Reimagining Jewish Life in the Middle East and North Africa, 1800-Present

A lecture by Lior Sternfeld delivered as part of the Jacob Perlow Series

Monday, October 24
7:00 PM in Davis Auditorium, Palamountain Hall

How do we narrate Jewish life in the modern Middle East? In this talk I will analyze the intellectual struggle over this question, and focus on an innovative, collaborative project that challenges conventional thinking about the diverse and variegated history of Jews across the region. My talk will focus on the stakes of this project and the rewards and challenges of engaging in collaborative, interdisciplinary work about Jewish life in the Middle East.

Lior Sternfeld is an associate professor of history and Jewish Studies at Penn State. He is a social historian of the modern Middle East with particular interests in the histories of the Jewish people and other minorities of the region. He is author of Between Iran and Zion: Jewish Histories of Twentieth-Century Iran” (Stanford University Press, 2018) and is currently working a book on the origins of third worldism in the Middle East.

Co-sponsored by the Office of Special Programs and the History Department

Admission is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the lecture.

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