The Venice Ghetto Research Group within the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz hosted a Summer Workshop for Early Career Scholars on Liminal Spaces and Jewish Identity entitled "The Ghetto of Venice: The Future of Memory in the Digital Age" from Tuesday, June 28 to Sunday, July 5, 2016 in Venice, Italy. The workshop focused on the "ghetto" as space and symbol, and its long history as a cultural text and visual icon. Coinciding with the 500th anniversary of the creation of the Ghetto of Venice, this workshop for early career scholars brought together representations of the ghetto in art, literature, and photography while embracing the possibilities of digital methodologies in Jewish ghetto studies.
After the conference, the Venice Ghetto Research Group started the Venice Ghetto Col-Lab-oration in order to continue their work on the Venice Ghetto specifically as well as the symbolic power of ghettos more generally. As such, they encourage and support the creation of digital projects that help recreate the space, views, and movement of the historical, literary, and contemporary “ghetto” spaces.
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The Venice Ghetto Research Group within the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz hosted a Summer Workshop for Early Career Scholars on Liminal Spaces and Jewish Identity entitled "The Ghetto of Venice: The Future of Memory in the Digital Age" from Tuesday, June 28 to Sunday, July 5, 2016 in Venice, Italy. The workshop focused on the "ghetto" as space and symbol, and its long history as a cultural text and visual icon. Coinciding with the 500th anniversary of the creation of the Ghetto of Venice, this workshop for early career scholars brought together representations of the ghetto in art, literature, and photography while embracing the possibilities of digital methodologies in Jewish ghetto studies.
After the conference, the Venice Ghetto Research Group started the Venice Ghetto Col-Lab-oration in order to continue their work on the Venice Ghetto specifically as well as the symbolic power of ghettos more generally. As such, they encourage and support the creation of digital projects that help recreate the space, views, and movement of the historical, literary, and contemporary “ghetto” spaces.