Masterclass

Name: Masterclass with Dr. Lipika Pelham (Volkswagen Momentum Fellow, Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures): “Deforming and Reforming Identity: Indian-Baghdadi Jewish Resurgence in a Diaspora of Hope”
Start: 2025-09-29T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-09-30T16:00:00+02:00

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September 2025
September 29 @ 10:00 - September 30 @ 16:00

Masterclass with Dr. Lipika Pelham (Volkswagen Momentum Fellow, Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures): “Deforming and Reforming Identity: Indian-Baghdadi Jewish Resurgence in a Diaspora of Hope”

It was British colonialism that initially drove Baghdadi Jews to move eastwards from Iraq and the wider Mediterranean basin. In India and several Far Eastern satellite spots the community collectively came to be known as ‘Baghdadi’. Their settlement from the … Continued