Sephardi Modernities Seminar Series
Organized by Angy Cohen and Yuval Evri, this annual lecture series presents different experiences of Sephardi modernization in different places and times.
Carving Out Light: Sephardi/Mizrahi Women's Paradigm Change
Sephardi Modernities Seminar Series 2024
In the midst of war, loss and uncertainty, we turn to the work of Sephardi and Mizrahi women as researchers, activists and creators of ethical and political paradigms. We will look at the history of Mizrahi women activists in Israel, Sephardi female intellectuals, Sephardi women’s musical heritage, and Judeo-Arab women’s knowledge and creation. We will look at historical struggles that extend to our present time. Through the experiences of Sephardi and Mizrahi women, we will reflect upon questions of social justice, peace and the continuity of traditions. We will ask questions about the authority of Sephardi and Mizrahi women’s knowledge and will put forward three different perspectives on Sephardi and Mizrahi women’s ethics.
All seminars will take place at 12 pm (Eastern)
March 19th
The Many Souths of the World: Mizrahi Women & Transformation of Israeli Society
Sigal Nagar-Ron, Sapir Academic College, and Netta Amar-Shiff, human rights lawyer, Mizrahi Civic Collective
April 2nd
Caring Experts: Sephardi/Mizrahi Women in Entwined Worlds
Susan Sered, Suffolk University, and Heftsi Cohen-Montagu, Beit Midrash Arevot
May 7th
Arénas - Music Remembers What History Forgets
Neta Elkayam, artist and musician
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Belzberg Program in Israel Studies, University of Calgary
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