The 'Jewish Turn' in Middle Eastern Studies and a View from the Maghrib

This lecture is sponsored by the Cornell Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Jewish Studies Program. Emily Gottreich, UC Berkeley, will be giving this lecture. Prof. Gottreich is a historian who has published and regularly teaches courses on the following topics: Muslim-Jewish relations, Sephardic history, Jews in Islamic texts, and North African and Middle Eastern History. She is the author of The Mellah of Marrakech: Jewish and Muslim Space in Morocco’s Red City (2007) and co-editor of Jewish Culture and Society in North Africa (2011). Her current research is a book project entitled: Morocco: A Jewish History from Pre-Islamic to Post-Colonial times. Prof. Gottreich also serves as Founding Director, Initiative for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations, UC Berkeley; Past President, American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS); member of the Committee for Academic Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa (MESA); and founder/co-editor, H-Maghrib. For more information click here.