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Speakers): Maurice Samuels, Emanuela Trevisan Semi, Cohen-Tannoudji

This series of talks seeks to enhance a new dialogue between different plural voices writing about multiple Jewish identities originating from France and the Maghreb.  Special focus on conflicting and co-existing identities and the ways in which they are presented in literature and history. The goal of the project is to look beyond the much discussed hybrid identity of widely translated writers and scholars, and present a more inclusive, rich, and complex perspective on the unique interplay between Jewish, French and/or Maghreb identities.

Wednesday, March 21, 4 pm
“Fictions of Jewish Identity in Nineteenth-Century France”
Maurice Samuels (Yale University)
“Do Moroccans Share Nostalgia of the Jews from Morocco for a Mystical Past? Sharing and Unsharing Narratives about Jews-Muslims Relationships in Morocco”
Emanuela Trevisan Semi (Ca' Foscari University in Venice)
�ۿ۴�ý Humanities Center, Levinthal Hall

Thursday, May 3, 4 pm
“The Cohen-Tanoudji Family, A Historical Itinerary Through North African Jewry
Denis Cohen-Tannoudji (Société d'Histoire des Juifs de Tunisie)
�ۿ۴�ý Humanities Center, Levinthal Hall

Sponsored by the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies and the Mediterranean Studies Forum; the Comparative Literature Department; The Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, the Department of French and Italian; The �ۿ۴�ý Humanities Center; The Taube Center for Jewish Studies