This project examines the causes, nature, and consequences of Italian Jews’ support for imperialism. I argue that between the 1890s and 1930s, Italian Jews took an active part in racializing and controlling indigenous Libyan and Ethiopian Jews. Moreover, by promoting the empire and upholding a racial hierarchy between Europeans and Africans, Italian Jews unwittingly contributed to their own downfall, since…
Abraham Liddell, Postdoctoral Research Scholar at Columbia University will present the talk “Cape Verde and the Early Modern Black Atlantic” as a part of the lecture series “Charting the Portuguese Black Atlantic” at New York University. More information on this lecture series here. Through Portuguese settlement in the fifteenth century, the Cape Verde islands became a launch base for trade…
Panel Discussion on Zoom This event is part of Giorno della Memoria 2022 In order to participate, RSVP and you will receive an e-mail with your Zoom link by 12pm on February 1 If you don't receive the e-mail by then, contact us at casa.italiana@nyu.edu The Garden of the Finzi-Continis The Novel, the Film, and the Opera On the occasion of the world premiere of…