Upcoming Events
At a Glance
April 13-14 - Spring Conference: Diversifying the Israeli Diaspora
April 16 - Between Israel and Morocco: Jewish Moroccan Cultural Displays in the Homeland and the Diaspora [Sephardi Modernities Seminar Series]
May 12 - The Long Way Home: Key Themes in Sephardi and Mizrahi Diaspora Studies [Sephardi Modernities Seminar Series]
The Sephardi Modernities Seminar Series 2026, Diasporas: Sephardi Perspectives has an exciting slate of monthly lectures and runs through May 12. Learn more and register.
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Coming up
Shekhina, by Neta Elkayam
January 26 | February 23 | March 5 | April 16 | May 12
12:30-2 PM ET on Zoom
This annual lecture series presents different experiences of Sephardi modernization across place and time. The 2026 series explores the concept of diaspora as a lens for understanding the modern and contemporary Sephardi world. We will address the diversity of modern Sephardi Jewish experiences by considering diaspora as shaped by histories of migration and return, continuity and rupture, belonging and exclusion.
We will engage with the histories and experiences of Sephardi communities across imperial, colonial, and post-colonial landscapes in order to examine questions of multiple belongings, identity formation, and cultural transmission.
Organized by Angy Cohen (Spanish National Research Council) and Yuval Evri (Brandeis University). Sponsored by the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University and the Calgary Institute for the Humanities at the University of Calgary.
Past Events
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