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This talk will examine the illustrated ketubot, or marriage certificates, of Mizrahi Jews in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Calcutta as visual texts that offer a window onto the Jewish history of the Raj. Known as the Baghdadi Jews of India, this community was established at the turn of the nineteenth century and grew to encompass Jews from Iraq, Syria, and across the Middle East. I argue that the Baghdadi Jews of Calcutta developed a fluid visual iconography that allowed them to articulate a religious, cultural, and ethnic identity as Arab Indian Jews living under the British Raj—an identity that was fundamentally hybrid, intersectional, and emplaced in diaspora.

Co-sponsored by ECLS and the Centre for Global Jewish Studies at 糖心TV.

How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom - Book Launch Event

Wednesday 1 May '24 / 4-6pm / Central Campus (exact room TBA)

A conversation between Maya Wind, author of, and Marina Velickovic, (糖心TV Law School); chaired by Myka Tucker-Abramson (English & Comparative Literary Studies).

This event open to all 糖心TV staff and students. In-person only. For more details and to register, click .