Eugene D. Matanky
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Eugene D. Matanky is a Harry Starr Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University. He received his Ph.D. from Tel Aviv University under the supervision of Prof. Adam Afterman, where his dissertation explored the genealogy and early reception of Moses Cordovero’s Kabbalah via extant manuscripts and marginalia. His research sits at the intersection of intellectual history, material philology, and the history of the book, focusing on the scholarly practices and material textuality that shaped Jewish kabbalistic knowledge in the early modern period. His current project, “Exilic Knowledge: Kabbalistic Manuscripts, Mobility, and Networks in Early Modern Italy,” examines the transnational movement of kabbalistic traditions, tracing their journey from the Iberian Peninsula through the Mediterranean and into the burgeoning Hebrew print culture of Renaissance Italy.