Aron Rodrigue
Daniel E. Koshland Professor of Jewish Culture and History
Web page: http://history.stanford.edu/rodrigue_aron
Academic Appointments
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Professor, History
Administrative Appointments
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Burke Family Director, Bing Overseas Studies Program, Stanford University (2019 - Present)
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Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History, Stanford University (2017 - Present)
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Charles Michael Professor in Jewish History and Culture, Stanford University (2011 - 2017)
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Anthony P. Meier Family Professor in the Humanities, Stanford Humanities Center (2008 - 2013)
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Director, Stanford Humanities Center (2008 - 2013)
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Visiting Professor, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (2007 - 2007)
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Director, Mediterranean Studies Forum, Division of International and Comparative Studies, Stanford Unviersity (2005 - 2010)
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Chair, Department of History, Stanford University (2005 - 2008)
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Co-Director, Taube Center for Jewish Studies, Stanford University (2001 - 2005)
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Visiting Professor, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (1999 - 1999)
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Professor of Jewish History, Stanford University (1996 - Present)
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Eva Chernov Lokey Professor in Jewish Studies, Stanford University (1996 - 2011)
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Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies, Indiana University (1990 - 1991)
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Visiting Associate Professor, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (1990 - 1990)
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Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, Indiana University (1985 - 1990)
Honors & Awards
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John Henry Samter University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, Stanford University (2022-)
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Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques, French Ministry of Education (2013)
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Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres, French Ministry of Culture (2013)
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Alberto Benveniste Prize for Research in Sephardic Studies, Centre Alberto-Benveniste, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris (2011)
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Ina Levine Senior Scholar in Residence, Center for Advanced Studies, US Holocaust Memorial Museum (2003-2004)
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Fellow, American Academy of Jewish Research (2002 -)
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Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies (1998)
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Fellowship, Stanford Humanities Center (1998)
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National Jewish Book Council Honor Award in Sephardic Studies, National Jewish Book Council (1994)
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Finalist for National Jewish Book Council Prize, National Jewish Book Council (1991)
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The Toledano Prize for Sephardic Studies, Misgav Yerushalayim Institute, Jerusalem (1989)
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Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1988-1989)
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Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies (1988)
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Outstanding Young Faculty Award, Indiana University (1988)
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Summer Faculty Fellowship, Indiana University (1988)
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Summer Faculty Fellowship, Indiana University (1987)
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Fellowship, Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture (1985-1987)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Co-editor, Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture Series, Stanford University Press (1993 - 2014)
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Co-editor, Jewish Social Studies: History, Culture, Society (1993 - 2011)
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Member, Academic Board, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, US Holocaust Memorial Museum (2005 - 2012)
