## *ANATOMY OF TORTURE: TORMENT AS A TOOL OF THE SPANISH INQUISITION*## *WITH PROFESSOR RON HASSNER*## *SEPHARDIC WORLD, SUNDAY 26 MARCH 2023****Professor Ron Hassner***’*s *new book, Anatomy of Torture, studies how the Spanish Inquisition used torture as a tool to extract information from their prisoners. Torture was used to force victims to divulge crucial and truthful information that they would not otherwise have revealed. It was not an end in itself. His research focuses mainly on 16th Century cases in Cuidad Real and Toledo in Spain, and in Mexico City. Professor Hassner will discuss the sources he used and comment on their reliability.***Ron Hassner*** is the Chancellor's Professor of Political Science and Helen Diller Family Chair in Israel Studies at the University of California Berkeley. He is also the faculty director of the Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies and is the editor of the Cornell University Press book series “Religion and Conflict.” Prof. Hassner studies the role of ideas, practices, and symbols in international security with particular attention to the relationship between religion and violence. *Anatomy of Torture *was published last year by Cornell University Press.This meeting is on Sunday 26 March 2023 at 11am in LA, 2pm NYC, 7pm London, 8pm Paris/Amsterdam, and 9pm Jerusalem. Patrons can join us on Zoom. The link is shared at our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/sephardi Everyone else is invited to join us at: https://www.youtube.com/SephardicGenealogyAndHistoryWatch last week's talk, *Books Every Sephardic Genealogist Should Know*. Remember to Like and Subscribe.If you can, please support our work, which is not without cost to us. As little as $5/month makes a huge difference. https://www.patreon.com/sephardiShare the link below with family or friends who may want to join our mailing list. https://www.sephardic.world/sephardic-world*Best wishes,**Ton and David**Sephardic World**A detail from the 19th-century lithograph “The Torture of Isabel Rodriguez.” The lithograph originally appeared in “El Libro Rojo” by Vicente Riva Palacio*