ucLADINO 2018 Symposium: New Directions, Old Roots – 14, 15 MAR 2018

The symposium will focus on themes and issues relating to new and up-and-coming topics and approaches within the study of Ladino, as well as Sephardic life and culture. Panels and talks will explore the various current projects aimed at preserving, sharing, and transmitting Ladino-related texts, music, and archival material, including UCLA’s own Sephardic Archive Initiative.

START
March 14, 2018 – 10:00 am

END
March 15, 2018 – 9:00 pm

ADDRESS
314 Royce Hall, UCLA

Conference URL: http://www.ucladino.com

SPONSORED BY THE:
UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies
UCLA Department of Spanish & Portuguese
COSPONSORED BY:
UCLA Student Organizations, Leadership, and Engagement (SOLE)
UCLA Graduate Students Association
UCLA Department of History
UCLA Maurice Amado Program in Sephardic Studies

ucLADINO Director:
Max Modiano Daniel

About ucLADINO:
ucLADINO is a student-run organization at the University of California, Los Angeles, dedicated to promoting the knowledge and use of the Judeo- Spanish language(s). Judeo-Spanish evolved in the Ottoman Empire and North Africa, among other regions, after the expulsion of the Sephardim from the Iberian Peninsula. Today, it demonstrates the influence of many languages, including Hebrew, Arabic, Turkish, Greek, French, and Italian. Because Los Angeles is home to the second largest Sephardic community in the United States, ucLADINO is able to draw from rich local resources and collaborate with community members on weekly workshops and special events. To learn more about our komunitika, please visit www.ucladino.com, or email us at ucladino@yahoo.com.

Keynote speakers:

David M. Bunis (Hebrew University)

Adriana Brodsky (St. Mary’s College of Maryland)