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Member, Academic Advisory Board, American Sephardi Federation - Center for Jewish History
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Director, Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University (2008 - 2013)
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Member, Appointments and Promotions Committee, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
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Member, Curriculum Committee, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
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Member, Committee on Academic Computing and Information Systems (C-ACIS), Stanford University
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Co-director, Taube Center for Jewish Studies, Stanford University (2001 - 2005)
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Member, Program in Jewish Studies Executive Committee, Stanford University
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Chair, Department of History, Stanford University (2005 - 2008)
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Member, Policy Committee, History Department, Stanford University
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Member, Faculty Appointments Priorities Committee, History Department, Stanford University
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Member, Graduate Studies Committee, History Department, Stanford University
Professional Education
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Ph.D., Harvard University, History
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A.M., Harvard University, History
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B.A., First Class Honours, University of Manchester, History
2024-25 Courses
- Graduate Colloquium in Early Modern Jewish History
HISTORY 385A, JEWISHST 385A (Aut) - Graduate Research Seminar in Jewish History
HISTORY 486A, JEWISHST 486A (Win, Spr) -
Independent Studies (7)
- Curricular Practical Training
HISTORY 299F (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Graduate Directed Reading
HISTORY 399W (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Graduate Research
HISTORY 499X (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Senior Research I
HISTORY 299A (Aut, Win, Spr) - Senior Research II
HISTORY 299B (Aut, Win, Spr) - Senior Research III
HISTORY 299C (Aut, Win, Spr) - Undergraduate Directed Research and Writing
HISTORY 299S (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Curricular Practical Training
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Graduate Colloquium in Early Modern Jewish History
HISTORY 385A, JEWISHST 385A (Aut) - Graduate Research Seminar in Jewish History
HISTORY 486A, JEWISHST 486A (Win, Spr)
2022-23 Courses
- Graduate Colloquium in Early Modern Jewish History
HISTORY 385A (Aut)
2021-22 Courses
- Research Seminar in Ottoman and Middle East History
HISTORY 481 (Spr)
- Graduate Colloquium in Early Modern Jewish History
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Alin Constantin, Aaron Schimmel, Joshua Tapper -
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Rebecca Glasberg -
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Emre Can Daglioglu, Steven Mavromihalis -
Orals Evaluator
Aaron Schimmel, Joshua Tapper, Merve Tekgurler -
Doctoral (Program)
Nesi Altaras, Emre Can Daglioglu, Ozgur Dikmen, Makena Owens
All Publications
- A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi edited by Rodrigue, A., Stein, S. A. Stanford University Press. 2012
- Jews and Muslims: Images of Sephardi and Eastern Jewries in Transition University of Washington Press. 2003
- Sephardi Jewry: A History of the Judeo-Spanish Community, 14th-20th Centuries University of California Press. 2000
- A Sephardi Life in Southeastern Europe: The Autobiography and Journal of Gabriel Arie University of Washington Press. 1998
- Difference and Tolerance in the Ottoman Empire: Interview by Nancy Reynolds Stanford Humanities Review: https://www.academia.edu/44088508/Difference_and_and_Tolerance_in_the_Ottoman_Empire 1996; 5: 81-92
- Ottoman and Turkish Jewry: Community and Leadership edited by Rodrigue, A. Indiana University Turkish Studies Series. 1992
- Guide to Ladino Materials in the Harvard College Library edited by Rodrigue, A. Harvard College Library. 1992
- French Jews, Turkish Jews: The Alliance Israélite Universelle and the Politics of Jewish Schooling in Turkey, 1860-1925 Indiana University Press. 1990
- Prologue: The Long Twilight Turkish Jews and Their Disaporas: Entanglements and Separations Springer. 2022
- Preface: The Jews of Izmir The Jews of Izmir: From Antique Smyrna to our Times edited by Bonfil, S., et al Gozlem. 2022
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The Rabbinical Seminary in Italian Rhodes, 1928-38: An Italian Fascist Project
JEWISH SOCIAL STUDIES
2019; 25 (1): 1–19
View details for DOI 10.2979/jewisocistud.25.1.01
View details for Web of Science ID 000496450400001
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Salonica in Jewish Historiography
JEWISH HISTORY
