Creole Israel: Abraham Philip Samson and the Formation of the Caribbean Jewish Rootsman

Eli Rosenblatt is the Wallerstein Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. His research interests include Modern Yiddish Literature, United States and Caribbean Jewish Cultures, and Modern Jewish Thought. He is currently at work on two projects, one about Ashkenazic Jews and racial politics in the Atlantic world, and the other a collection of scholarly essays on the writings of WEB Du Bois in light of contemporary Jewish concerns.

This in-person event will take place in the Jewish Studies Center, Arnold Hall (Room 100) and via Zoom.

Registration: https://bit.ly/creoleisrael22

Zoom: https://cofc.zoom.us/j/98584102391

Sponsors:
Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture
Department of Religious Studies
Department of Hispanic Studies
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program