We have pursued aspects of our four objectives. This was done through our seminars, guests lecturers, conferences, publications and talks at academic events. One can say the phrase "Going Beyond the Elite" has become a working term in scholarship on medieval Jewish society and brought some of the questions we are pursuing to the forefront of research.
We have developed a website, a teaching website for teachers, held multiple conferences/strands at larger events, delivered dozens of talks at conferences, and public events and published over 30 articles at this point. We have published 4 joint fascicles in journals, one additional journal fascicle is underway. We have published a sourcebook for college instruction and a volume the PI edited is about to appear. In addition, our final volume is underway. We will be sending it out for peer review at the end of our winter break. We also developed an art exhibit in collaboration with seven Israeli artists. We produced a catalogue that includes some aspects of our research that is available online and in physical copies, the exhibition in Jerusalem was on display until Sept. 2022 and we have a virtual exhibit on line. In Nov. 2022 we opened the exhibit in a new reiteration in Erfurt, Germany. There too we produced a revised catalogue, an online exhibit and a physical one. We are currently exploring offers to host the exhibit in the Czech Republic and Paris. This has been an excellent way to disseminate our research beyond the academy. In addition, colleagues abroad have used the virtual exhibits for teaching.
team members and the PI attended and presented at many conferences in Israel, Europe and North America and hosted many foreign scholars in Israel. As a team, we travelled twice to Europe for two week long trips and this expanded our network and horizons as a group. This has allowed many members of the group to be hosted in European institutions and caused many foreign students to be our guests.