Event Details - Modernity and Jewish Life at the End of the Ottoman Empire: A Conversation

This public conversation explores Dina Danon's pathbreaking historical research in modernity, class, and Jewish life in urban centers of the late Ottoman Empire. The discussion will feature Dina Danon, Associate Professor of Judaic Studies and History at Binghamton University, and Murat C. Yildiz, Associate Professor of History at Skidmore. Together, they will discuss Danon’s book The Jews of Ottoman Izmir: A Modern History and her co-edited volume Longing and Belonging: Jews in the Modern Islamic World.

This presentation is part of the Jacob Perlow Series sponsored by the Office of Special Programs and co-sponsored by the departments of History, International Affairs, and Religious Studies. Funding is provided by endowments established by Jacob Perlow and by Beatrice Troupin.