"Hebrew Orientalism: Jewish Engagement with Arabo-Islamic Culture in Late Ottoman and British Palestine," with Mostafa Hussein, University of Michigan

The third talk of the series titled "New Book Series: Israel/Palestine Studies:"

"Hebrew Orientalism: Jewish Engagement with Arabo-Islamic Culture in Late Ottoman and British Palestine," with Mostafa Hussein, Assistant Professor, Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, University of Michigan

Join author Mostafa Hussein as he explores his book, Hebrew Orientalism, which reexamines the worldview of Jewish thinkers in late Ottoman and British Palestine. Drawing on an expansive archive of Hebrew and Arabic sources, Hussein details how Sephardi and Ashkenazi intellectuals mobilized Arabo-Islamic culture to shape modern Jewish identity and forward their Zionist commitments.

Mostafa Hussein is a historian specializing in modern Israel-Palestine and the neighboring Arabic-speaking countries of the Middle East (19th-21st centuries), with a focus on the subfield of Jewish-Arab/Muslim studies.

This series is organized by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies and co-sponsored by The Middle East and North African Studies Program and The Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs.

This event is open to our campus audience. Lunch will be served. Register by Dec. 30.

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