Reinier (raniero) Speelman
Dep. Languages, Literature and Communication - Italian
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
Reinier (Raniero) Speelman researches contemporary Italian literature written by authors of Jewish origin. Why are there so many Jewish writers in a country with very few Jewish inhabitants (such as Italo Svevo, Primo Levi, Alberto Moravia, Giorgio Bassani and Natalia Ginzburg, who are also unknown in the Netherlands)? What does them care about and who do they focus on? What role does World War II play in their work? How do they write about their past and their current existence? What explains their success and how does this relate to that of writing Jews in other countries with a Jewish community (eg, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, the US or Turkey)?
Research Interest
Cultures, Citizenship and Human Rights
Publications
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Speelman, RM & Özkan, Nevin (2015). Collezioni imperiali, abiti e symboli - Dall'impero ottomano alla repubblica di Atatürk. In giovanna receive (Ed.), La moda contiene la storia e ce la racconta puntualmente (pp. 111-126) (16 p.). Roma: Ed. Nuova Cultura.
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Speelman, RM (01-12-2015). Introduzione. In raniero playman (Ed.), Primo Levi Lettore-Lettori di Primo Levi - Nuovi Studio di Primo Levi (pp. III-XVI) (14 p.). utrecht: Igitur.
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Speelman, RM (2015). Il romanzo di Roma ebraica - La trilogia di Giacoma Limentani. La Rassegna Mensile di Israel , 80 (1), (pp. 149-157) (9 p.).
