The Thompson Room, Barker Center 110, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
The Center for Jewish Studies and Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program are proud to present the inaugural lecture in the Series on Jewish-Muslim Interrelations:
Orit Bashkin | “Sultan Suleiman as King Solomon and Zahir al-Umar as Ahasuerus: The Ottoman Arab Culture of Palestinian Jews, 1517-1799”
Orit Bashkin is the Mabel Greene Myers Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of Chicago.
Jews were an integral part of Muslim civilization in the Middle East, North Africa, Iberia, and beyond from its origins until the mid-20th century. Integration and symbiosis were more common and enduring than episodes of tension and persecution. The annual lecture on Jewish-Muslim Interrelations will explore this rich history with renowned scholars of Jewish and Islamic studies.
