'Libyan Jews: From Co-existence to Exodus' Seminar

Time:: 18:00
Date:: 20 October 2015
Venue:: Lecture Theatre C Avenue Campus University of Southampton SO17 1BF

For more information regarding this seminar, please email Parkes Institute at parkes@southampton.ac.uk .

Event details

Part of the Parkes Research Seminar Series 2015/2016

Professor Roumani will discuss the Italian, British and the Arab period including traditions and customs of Libyan Jews.

Speaker information

Professor Maurice Roumani , Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Professor Maurice M. Roumani is a Political Scientist and a leading expert on Libyan Jews, Refugees, Migrations, Minorities and Jewish-Muslim Relations. He teaches Political Sociology and the Middle East at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev where he introduced the inter-disciplinary study of Sephardi and Oriental Heritage and consequently founded The J. R. Elyachar Center for Studies in Sephardi Heritage.