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During the fellowship, she will conduct groundwork research for the project “Horror and Literary Manifestations of Fear in Early Modern Judaism. Verses on Death and the Beyond in 16th-Century Italy.” The objective of the investigation is to initiate an original inquiry on literary renderings and performances of the emotional state of fear in early modern Judaism, drawing from a pool of religious writings edited in Hebrew language between mid-16th and early 18th century. In particular, the inquiry will focus on the literary usage of foreknowledge of death and otherworldly retribution as an emotional trigger for spiritual and ethical intimidation in poetic compositions, as attested by a trend in macabre poetry flourishing among 16th-century Italian-Sephardic authors, such as Moses Zacuto, Immanuel Frances, and Jacob Frances.