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Language
- The grammar of Maskilic (Jewish Enlightenment) Hebrew听听(2017-19)听This听Philip Leverhulme Prize funded听project focuses on producing a detailed linguistic profile of Maskilic Hebrew in its full chronological, geographic, and genre range.
- The First Hebrew Shakespeare Translations (2015-2017)听Arts and Humanities Research Council project on the earliest translation of Shakespeare鈥檚 plays into Hebrew
Culture
- Anti-Semitism in an Era of Transition. The case of Post-Communist Eastern Central Europe听(2009鈥�) In cooperation with SSEES at 乱伦秀 (funded by the Rothschild Foundation, Europe).
- Introductory Poems to the Babylonian Targums听A grant from the Rothschild Foundation Europe in the Post-doctoral Research Fellowships Programme.
- Towards a New Cultural History of Czernovitz: The Jewish Press, 1918-1940听
Politics
- Transformation of Jewish political culture: Intercession from the early modern period to the 19th century听(2002-) Ongoing work by Fran莽ois Guesnet looking at the history of intercession in the history of the European Jewish diaspora
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Calendars
- Calendars in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Standardization and Fixation听(2013-2018)听This ERC funded research project studied听the evolution of calendars in late antique and medieval societies, with a special focus on Roman, Christian, Jewish, and Islamic calendars.
- Medieval Christian and Jewish Calendar Texts from England and Franco-Germany听(2011-2013)听This Leverhulme-funded research project survived a large number of Hebrew and Latin calendar manuscripts that have been largely neglected until now in modern scholarship, and prepared critical editions and translations of the texts.
- The Jewish Calendar in Early Islamic Sources听(2010鈥�2012)听A Leverhulme-Funded听research project听focused on听Abu Rayhan al-Biruni's听Chronology of the Ancient Nations, which contains substantial sections on the Jewish calendar and its historical origins.听
- Medieval Monographs on the Jewish Calendar听(2008鈥�2013)听A major Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded research project听to increase understanding and promote the study of medieval writings on the Jewish calendar, by providing access to neglected and largely unpublished works.