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MAP FORUM – Federica Francesconi- “Living between Walls: Jewish Homes, Objects, and Forms of Mobility in Early Modern Venice” – Tuesday, 3 February 2026 @ 5pm EST/11pm CET

This talk examines the Jewish home in the Venetian ghetto as both a space of constraint and a site of cultural creativity. Drawing on archival sources, material culture, and the built environment, it shows how Venetian Jews actively shaped domestic interiors through objects, furnishings, and architectural choices that reflected mobility, memory, and diasporic connections. The home emerges as a dynamic space where Jewish, Islamic, and Renaissance aesthetics intersected within—and beyond—the boundaries of the ghetto.