Jessica Marglin

Ruth Ziegler Chair in Jewish Studies and Professor of Religion Law and History

University of Southern California

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Jessica Marglin is currently serving as a College Of Letters, Arts And Sciences Ruth Ziegler Chair in Jewish Studies and Professor of Religion Law and History at University of Southern California.

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Jessica Marglin

University of Southern California

Ruth Ziegler Chair in Jewish Studies and Professor of Religion Law and History

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religious studies cultural history religion islamic thought islamic studies north african studies social history contemporary islam intellectual history french history comparative religion islamic economics jurisprudence global history decoloniality islamic finance nationality transnational history diaspora studies african american studies asian studies comparative law sociology of religion religious pluralism anti-imperialism orientalism african diaspora religious symbol economic life medieval egypt moroccan jews nineteenth-century morocco marketing business trade cultural divide social problems business history international history technology law private law international economic law health law french politics fascism in europe sociology of law legal philosophy conflict of laws settler colonialism border controls cross-border challenge punishment central mediterranean biblical studies cultural cosmopolitanism comparative analysis identity politics post-colonial criticism historical sociology refugee movements forced migration refugee status north africans legal allegiances common justice early islam less tolerant tunisian jews french north africa french colonial maghrib islamic courts double notarization religious borders david castelli history middle eastern studies

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Belonging in French North Africa: Debating the Citizenship of Tunisian Jews. The Jewish Quarterly Review (2024)

Jessica M. Marglin

frenchtunisian jewsnorth african studiesfrench north africabelongingcitizenship

Jews, Law, and the Modern State: Legal Nationalization in Colonial North Africa. Jewish Social Studies (2023)

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lawlegal nationalizationcolonialismnorth african studiescolonial north africamodern state

Jewish Law and the Global Turn in Legal History. The Jewish Quarterly Review (2022)

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legal historylawjewish lawglobal turn

Le DéCret CréMieux ; La Vue D’Ailleurs. catalogue de l’exposition Juifs et Musulmans en France. De l’Empire à l’Hexagone (1860 à nos jours) (2022)

french historyfrench languagefrench studiesfrenchle décret crémieuxintellectual historycomparative analysis

The CréMieux Decree Seen From Afar. Journal of North African Studies (2022)

french historyreligious symbolcultural historyfrenchcrémieux decree seenintellectual history

The Shamama Case: Contesting Citizenship Across the Modern Mediterranean. Princeton University Press (2022)

citizenship studiesshamama casediaspora studiesnationalitynationalismhistorycitizenship

Halakhah Yehudit Be-MerḥAv Yam-Tikhoni: Parshat Tzeva’ato Shel Ha-Ka˗Id Nissim Shamama, 1873-1883 [Jewish Law Across the Mediterranean: The Last Will and Testament of Nissim Shamama]. Ha-historiah ha-arukhah shel yehudei artzot ha-islam be-yisrael [The Long History of Jews of the Islamic World in Israel] (2021)

islamic thoughtmiddle eastern studiesislamic studiesreligioninternational lawreligious researchlevantlast willjurisprudencehistoryreligious studiesintellectual historyphilosophy of religion

Jews, Ethnicity, and the Legacy of Orientalism. Jewish Studies and Ethnic Studies (2021)

civilizationsorientalismcultural historyglobal historydiaspora studiesasian studiesethnic studiesethnicitycultural cosmopolitanism

Jews, Moneylending, and Usury in Nineteenth-Century Morocco: Between SharïA and Custom. Histoire contemporaine du Maroc, Passé et Temps Présent ; Mélanges en l’honneur de Mohammed Kenbib (2021)

islamic thoughtsocial historyislamic studiesislamic economicsnineteenth-century moroccocultural historyglobal historyempirebetween sharïahistoryreligious studiescontemporary islam

David Castelli on Nationalism and Universalism. The Jewish Quarterly Review (2020)

Jessica Marglin

nationalismdavid castellihistory

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