PD DDr. Constanza Cordoni
PD DDr. Constanza Cordoni
Current positions:
PI FWF Project The Land of Israel in Geonic Times, Institute for Medieval Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences; Rothschild Fellow, Department of Jewish studies, Univ. of Vienna
Academic career:
- 23.09.2021 Habilitation and venia legendi in Jewish studies; University of Vienna
- 28.09.2016 Doctorate Jewish studies; University of Vienna; supervisors: G. Stemberger and G. Langer
- 11.02.2011 Doctorate German Philology; University of Vienna; supervisor: M. Meyer
- 12.12.2005 MA German philology University of Vienna; supervisor: A. Ebenbauer
- 03.10.2000 MA Literary studies; University of Buenos Aires
Research interests:
- Jewish literary and cultural history
- rabbinic literature
- rabbinic hermeneutics
- reception history
- historical narratology
Most important publications:
- C. Cordoni, Reconfiguring the land of Israel: A Rabbinic Project. The Brill Reference Library of Judaism 76. Leiden: Brill, 2024 ((https://brill.com/display/title/68396)
- C. Cordoni, Seder Eliyahu: A Narratological Reading. Studia Judaica 100. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2018 (DOI: doi.org/10.1515/9783110531879).
- C. Cordoni and G. Langer, eds., “Let the Wise Listen and Add to Their Learning” (Prov 1:5): Festschrift for Günter Stemberger on the Occasion of his 75th Birthday. Studia Judaica 90. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2016 (DOI: doi.org/10.1515/9783110435283)
- C. Cordoni and M. Meyer, eds. Barlaam und Josaphat: Neue Perspektiven auf ein europäisches Phänomen. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2015 (DOI: doi.org/10.1515/9783110343328).
- C. Cordoni, Barlaam und Josaphat in der europäischen Literatur des Mittelalters: Darstellung der Stofftraditionen, Bibliographie, Studien. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2014 (DOI: doi.org/10.1515/9783110341898 ).
- C. Cordoni and G. Langer, eds., Narratology, Hermeneutics, and Midrash: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Narratives from the Late Antiquity through to Modern Times. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2014 (DOI: doi.org/10.1515/9783110435283).
Other activities:
- Editor with G. Langer, K. Davidowicz, and C. Bakhos, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Series Poetik, Exegese und Narrative (since 2010).
- Editor of Dialog – Du Siach, , interfaith journal of the Coordination Committee for Christian-Jewish Cooperation (since 2022).