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In the fifteenth century, thousands of Jews in the Iberian Peninsula (today鈥檚 Spain and Portugal) were forced to convert to Catholicism under threat of death and became known as听conversos听(literally meaning 鈥渢he converted鈥�). Five centuries later, their descendants have been uncovering their long-hidden Jewish roots; as these stories come to light, they have taken hold of the literary and popular imagination. 鈥淭he Converso鈥檚 Return鈥� explores the cultural politics and literary impact of this reawakened interest in听converso听and crypto-Jewish history, ancestry, and identity, and asks what this fascination with lost-and-found heritage can tell us about how we relate to and make use of the past.

In this talk sponsored by the听Stroum Center for Jewish Studies,听Dalia Kandiyoti (College of Staten Island, City University of New York) will discuss her new book 鈥淭he Converso鈥檚 Return: Conversion and Sephardi History in Contemporary Literature and Culture鈥� with Devin E. Naar, professor in Sephardic Studies, associate professor of History, and faculty at the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies in the Jackson School of International Studies.听

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