Event time:
Wednesday, March 30, 2022 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Location:
Online
Speaker:
William F. S. Miles, Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University
Event description:
The Benjamin (Yale 1962) and Barbara Zucker Lecture Series
“Can there be anti-Semitism where there are (almost) no Jews?” This question is rarely posed regarding Africa. In Nigeria, however, three factors bifurcate philo-Semitism and Zionism on the one hand and anti-Semitism on the other: 1) a longstanding religious divide between a mostly Muslim north and a predominantly Christian south; 2) the resurgence of a Biafran secessionist movement spearheaded by Igbos; and 3) the spontaneous generation of dozens of increasingly embattled Igbo communities who are practicing rabbinic Judaism.
Admission:
Free but register in advance
This is a hybrid event. In person in the Humanities Quadrangle, room 307; also live streamed via Zoom. To join the Zoom webinar please register.
Open to Yale ID holders as well as vaccinated and boosted community members.
Contact:
Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism