and Concluded ' Takkanot in Medieval Ashkenas." In One Topic Two Points of View: Jews and Christians in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times] "Anfänge im Mittelalter (1229 1442)." In Jüdisches München. Vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, edited by Richard Bauer, and Michael Brenner, 21-38. München: C.H. Beck Verlag 2006. ["Beginnings in the Middle Ages (1229 1442)." in Jewish Munich. From the Middle Ages until the Present] "Benei hakefarim die Leute aus den Dörfern. Zur jüdischen Siedlung auf dem Lande in Aschkenas und Zarfat im hohen und späteren Mittelalter." Campana pulsante convocati. Festschrift anläßlich der Emeritierung von Prof. Dr. Alfred Haverkamp, edited by Frank G. Hirschmann and Gerd Mentgen, 21-37. Trier: Kliomedia 2005. ["Benei hakefarim the People from the Villages. On Jewish Rural Settlement in Ashkenaz and Zarfat in the High and Late Middle Ages." Campana pulsante convocati. Festschrift for the Conferring of Professor Emeritus on Prof. Dr. Alfred Haverkamp] "Elieser ben Joel halevi (um 1145 1225). 'Ein Meister der Rechtsentscheide' und 'ein Mann der Tat'." In Porträt einer europäischen Kernregion. Der Rhein-Maas-Raum in historischen Lebensbildern, edited by Franz Irsigler and Gisela Minn, 70-79. Trier: Kliomedia 2005. ["Elieser ben Joel halevi (around 1145 1225). 'A Master of Jurisprudence' and 'A Man of Action'." in Portrait of a European Core Region. The Rhein-Maas Region in Historical Life Stories] With Monika Escher-Apsner and Dirk Multrus, "Religiös motivierte Barmherzigkeit und karitatives Handeln von Gemeinschaften im hohen und späten Mittelalter." In Inklusion/Exklusion. Studien zu Fremdheit und Armut von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, edited by Andreas Gestrich and Lutz Raphael, 397-422. Frankfurt am Main [u.a.]: Peter Lang 2004. Dr. Rainer Josef Barzen Curriculum Vitae 5

["Religiously-motivated Compassion and Acts of Charity by Communities in the High and Late Middle Ages." In Inclusion/Exclusion. Studies on Alienation and Poverty from Antiquity to the Present] "Jüdische Regionalorganisation am Mittelrhein. Die Kehillot Schum um 1300." In Europas Juden im Mittelalter. Internationales Symposium vom 20.-25. Oktober 2002 in Speyer, edited by Christoph Cluse, 248-258. Trier: Kliomedia 2004. ["Jewish Reorganization on the Middle Rhein. The Kehillot Shum around 1300," in Europe's Jews in the Middle Ages. International Symposium October 20 25, 2002 in Speyer] Also published in English: "Jewish Regional Organization in the Rhineland the Kehillot Shum around 1300. In The Jews of Europe in the Middle Ages (10th 15th Centuries): Proceedings of the International Symposium held at Speyer, 20 25 Oct. 2002 (Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages 4), edited by Christoph Cluse, 233-243. Turnhout: Brepols 2004. "'Kehillot Schum': Zur Eigenart der Verbindungen zwischen den jüdischen Gemeinden Mainz, Worms und Speyer bis zur Mitte des 13. Jahrhunderts." In Jüdische Gemeinden und ihr christlicher Kontext in kulturräumlich vergleichender Betrachtung von der Spätantike bis zum 18. Jahrhundert (Forschungen zur Geschichte der Juden A 13), edited by Christoph Cluse, Alfred Haverkamp, Israel J. Yuval, 389-404. Hannover: Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung 2003. ["'Kehillot Shum': On the Uniqueness of the Connections between the Jewish Communities of Mainz, Worms and Speyer up to the Midddle of the 13th Century." In A Comparison of the Cultural Areas of Jewish Communities and their Christian Context from Late Antiquity to the 18th Century. (Research on the History of the Jews A13)] "Regionalorganisation jüdischer Gemeinden im Reich in der ersten Hälfte des 14. Jahrhunderts. Eine vergleichende Untersuchung auf der Grundlage der Ortslisten des Deutzer und des Nürnberger Memorbuches zur Pestverfolgung." In Geschichte der Juden von der Nordsee bis zu den Südalpen. Kommentiertes Kartenwerk. Teil 1: Kommentarband, edited by Alfred Haverkamp, 293-366. Hannover: Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung 2002. ["Regional Organization of Jewish Communities in the German Empire in the First Half of the 14th Century. A Comparative Examination Based on the Community Register of Deutz and on the Nürnberger Memory Book on the Plague Persecution." In History of the Jews from the North Sea to the Southern Alps. Annotated map book. Part 1: Commentary] "Zur Siedlungsgeschichte der Juden im mittleren Rheingebiet bis zum Beginn des 16. Jahrhunderts." In Geschichte der Juden von der Nordsee bis zu den Südalpen. Kommentiertes Kartenwerk. Teil 1: Kommentarband, edited by Alfred Haverkamp, 55-74. Hannover: Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung 2002. ["On the Settlement History of the Jews in the Middle Rhine Region up to the Beginning of the 16th Century." History of the Jews from the North Sea to the Southern Alps. Annotated map book. Part 1: Commentary] With Friedhelm Burgard, and Rosemarie Kosche, "The Hierarchy of Medieval Jewish Settlements Seen Through Jewish and Non-Jewish Sources." In Jewish Studies 40 (2000), p. 57-67. Dr. Rainer Josef Barzen Curriculum Vitae 6

Presented Papers "Between France and Germany: French Ordinances and their German Adaption in the Middle Ages" as part of the section: "Medieval Ashkenas. Transgressing Borders" (16 th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem. July 28 August 1, 2013) "The Memorbuch of Nuremberg: The Hidden Sources in the Manuscript" ("Medieval and Early Modern Ashkenaz: New Directions", Leo Beck Institute Jerusalem, July 24, 2013) "Interpretating 'multidemensional' Sources: The Memorbook. Telling the Story of the Living by Remembering the Dead" ("Seminar of Postdoctoral Students of German and Central-European Jewish History", Part 2, Leo Beck Institute Jerusalem, Stiftung Deutsch- Israelisches Zukunftsforum, Jerusalem, Feb. 4-7, 2013) "אשכנז וגרמניה. מבט גיאוגראפי של גרמניה בימי הביניים בראי התעודות העבריות.)התיישבות יהודית ("Ashkenaz and Germany. The Geographical Understanding of ")כפרית והתארגנות על בסיס איזורי the German Lands in Medieval Hebrew Sources [Rural Jewish settlement and Regional Jewish Organisation]" ( (The Seminar of the Department. The Department of the History of the Jewish People, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, December 10, 2012) (paper was presented in hebrew) "The Poor of Your Own and the Poor of the Other. Jewish and Christian Welfare in Medieval Ashenaz" ("Ashkenaz at the Crossroads of Cultural Transfer ". International Conference, Institute of Judaic Studies, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Nov. 5-7, 2012) "The Poor of Your Own and the Poor of the Other. Jewish Medieval Poor Relief and the Question of Helping the non Jew" ("Seminar of Postdoctoral Students of German and Central-European Jewish History". Leo Beck Institute Jerusalem, Stiftung Deutsch- Israelisches Zukunftsforum. Berlin, July 9-12, 2012) "The Jewish Life of Christ?! Representations of Medieval Jews and Jewishness in Gothic Altarpieces from Southern Germany" ("Appearance and Distinction. Images and Self- Images of Jews". The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Martin Buber Society of Fellows in the Humanities. Jerusalem, April 22, 2012) "Die SchUM-Gemeinden und ihre Rechtssatzungen. Geschichte und Wirkungsgeschichte" ("Die SchUM-Gemeinden Speyer Worms Mainz. Auf dem Weg zum Welterbe". Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz, Mainz, 22-24. November 2011) ["The ShUM-Communities and their Ordinances. Their History and Legacy" ("The ShUM-Communites Speyer Worms Mainz on their way to becoming World Heritage. Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz, Mainz, November 22-24, 2011)] "Remembrance and Commemoration among Jews in Ashkenaz in the High and Later Middle Ages" (The University of Notre Dame. Medieval Institute. Southbend, September 9, 2011) "'Between Self-Image and External Perception'. Reflections on Teaching Medieval Jewish Christian Relations in a German and Israeli Context" (The University of Notre Dame. Department of Theology. Southbend, September 7, 2011) Dr. Rainer Josef Barzen Curriculum Vitae 7

