“What is citizenship?”
October 6th 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Where: FHI Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, Smith Warehouse
Mia Fuller (UC Berkeley), Shai Ginsburg (Duke), Igiaba Scego (Author and Visiting Scholar, Duke)
Global Jewish Modernism’s “What is…” Dialogue Series: Each dialogue involves the examination of one term and its representation and use in diverse geographical and historical contexts, both within Jewish Studies and outside of it. Each conversation involves at least two scholars, one from Duke and one from another institution.
“Transforming Arts”
October 14th, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Where: The Pink Parlor in East Duke Building on East Campus
Join us for a conversation between the Italian author Igiaba Scego and Portuguese musician Sara Serpa about the creative process of transforming artworks, from visual to literary and literary to musical. Sara Serpa’s musical piece “Encounters and Collisions,” which will be performed on October 15th at 7:00 p.m. in the Nelson Music Room, is inspired by Igiaba Scego’s memoir La mia casa è dove sono (My Home is Where I am). Igiaba Scego’s novel The Color Line, which was just published in English translation, portrays the journey of Lafanu Brown, a character inspired by the African American visual artists Sarah Parker Redmond and Edmonia Lewis. What challenges and opportunities do these adaptations across media present?
Romance Studies
“Encounters and Collisions”
October 15th, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Where: Nelson Music Room, 1304 Campus Drive, East Campus
Sara Serpa presents her new work “Encounters and Collisions”, a commission by Chamber Music America, drawing inspiration from Igiaba Scego’s My Home is Where I Am, a memoir that reflects on identity, migrations and conflicts, and post-colonial relationships between Africa and Europe.
Romance Studies & FHI
“Being Black in Venice”
A Conversation with Shaul Bassi and Igiaba Scego
October 18th 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Where: FHI Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, Smith Warehouse
Shaul Bassi is is Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies and Centre for Environmental Humanities at Ca’ Foscari, the University of Venice. He is the director of the Center for Humanities and Social Change at Ca’ Foscari. His research focuses on English literature, Shakespeare, postcolonial literature, otherness, and Jewish Venetians. He is author of numerous books, including Shakespeare’s Italy and Italy’s Shakespeare: Place, “Race” Politics (2016), and editor of even more, including Experiences of freedom in postcolonial literatures and cultures. He has also written on environmental issues, especially as experienced in Venice.
Global Jewish Modernism Lab
