AJL is thrilled to announce the speakers and topics for the keynote address and Feinstein lecture at our upcoming Digital Conference 2023: A World of Possibilities. Keynote Address Etched in Time and Grooves: The Sounds of North African Jewish History Dr. Christopher Silver Monday, June 19, noon EDT
Dr. Christopher Silver is the Segal Family Assistant Professor in Jewish History and Culture in the Department of Jewish Studies at McGill University. He earned his PhD in history from UCLA. Recipient of grants from the Posen Foundation, the American Academy of Jewish Research, the American Institute for Maghrib Studies, and the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, Silver is the author of numerous articles on North African history and music, including in the International Journal of Middle East Studies, Jewish Social Studies, and Hespéris-Tamuda. He is also the founder and curator of the website Gharamophone.com <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://gharamophone.com/__;!!KGKeukY!0D1Nq9IRwB5pH5o4WtgKDJWKIACFAEDTw0KML5CSI1SHhw5dScI3THVqo1Z38RIG8ltqOhWOKpTIhG_FP44cUu7oVUVdNBle$ >, a digital archive of North African records from the first half of the twentieth century. His first book, Recording History: Jews, Muslims, and Music Across Twentieth Century North Africa, was published in June 2022 with Stanford University Press. Feinstein Lecture Books, Letter-Writing, and the Written Word in Early Judaism Dr. Malka Simkovitch Thursday, June 22, 2:45 pm EDT Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich is the Crown-Ryan Chair of Jewish Studies and the director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies program at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. She is the author of The Making of Jewish Universalism: From Exile to Alexandria (2016) and Discovering Second Temple Literature: The Scriptures and Stories That Shaped Early Judaism (2018), which received the 2019 AJL Judaica Reference Honor Award. Simkovich’s articles have been published in academic journals such as the Harvard Theological Review and the Journal for the Study of Judaism, and in mainstream publications such as The Jewish Review of Books and The Christian Century. She is involved in numerous interreligious dialogue projects which help to increase understanding between Christians and Jews. About the Feinstein Lecture The Association of Jewish Libraries received a grant from the Foundation for Jewish Culture (FJC) given by the Myer and Rosalind Feinstein family to fund an annual lecture. Lectures on Judaic bibliography and librarianship were delivered at the annual conferences from 1996 to 2010. The FJC is no longer active, but it left AJL with monies to continue these lectures. The Feinstein Lecture resumed at the 2019 AJL conference and will continue to encourage and inspire Judaica librarians at future conferences. Visit https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jewishlibraries.org/2023-digital-conference__;!!KGKeukY!0D1Nq9IRwB5pH5o4WtgKDJWKIACFAEDTw0KML5CSI1SHhw5dScI3THVqo1Z38RIG8ltqOhWOKpTIhG_FP44cUu7oVVM6mHsE$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jewishlibraries.org/2023-digital-conference/__;!!KGKeukY!0D1Nq9IRwB5pH5o4WtgKDJWKIACFAEDTw0KML5CSI1SHhw5dScI3THVqo1Z38RIG8ltqOhWOKpTIhG_FP44cUu7oVa-REX8D$ > for more information and to register for AJL’s Digital Conference 2023: A World of Possibilities.
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