"Isaac Or Zarua s Regulations on Charity: A Pre-Maimonidian Text? (The University of Leeds. International Medieval Congress 2011. Leeds, July 11-14, 2011) "Eger 1449: On Poverty and Authority in a Bohemian Jewish Community" ("Meditations on Authority". The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Martin Buber Society of Fellows in the Humanities. Jerusalem, May 3-4, 2011) "For the Sake of the Dead and for Sake of the Living?" (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Martin Buber Society of Fellows in the Humanities. Jerusalem, March 3, 2011) "Maoz Tzur: Some Poetic and Historical Perspectives on the Famous Hanukka Hymn" (with Yehoshua Granat) (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, December 17, 2010) "Ländliche Jüdische Siedlungen und Niederlassungen im Hoch- und Spätmittelalter" ("Jüdisches Leben auf dem Lande vom Mittelalter bis ins 20 Jahrhundert." Universität Trier. Arbeitskreis für Agrargeschichte (AKA), Frankfurt/Main 2. Juli 2010) ["Rural Jewish settlements in the High and Late Middle Ages" ("Jewish Life on the countryside from the Middle Ages to the 20th century." University of Trier, Association for Agricultural Historiy, Frankfurt/Main, July 2, 2010)] "Poor Sources on Poor People? The Ashkenazic Example" (Reunion of the Charity and Piety Research Group on "Sources and Methodologies for the Study of Charity in Monotheistic Religions". The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Institute for Advanced Studies. September 1 3, 2009) "Martyrologies and Jewish Memory (late 13th mid-14th centuries)" as part of the section: "The Corpus of Sources on the History of the Jews in the Medieval Empire": An International Research Project on Jewish and non-jewish Memories. (15 th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, August 1 7, 2009) "Formen jüdischer Armenfürsorge in hoch- und spätmittelalterlichen Zentren. Deutschland, Frankreich, Spanien und Italien im Vergleich" (Workshop "Formen der Armenfürsorge in hoch- und spätmittelalterlichen Zentren nördlich und südlich der Alpen. SFB 600 Armut und Fremdheit. Universität Trier". Rheinisches Landesmuseum, November 28 30, 2007). ["Types of Jewish Poor Relief in High and Late Middle Age Centres. Comparison of Germany, France, Spain and Italy." (Workshop "Types of Jewish Poor Relief in High and Late Middle Age Centres North and South of the Alps". Collaborative Research Cooperation 600: Poverty and Alienation. University of Trier] "Jewish Hospitals and Leper Houses in Medieval Ashkenaz" ("Charity and Piety in the Middle East in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Continuity and Transformation." The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Institute for Advanced Studies, February 11 12, 2007) "Jüdische Hospitäler und Leprosorien" ("Modi der Inklusion/Exklusion von Fremden und Armen. Praktiken und Repräsentation im Wandel von Herrschaft und Gesellschaft. Universität Trier". 9. 11. November 2006) ["Jewish Hospitals and Leprosy Hospitals" ("Modes of Inclusion/Exclusion of Strangers and the Poor. Practices and Representations in the Course of Rule and Society." University of Trier, November 9 11, 2006)] Dr. Rainer Josef Barzen Curriculum Vitae 8

"Die jüdische Gemeinde in der mittelalterlichen Stadt" (Die Stadt des späten Mittelalters. Einheit und Vielfalt - Identität - Identitäten. 6. Interdisziplinäre Sommerakademie des Projektforums Mittelalter. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München. 2. 6. Oktober 2006) ["The Jewish Community in the Medieval City" (The Late Medieval City. Unity and Diversity Identity Identities. 6th Interdisciplinary Summer Academy of the Project Forum of the Middle Ages. Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich October 2 6, 2006)] "Die Vertreibungen der Juden aus Frankreich (1287-1306) und England (1290). Kulturbereiche zwischen Funktion und Dysfunktion, Kontinuität und Umbrüchen" (zusammen mit Lennart Güntzel) (Konferenz und zweite Plenartagung des DFG- Schwerpunktprogramms 1173 "Integration und Desintegration der Kulturen im europäischen Mittelalter", Museumszentrum Lorsch. September 25 28, 2006) ["The Expulsion of the Jews from France (1287 1306) and England (1290). Areas of Culture between Function and Dysfunction, Continuity and Upheaval" (with Lennart Güntzel). (Conference and Second Plenary Session of the DFG Priority Program 1173 "Integration and Disintegration of Cultures in the European Middle Ages," Museumszentrum