Sephardi Modernities Seminar Series 2026: "Diasporas: Sephardi Perspectives"
Vía Zoom. Learn more and register: arts.ucalgary.ca/sephardi-modernities
With support from the Belzberg Program in Israel Studies, University of Calgary
January 26, 2026
Devin Naar (University of Washington)
Thinking with Diaspora: A Multi-Rooted Approach to the Sephardic Jewish Experience
February 23, 2026
Aomar Boum (UCLA and the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco)
Fashioning Diaspora: Moroccan Jewish Histories in Los Angeles
March 5, 2026
Andre Levy (Ben Gurion University of the Negev)
From Morocco, Elsewhere: Jewish–Muslim Entanglements Through the Lens of Cultural Intimacy
April 16, 2026
Orit Ouaknine-Yekutieli (Ben Gurion University of the Negev)
Between Israel and Morocco: Jewish Moroccan Cultural Displays in the Homeland and the Diaspora
May 12, 2026
Roy Shukrun (Utrecht University) and Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah (University of Groningen)
The Long Way Home: Key Themes in Sephardi and Mizrahi Diaspora Studies
