International Symposium in April 2023: Roma, Jews and the Holocaust
Roma, Jews and the Holocaust April 18-19, 2023 Sterling Memorial Library, Lecture Hall Yale University This symposium is an attempt to think about the intersections between Romani and Jewish experiences of persecution and between the ways Romani and Jewish survivors, activists, historians, artists, and organizations have sought to come to terms with those experiences. The event will consist of a series of small panels, taking the forthcoming publication of Ari Joskowicz’s book Rain of Ash: Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust (Spring, 2023), winner of the 2022 Ernst Fraenkel Prize, as an occasion to gather and discuss these themes. Program Tuesday, April 18, 2023, Sterling Memorial Library, Lecture Hall 5:00 PM Introduction, Stephen Naron, Director, Fortunoff Video Archive 5:10 PM Keynote/Booktalk, Ari Joskowicz, Vanderbilt University Roma, Jews and the Holocaust Wednesday, April 19, 2023, Sterling Memorial Library, Lecture Hall 9:00 AM Coffee 9:30 AM Introduction, Gil Rubin, Head of Academic Programs, Fortunoff Video Archive 9:45 AM Panel I – Comparative histories Magda Matache, Harvard University “The Place of Enslaved Roma People in the Global History of Slavery, Racism, and Oppression.” Petra Gelbart, Independent scholar “Burn Me, Too: A […]
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