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Sephardi Mizrahi Studies Caucus Discussion List – January 3, 2010 Association for Jewish Studies Sephardi/Mizrahi Studies Caucus Discussion List Editor/Moderator: Aviva Ben-Ur <aben-ur(at)judnea(dot)umass(dot)edu> Week of Sunday, January 3, 2010 (20 Tevet 5770) NOTE: IN ORDER TO LIMIT SPAM SENT TO DICUSSION LIST CONTRIBUTORS, EMAIL ADDRESSES WILL NO LONGER INCLUDE THE (at) or (dot) SYMBOL. TO REPLY TO A CONTRIBUTOR, SIMPLEY REPLACE (at) WITH THE @ AND THE (dot) WITH THE . SYMBOL. FOR EXAMPLE, hsmith(at)sephardi(dot)com SHOULD BE RENDERED: hsmith@sephardi.com For archived issues please visit: http://www.umass.edu/sephardimizrahi/past_issues/index.html ----------- Index: 1. Query: Electronic Images for Turkish Ambassador from Vichy (Shaked) 2. Lecture in Florida January 12: Paradoxes of Identity: Jewish/Muslim Otherness (Zohar) 3. Lecture: “Defining Sephardic: A Roundtable Discussion on Sephardic Identity” (A.S.F.) 4. New Publication: _The Agony of Greek Jewry, 1940-1945_ (Bowman) 5. Call for Papers: MLA 2011 Panel on Sephardic Literatures (Balbuena) 6. Call for Applications: Scholar-in-Residence Program in Jewish Gender Studies (Olins) ----------- 1. Query: Electronic Images for Turkish Ambassador from Vichy (Shaked) From: Edith Shaked <edith(dot)shaked(at)gmail(dot)com> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:31:44 -0800 [12/31/2009 07:31:44 PM EST] Shalom, I hope the material below is helpful: *Ambassador Erkin during the ceremony for presentation of credentials and accreditation in a photograph published in the French press on 31 August 1939. http://wapedia.mobi/en/Behi%C3%A7_Erkin http://hnn.us/Pics2009/reisman10-17-09.jpg http://www.tallarmeniantale.com/pics/behic_erkin.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behi%C3%A7_Erkin * TURKEY AND THE JEWS OF EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II http://www.sefarad.org/publication/lm/044/5.html *http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=publication_details&id=6009 * The Role of Turkish Diplomats in Saving Turkish Jews in France: 1940-1944 Article and photo http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://hnn.us/Pics2009/reisman10-17-09.jpg&imgrefurl=http://hnn.us/articles/118548.html&h=343&w=400&sz=75&tbnid=GhOn9OMz2-iEPM:&tbnh=106&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBehic%2BErkin&usg=__nALE9gVJUyEV1dVlWlueikWpmM0=&ei=fTs9S523OsTBnge67o3zCA&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=9&ct=image&ved=0CCMQ9QEwCA Edith Shaked Holocaust Instructor, PCC http://cc.pima.edu/~eshaked/ http://www.u.arizona.edu/~shaked/ ----------- 2. Lecture in Florida January 12: Paradoxes of Identity: Jewish/Muslim Otherness (Zohar) From: FIU Sephardic Studies <sephardi(at)fiu(dot)edu> Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 11:26:25 -0500 [11:26:25 AM EST] For the flier for the lecture “Paradoxes of Identity: Jewish/Muslim Otherness” by Ranen Omer-Sherman click here. Subscribers visit: http://www.umass.edu/sephardimizrahi/past_issues/100103.html ----------- 3. Lecture: “Defining Sephardic: A Roundtable Discussion on Sephardic Identity” (A.S.F.) From: American Sephardi Federation / Sephardic House <info(at)americansephardifederation(dot)org> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:15:07 -0500 [01:15:07 PM EST] Thursday, January 14th, 2010 6:30pm at the Center for Jewish History 15 West 16thStreet, NYC Light refreshments will be served Free admission Space is limited, reservations encouraged by phone: 212-294-8301 ex. 8356 or email: smenchel(at)asf(dot)cjh(dot)org ASF: Next Generation Culture Café ASF Next Generation will feature events throughout the year reaching out to young professionals and students. Defining Sephardic: A Roundtable Discussion on Sephardic Identity "Defining Sephardic" will launch ASF's Next Generation Culture Cafe and explore identity in the Sephardic/Mizrahi communities of New York. Moderated by: Lacey Schwartz, filmmaker and New York Director of Be'chol Lashon. Featured Speakers: Zena Babayov, Communications Master's student at New York University and active member of the Bukharian community in Forest Hills; Mijal Bitton, Originally from Argentina, she is a junior at Stern College of Yeshiva University, and an active member of the Sephardic Community of Great Neck; Sion Setton, Director of Youth programming at Manhattan's Safra Synagogue and descendant of Iraqi, Syrian, and Egyptian heritage; and Matieu Furster, a software engineer with both a Moroccan Sephardi and Russian Ashkenazi heritage. ----------- 4. New Publication: _The Agony of Greek Jewry, 1940-1945_ (Bowman) From: Bowman, Steven (bowmans) <bowmans(at)ucmail.uc.edu> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 13:29:30 -0500 [01:29:30 PM EST] Steven Bowman, _The Agony of Greek Jewry 1940-1945_. Stanford University Press, October 2009. This is the first comprehensive study of all facets of the Jewish experience [Romaniote and Sephardi] in Greece during WWII based on archival research and personal interviews. It encompasses the Greek Jews in the war against the Italians, in the Resistance in Greece, Auschwitz, and Warsaw and examines in detail the Holocaust of Greek Jewry. This book was preceded by my JEWISH RESISTANCE IN WARTIME GREECE (London, 2006) which describes the contribution of Greek Jews in the fight against the Nazis in Greece and Poland. Professor Steven Bowman Judaic Studies Department 4508 French Hall West University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 45221-0169 513 556 2297 secretary 513 556 2299 office Bowmans(at)uc.edu ----------- 5. Call for Papers: MLA 2011 Panel on Sephardic Literatures (Balbuena) Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:30:38 -0800 [02:30:38 PM EST] From: Monique Balbuena <balbuena(at)uoregon.edu> Modern Language Association, January 6-11, 2011, Los Angeles Call for Papers
Session type: Special Session Title of session: Let's Talk About Sephardic Literatures Submission requirements: 250-word abstract and 2-page CV Deadline for submissions: 2 Mar. 2010 Description: Cross-sectional view of Sephardic literatures across time and in different genres. Multilingualism, use of Jewish languages, and relationship to surrounding literatures especially welcome.
Contact person information: Monique Rodrigues Balbuena (balbuena(at)uoregon.edu) ----------- 6. Call for Applications: Scholar-in-Residence Program in Jewish Gender Studies (Olins) From: Debby Olins <dolins(at)brandeis.edu> Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:38:24 -0500 [01:38:24 PM EST] The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute is now accepting applications for our 2010/2011 Scholar-in-Residence program. Residencies are for scholars working on projects in the field of Jewish gender studies, and last from one month to one semester. Click here for the flier. Subscribers visit: http://www.umass.edu/sephardimizrahi/past_issues/100103.html You can also find information about the program on the HBI web site at: http://www.brandeis.edu/hbi/grants/res_scholars.html The deadline for applications is February 15, 2010. Do not hesitate to let me know if you have any questions. Best wishes, Debby Olins -----------
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