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Sunday, June 17 • 10:45am - 11:45am
Judaism and the postcolonial challenge: surprising resources from traditional texts

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What do Judaism and postcolonial theory have to say to one another? In this session, we'll consider the disturbing history of Jewish texts, particularly the Bible, in colonial expansion; the political aims of postcolonial movements; and the unexpected ways that classical Jewish texts can contribute to postcolonial philosophies and practices.
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Emily Filler

Chair and Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies at Earlham College
Emily is Chair and Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies at Earlham College, Indiana, where she teaches modern philosophy and ethics alongside Jewish text. A PhD from the University of Virginia, she is particularly interested in the possibility that ‘troubling texts’ — violent... Read More →

Sunday June 17, 2018 10:45am - 11:45am AEST
HAIFA ROOM
  Text and tradition, Presentation/discussion

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