Migration networks
Track individual routes, compare migration waves, and map the ports and cities that connected communities.
Open the world map →Research
Research with Sephardi Spaces
Study migration networks, multilingual communities, literary production, and family histories across five centuries of Sephardic life.
Areas of study
Research themes
Use the database and world map to study how Sephardic communities moved, spoke, wrote, and remembered across time and place.
Language shifts
Follow Ladino, Hebrew, and the many languages Sephardim carried and reshaped across generations.
Browse the archive →Cultural identity
Study religion, education, trade, gender, and the institutions that held communities together.
Explore the database →Literary production
Examine writers, printing houses, and how exile and memory shaped Sephardic literature.
Browse the archive →Family histories
Reconstruct family routes and lineages from biographical and archival evidence.
Explore the database →Trade and mobility
Trace merchants, physicians, and diplomats whose work moved people, goods, and ideas.
Explore the database →Guided inquiry
AI Research Assistant
Ask questions in plain language to compare figures, surface connections, and turn database findings into new research questions.
Compare two routes
Contrast migration from Salonika and Rhodes and see where the paths diverge.
Open the AI Assistant →Find connections
Surface Sephardic figures linked to Amsterdam in the seventeenth century.
Open the AI Assistant →Generate questions
Draft research questions about language, gender, or trade from the records.
Open the AI Assistant →Copy a prompt to start
Show Sephardic figures connected to trade or medicine across the Ottoman world.Spatial research
The Sephardi world map
Query routes, communities, and connections as a spatial dataset for network and migration analysis.
In development
Coming soon
Tools and datasets planned for the next stage of the platform.
Downloadable datasets
Structured exports of figures, places, and routes for your own analysis.
Historical GIS layers
Time-aware map layers for tracing settlement and movement.
Semantic search
Meaning-based search across biographies and archival records.
Migration statistics
Aggregate measures of routes, waves, and community size.
Collaborative annotations
Shared notes and readings tied to records and places.
Research collections
Curated sets of sources built around a question or region.
Start your research
Tell us your research question and we will help you find figures, routes, and sources in the collection.
The Impact of Migration on Sephardi Identity
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