
Dr. Maayan Hilel on Cultural Entwinement and Transformation
A research-based history of the interconnected cultures of Jewish-Zionist and Palestinian-Arab societies before 1948
About the Event:
Dr. Maayan Hilel, Assistant Director of the Crown Family Center for Jewish & Israel Studies and Assistant Professor of Instruction in Jewish & Israel Studies, joins Chicago Humanities to discuss the entwined cultures and cultural transformations of Jewish-Zionist and Palestinian-Arab societies before 1948. Through archival research in Hebrew, Arabic, and English on the minutiae of daily life, she explores daily intercommunal encounters and cultural collaboration between ordinary Arabs and Jews.
- This program is presented in partnership with Northwestern University Buffett Institute for Global Affairs.
- This program is generously underwritten by Anita and Prabhakant Sinha
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Maayan Hilel
Assistant Director of the Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies; Assistant Professor of Instruction in Jewish & Israel Studies
Dr. Maayan Hilel is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in Jewish & Israel Studies, and Assistant Director of the Crow...






