Dr.
Tzafrir
Barzilay
- Department of History
Bar-Ilan University
English, Hebrew
- Humanities History
- Fields: History
- History Sub-Fields: Medieval History
- Research Keywords: minorities, religion and politics, water systems
Research Interests
Tzafrir Barzilay is a senior lecturer of medieval history in the Department of History at Bar Ilan University. He is interested in the history of European minorities, the social implications of environmental and geographical factors, and religious movements in high and late medieval Europe. He is currently investigating religious and quotidian practices pertaining to water in Jewish and Christian life in medieval Europe. He is the author of of Poisoned Wells: Accusation, Persecution and Minorities in Medieval Europe, 1321-1422 (Philadelphia, 2022).
Selected Awards
The Rector Prize for Scientific Innovation, Bar Ilan University
Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in the category of Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History and Culture (for Poisoned Wells)
Association for Jewish Studies Salo Wittmayer Baron Prize for an outstanding first book in Jewish Studies (for Poisoned Wells), American Academy for Jewish Research
Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in the category of Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History and Culture (for Poisoned Wells)
Association for Jewish Studies Salo Wittmayer Baron Prize for an outstanding first book in Jewish Studies (for Poisoned Wells), American Academy for Jewish Research
