Research

Shaul Marmari

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PhD Candidate

marmari(at)dubnow.de
Phone: +49 341 21735-72

Working at the Dubnow Institute as a PhD Candidate since October 2018.

Studied History and Global History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and completed his MA degree in 2018. Subject of the Master's thesis: »Red Sea Horizons: Palestine and the Jewish-Yemeni Diaspora, 1881–1948«. 

Dissertation Project

New Horizons. Jewish Migration from the Middle East across the Indian Ocean in the Modern Period

Research Interests

  • Indian Ocean history (modern and pre-modern periods),
  • History of Palestine/Israel
  • Migration and diaspora
  • Maritime history

Publications

Essays and Articles

Marginalia. A Hebrew Book’s Trajectory, in: Mimeo. Blog der Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden am Dubnow-Institut [Weblog], 26 April 2022.

The »Rothschilds of Arabia«. Jewish-Yemeni Merchants in Palestine and Beyond, in: Mimeo. Blog der Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden am Dubnow-Institut [Weblog], 28 May 2019.

The Magi's Dream: Expectation and Disappointment in a 16th Century Painting, in: Hayo Haya 12 (2017), 7–27 (Heb.).

The Israel Prize, the State and the Intellectuals: Creating Israeli Culture in an Emerging Nation, in: Israelis 8 (2017), 49–78 (Heb.).