M. Wodzi?ski and W. Spallek, "Historical Atlas of Hasidism" (Princeton UP, 2018) - a podcast by Marshall Poe

The Historical Atlas of Hasidism (Princeton UP, 2018) is the first cartographic reference book on one of the modern era’s most vibrant and important mystical movements. Featuring seventy-four large-format maps and a wealth of illustrations, charts, and tables, this one-of-a-kind atlas charts Hasidism’s emergence and expansion; its dynasties, courts, and prayer houses; its spread to the New World; the crisis of the two world wars and the Holocaust; and Hasidism’s remarkable postwar rebirth.
This spatial history of a movement that has often been understood as aterritorial combines painstaking source work, cartographic skill, and inventive visualisations to create a masterful contribution to the history of Hasidism and the history of religion more broadly.
Marcin Wodzi?ski is Professor of Jewish History and Literature, and head of the Department of Jewish Studies at the University of Wroc?aw (Poland).
Waldemar Spallek is Assistant Professor of geographic information systems and cartography at the University of Wroc?aw (Poland).
Luca Scholz is Lecturer in Digital Humanities at the University of Manchester (UK). His research focuses on European and spatial history. He tweets at @DrLucaScholz.
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