Lorsch)] "Kontakte zwischen Christen und Juden am Beispiel der Berichte zur Gefangennahme des Meir von Rothenburg (1283)" (zusammen mit Lennart Güntzel) ("Institut für vergleichende Geschichte Europas im Mittelalter, Humboldt-Universität Berlin". July 3, 2006) ["Contacts between Christians and Jews using the Example of Reports on the Incarceration of Meir von Rothenburg (1283)" (with Lennart Güntzel) (Institute of Comparative European History of the Middle Ages, Humboldt University, Berlin. July 3, 2006)] "Hekdesch, Malaschhof, Kahal. Jüdische Hospitäler und Leprosenhäuser im Kontext regionaler und überregionaler Vernetzungen" (Internationaler Workshop "Translokale und interregionale Beziehungen der aschkenasischen Juden während des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit in vergleichender Perspektive". Universität Trier. 25. 26. Juli 2006) ["Hekdesh, Malashhof, Kahal. Jewish Hospitals and Leprosy Houses in the Context of Regional and Transregional Networks" (International workshop "Comparative Perspectives on Translocal and Transregional Relationships of Ashkenazi Jews during the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times." University of Trier. July 25 26, 2006)] "Nächstenliebe und Armenfürsorge im Mittelalter. Unterschiede bei Juden und Christen?" ("Emil-Frank-Institut", Wittlich. 4. April 2006) ["Charity and Poor relief in the Middle Ages. Differences between Jews and Christians?" (Emil Frank Institute, Wittlich. April 4, 2006)] "Haupt der Juden des Reichs? Die Mainzer Judengemeinde um 1300" ("'Yom iyyun: Juden in Mainz'. Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz". 1. Dezember 2005) ["Crown of the Jews in the Empire? The Jewish Community in Mainz around 1300" ("Yom iyyun: Jews in Mainz." Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz. December 1, 2005)] "The meaning of 'Zedakah' for Jewish Self-Organization within a Non-Jewish Environment" as part of the section: "Familiarity and Strangeness": Inclusion and Exclusion among Jews and Christians in Medieval Ashkenaz (14 th World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem. July 31 August 4, 2005) "'So haben wir verhängt und beschlossen...'. Takkanot im mittelalterlichen Aschkenas" ("15. Internationale Sommerakademie: Ein Thema zwei Perspektiven: Juden und Christen in Mittelalter und Frühneuzeit". Institut für Geschichte der Juden Österreichs, Wien. 3. 6. Juli 2005) Dr. Rainer Josef Barzen Curriculum Vitae 9

["'Thus We have Imposed and Concluded '. Takkanot in Medieval Ashkenaz" ("15th International Summer Academy: One Topic Two Points of View: Jews and Christians in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times." Institute of the History of Austrian Jews, Vienna, July 3 6, 2005)] "Überlegungen zur Armenfürsorge in Aschkenas im hohen Mittelalter" ("Problems and Prospects of the Economic History of Medieval Jews". Colloquium of the Historisches Kolleg, München. 21. 23. Juni 2005). ["Thoughts on Poor Relief in Ashkenaz in the High Middle Ages"] "'The Ordinances of the Jewish Communities of Mainz, Worms, and Speyer (Taqanot Kehillot Shum)'. Towards a new edition of a well known, unknown corpus" ("36 th Annual Conference of the Association for Jewish Studies", Chicago. December 18 2004) "Religiös motivierte Barmherzigkeit und karitatives Handeln von Gemeinschaften im hohen und späten Mittelalter" (zusammen mit Monika Escher-Apsner, Philine Helas und Dirk Multrus ) ("Recht, Religion und Versorgungskrisen. Inklusion und Exklusion von Fremden und Armen im Wandel von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart", Universität Trier. 26. 28. Februar 2004) ["Religiously Motivated Compassion and Acts of Charity by Communities in the High and Late Middle Ages" (with Monika Escher-Apsner, Philine Helas and Dirk Multrus) ("Law, Religion and Crises of Supply. Inclusion and Exclusion of Strangers and the Poor in the Course of Time from Antiquity to the Present," University of Trier. February 26 28, 2004)] "Gemeindebund und Steuergemeinschaft? Die Kehillot Schum am Ende des 13. Jahrhunderts" ("Europas Juden im Mittelalter. Internationales Symposium, Speyer". 20. 