2014; 28 (3-4): 439-447
View details for DOI 10.1007/s10835-014-9221-2
View details for Web of Science ID 000345968900010
- "Rhodos" Enzyklopädie jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur 2014
- Reflections on Millets and Minorities: Ottoman Legacies Turkey between Nationalism and Globalization edited by Kastoryano, R. Routledge. 2013
- La mission éducative (1860-1939) Histoire de l'Alliance Israélite Universelle: De 1860 à nos jours edited by Kaspi, A. Armand Colin. 2010
- The Jew as the Original "Other": Difference, Antisemitism, and Race Doing Race: 21 Essays for the 21st Century edited by Markus, H. R., Moya, P. W. W. Norton. 2010
- L'Etat impérial ottoman et les politiques de deportation Le Temps de l'Etat: Mélanges en l'honneur de Pierre Birnbaum edited by Badie, B., Deloye, Y. Fayard. 2007: 185–202
- Jewish Enlightenment and Nationalism in the Ottoman Balkans: Barukh Mitrani in Edirne in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century Minorities in the Ottoman Empire: A Reconsideration edited by Greene, M. Marcus Wiener. 2005: 73–88
- Totems, Taboos, and Jews: Saloman Reinach and the Politics of Scholarship in Fin-de-Siécle France Jewish Social Studies: History, Culture, and Society 2004; 10: 1-19
- Totems, tabous et Juifs: Salomon Reinach ou l’engagement politique d’un savant dans la France “fin de siécle“ Les cahiers du judaïsme 2004; 16
- The Ottoman Balkans The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in Modern Times edited by Simon, R. S., Laskier, M. M., Reguer, S. Columbia University Press. 2003: 292–302
- Comment: The French and German Jewish "Civilizing Mission" in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century Jewish Emancipation Reconsidered: The French and German Models edited by Brenner, M., Caron, V., Kaufmann, U. D. Coronet Books. 2003; 66: 121–128
- The Ottoman Diaspora: The Rise and Fall of Ladino Literary Culture Cultures of the Jews: A New History edited by Biale, D. Schocken Books. 2002: 863–885
- The Mass Destruction of Armenians and Jews in the 20th Century in Historical Perspective Der Völkermord and den Armeniern und die Shoah edited by Kieser, H., Schaller, D. J. Chronos Verlag. 2002: 303–316
- Der Balkan vom 15. Bis zum 20. Jahrhundert Handbuch zur Geschichte der Juden in Europa edited by Kotowski, E., Schoeps, J. H., Wallenborn, H. Primus Verlag. 2001: 296–324
- Léon Halévy and Modern French Jewish Historiography History, Jews, and Memory edited by Carlebach, E., Efron, J., Myers, D. University Press of New England. 1998: 413–427
- Les enfants de Crémieux: Devenir de l’Alliance Israélite Universelle Les Cahiers du Judaïsme 1998; 1: 94-100
- Eastern Sephardi Jewry and New Nation-States in the Balkans in the 19th and 20th centuries Sephardi and Middle Eastern Jewries: History and Culture edited by Goldberg, H. Indiana University Press. 1996: 81–88
- Rearticulations of French Jewish Identities after the Dreyfus Affair Jewish Social Studies: History, Culture and Society 1996; 2: 1-26
- From Millet to Minority: Turkish Jewry in the 19th and 20th Centuries Paths of Emancipation: Jews within States and Capitalism edited by Birnbaum, P., Katznelson, I. Princeton University Press. 1995: 238–261
- The Beginnings of Westernization and Communal Reform among Istanbul Jewry 1854-1865 The Jews of the Ottoman Empire edited by Levy, A. Darwin Press. 1995: 439–456
- The Sephardim in the Ottoman Empire Spain and the Jews: The Sephardi Experience 1492 and After edited by Kedourie, E. Thames and Hudson. 1992: 162–188
- L’exportation du paradigme révolutionnaire: Son influence sur le judaïsme sépharade et orientale Histoire politique des Juifs de France: Entre universalisme et particularisme edited by Birnbaum, P. Presses de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques. 1990: 182–195
- Abraham de Camondo of Istanbul: The Transformation of Jewish Philanthropy From East and West: Jews in a Changing Europe 1750-1870 edited by Malino, F., Sorkin, D. Blackwell Publishers. 1990: 46–56
- De l’instruction à l’émancipation. Les enseignants de l’Alliance Israélite Universelle et les Juifs d’Orient, 1860-1939 Calmann-Lévy. 1989
- The Alliance Israélite Universelle and the Attempt to Reform Rabbinical and Religious Instruction in Turkey L’Alliance dans les communautés du bassin méditerranéen à la fin du 19e siècle et son influence sur la situation sociale et culturelle edited by Schwarzfuchs, S. Misgav Yerushalayim. 1987: LIIILXX
- The Westernization of Turkish Jews: The Making of a Polyglot Community Tarih ve Toplum 1986; 31: 1721
- L’artisanat juif en Turquie à la fin du 19e siècle Turcica: Revue des Etudes turques 1985; 17: 113-126
- German Popular Opinion and the Jews in the Third Reich: Recent Publications and Trends of Research on German Society and the 'Jewish Question' Yad Vashem Studies 1984; 16: 421-435
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JEWISH SOCIETY AND SCHOOLING IN A THRACIAN TOWN, THE ALLIANCE-ISRAELITE-UNIVERSELLE IN DEMOTICA, 1897-1924
JEWISH SOCIAL STUDIES
1983; 45 (3-4): 263-286
View details for Web of Science ID A1983ST46300006