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Writing Against Erasure: Speculative Nonfiction & Social Justice Vanessa Angelica Villarreal in Conversation with Mandy Len Catron (online)

Join Vanessa Angélica Villarreal and Mandy Len Catron for a nerdy/accessible, heady/grounded discussion about using speculative nonfiction techniques as a social justice strategy. These techniques offer us a way to critique hegemonic representations and erasures, writing a fuller story into being – come find out how. Audience & Location Everyone is welcome to attend this […]

Entangled Languages and Identities: Jews, Arabs and Judeo-Arabic Workshop with Shamma Boyarin in Conversation with Adi Burton

Please join us for an introduction to the language of Judeo-Arabic. All are welcome; no knowledge of Hebrew or Arabic is required. Between the Middle Ages and the 20th century, Judeo-Arabic was used by more Jewish people, for a longer time, and over a wider area, than any other language. Yet today its existence comes […]