"Sultan Suleiman as King Solomon and Zahir al-Umar as Ahasuerus: The Ottoman Arab Culture of Palestinian Jews, 1517-1799" by Orit Bashkin

Date: 

Thursday, May 2, 2024, 5:00pm to 6:30pm

Location: 

Room 110 (Thompson Room), Barker Center

The Center for Jewish Studies and Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program are proud to present the inaugural lecture in the Series on Jewish-Muslim Interrelations: 

Sultan Suleiman as King Solomon and Zahir al-Umar as Ahasuerus: The Ottoman Arab Culture of Palestinian Jews, 1517-1799

 

Orit Bashkin, Mabel Greene Myers Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of Chicago

 

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Gaza 16th century
Gaza, Jewish travel account, Italy, late 16th century / image courtesy of Orit Bashkin