Lunch-Time Lecture with Prof. Dr. Craig Perry (Emory University): “Slavery and Jewish-Muslim Entanglement in Medieval Egypt, 11th-13th c.”
Veterinärstr. 1, Room 009 München, GermanyThe Jewish community of Cairo preserved what is arguably one of the richest archives for the study of slavery in the medieval Middle East. This talk will explore these writings to illustrate different aspects of Jewish-Muslim entanglements in Egypt and … Continued
Vortrag von Dr. Diana Matut (Alte Synagoge – Haus der jüdischen Kultur in Essen): “Her:Voice. Die vernakularen Liedkulturen jüdischer Frauen”
Säkulare jüdische Frauen und Anhängerinnen der Reformbewegungen haben die Freiheit, sich in jeder Form von Musik auszudrücken. Diese Freiheit ist jedoch ein relativ neues Phänomen. Historisch sowie im gegenwärtigen orthodoxen bzw. haredischen Kontext kann Singen ein höchst transgressiver und provokativer … Continued
Masterclass “Mizrahi Music: The Postvernacular Age!?” with Dr. Diana Matut (Alte Synagoge – Haus der jüdischen Kultur in Essen)
From the margins to mainstream - this is how Mizrahi music has often been described. What reads as a story of revivalist success is, under close scrutiny, rather a story of complete social, linguistic and musical shift into an age … Continued
Masterclass with Dr. Lipika Pelham (Volkswagen Momentum Fellow, Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures): “From the Euphrates to the Ganges: How ‘Baghdadi’ Jews negotiated a homeland between two rivers”
How did Jewish communities from Baghdad navigate their sense of belonging when they found themselves between the Euphrates and the Ganges? This masterclass explores the complex journey of 'Baghdadi' Jews who migrated from Iraq to Indian cities from the 1790s … Continued
Public Lecture with Dr. Lipika Pelham (Volkswagen Momentum Fellow, Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures): “The Vamp of Baghdad: Jewish actresses shaping Indian cinema’s Golden Age”
Dr. Lipika Pelham, whose research explores the history of Baghdadi Jewish communities in India, will examine an intriguing chapter of this diaspora story. Drawing from her ongoing project "From Babylon to Kolkata: Jews of the Near East United by Exile," … Continued
