This year's edition of the Yearbook of the Selma Stern Center for Jewish Studies
Berlin-Brandenburg (ZJS) highlights innovative approaches to the study of Sephardic history in
colonial and postcolonial contexts beyond Europe. The authors intertwine the particularities of
their case studies with reflections on patterns of belonging memorial cultures and a
transnational network of connections spanning from early modern times to the twentieth century.
In the context of the early modern Atlantic world two essays explore the notion of a Sephardic
empire among Portuguese Jewish communities as well as transatlantic entanglements in and beyond
the Danish Caribbean. In the frameworks of Spain as well as (post-)colonial Egypt and Morocco
three articles reflect on Jewish citizenship modes of belonging and present-day commemorative
events of Jewish history across the Mediterranean and beyond. These collected contributions are
the outcome of activities at the ZJS dedicated to Sephardic Studies during the academic year
2020-21. With contributions by Enrique Corredera Nilsson Allyson Gonzalez Jonathan Hirsch
Jonathan Schorsch Juan M. Vilaplana López