25. Oktober 2002) ["Association of Communities and Tax Collective? Kehillot Shum at the End of the 13th Century" ("Europe's Jews in the Middle Ages." International Symposium, Speyer. October 20 25, 2002)] "Possibilities and Limits of Cartographic Representation of Jewish Medieval Settlement in the Rhineland and Southwest Germany (together with Jörg R. Müller) as part of the presentation: "A New Atlas on the Medieval History of the Jews" ("13 th World Congress of Jewish Studies", Jerusalem. August 12 17, 2001) "Martyrologien der Pestverfolgung als Spiegel jüdischer Regionalorganisation" ("Memoria. Geschichte der Juden aus der Perspektive unterschiedlicher Disziplinen und Medien. Katholische Akademie, Aachen". 31. Oktober 2. November 2001) ["Martyrologies of Plague Persecution as Mirror of Jewish Regional Organization" ("Memoria. History of the Jews from the Perspective of Various Disciplines and Media. Catholoc Academy, Aachen." October 31 November 2, 2001)] "'Kehillot Schum': Zur Eigenart der Verbindungen zwischen den jüdischen Gemeinden Mainz, Worms und Speyer bis zur Mitte des 13. Jahrhunderts" ("Jüdische Gemeinden und ihr christlicher Kontext in kulturräumlich vergleichender Betrachtung von der Spätantike bis zum 18. Jahrhundert. Universität Trier". 18. 22. Oktober 1999) ["'Kehillot Shum': On the Uniqueness of the Connections between the Jewish Communities of Mainz, Worms and Speyer up to the Middle of the 13th Century." ("A Study of Jewish Communities and their Christian Context from Late Antiquity to the 18th Century by Comparing their Cultural Areas." University of Trier. October 18 22, 1999)] N.B.: All English texts in square brackets [ ] are for the aid of the reader and do not refer to published versions in English. Dr. Rainer Josef Barzen Curriculum Vitae 10

Courses Taught (Academic Center Shalem, Undergraduate) 2014.מבוא לנצרות (Autumn Semester) [Introduction to Christianity] (October-Februrary) (University of Notre Dame, Undergraduate and Graduate) 2014 The Jewish People and the Church (Spring Semester) (undergraduate Seminar) (January-May) 2014 Between Esau and Jacob: Jewish-Christian Relations (Spring Semeste) in the Time of the Crusades (doctoral Seminar) (January-May) (Hebrew University, Undergraduate and Graduate) 2012.עשירים ועניים בקהילות אשכנז בימי הביניים (Summer Semester) [Rich and Poor in the Communities of Ashkenaz in (March-June) the Middle Ages].בין דימוי עצמי לדימוי חיצוני. יהודים ונוצרים בימי הביניים 2011 (Summer Semester) [Between Self-Image and External Perception. (February-June) Christians and Jews in the Middle Ages] (University of Trier, Undergraduate and Graduate) 2010 Nur eine jüdische Sicht? Aschkenas im 13. und 14. Jahrhundert (Summer Semester) anhand von innerjüdischen Quellen. (April-July) [Just a Jewish Perspective? Ashkenaz in the 13 th and 14 th century according to Hebrew Sources] 2009-2010 Religiöse Differenz gleich kulturelle Differenz? (Winter Semester) Juden im Mittelalter zwischen Angleichung und Abgrenzung. (October-February) [Are Religious Differences equal to Cultural Differences? Jews in the Middle Ages between Assimilation and Segregation] 2009 Zwischen Selbsteinschätzung und Fremdwahrnehmung. (Summer Semester) Christen und Juden im Mittelalter. (April-July) [Between Self-Image and External Perception. Christians and Jews in the Middle Ages] Dr. Rainer Josef Barzen Curriculum Vitae 11

2008 Historische Jiddische Quellen. Methoden, Fakten, Hilfsmittel (Summer Semester) (zusammen mit Frau Dr. Ane Kleine, Jiddistik, Trier) [Historical Yiddish Sources. Methods, Facts, Resources (Co-taught with Dr. Ane Kleine, Yiddish Department)] 2006-2007 "Quellenkunde" zur jüdischen Geschichte in Aschkenas. (Winter Semester) Eine Einführung. [Study of the Resources for Jewish History in Ashkenaz. Introduction] 2005-2006 Zedakah - Zur jüdischen Armenführsorge in Aschkenas im Mittelalter. (Winter Semester) [Zedakah - On Caring for the Poor In Ashkenaz in the Middle Ages] 2005 Kooperation, Kommunikation und "Bünde" jüdischer Gemeinden im (Summer Semester) hohen und späten Mittelalter am Beispiel der Rheinlande. [Cooperation, Communication and "Leagues" of the Jewish Communities in the High and Late Middle Ages at the Example of the Rhineland Area] Dr. Rainer Josef Barzen Curriculum Vitae 12