EVENT

The Language of Exile: Hispano-Jewish Culture Before and After 1492

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CU Boulder, Faculty, Staff
Monday, May 22, 2017
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Chautauqua Historical Park, Boulder

 On Monday, May 22 at 6:30pm at Chautauqua Historical Park in Boulder,  we welcome David Bunis, the leading authority on Ottoman and post-Ottoman Judezmo language, together with two CU Boulder faculty members to provide a brief introduction to Hispano-Jewish society, culture and literature, both before and after 1492.

Program:
Welcome Remarks
• Steve Leigh (Dean of Arts & Sciences, CU Boulder)
“The Jews of Medieval Spain: Convenience and Convivencia”
• Brian A. Catlos (Religious Studies, CU Boulder)
“Ritual and Culture Bearing Among the Crypto-Jews in the Americas”
• Janet Jacobs (Anthropology, CU Boulder)
“Judezmo/Ladino: The Jewish Language of the Ottoman Sephardim”
• David Bunis (Linguistics, Hebrew University)
Questions

Information:
Free & open to the public. Entry with ticket only.
Begins punctually at 6:30pm • Doors open at 6:10pm.
For information contact: Jeffrey Baron (jeffrey.baron(at)colorado.edu)

Tickets:
Tickets available until May 15 only.
For CU Faculty & Students, get your ticket by contacting Jeffrey Baron (jeffrey.baron(at)colorado.edu)
For the Boulder community & members of the public, get your ticket here.