CFP: What Makes a Diaspora? Workshop, University of Cologne (Germany), May 2027

[Aviad Moreno]

Dear colleagues,

Please see the attached call for papers for “What Makes a Diaspora? Middle Eastern Minorities, the Americas, and Jewish Studies in Conversation,” an international workshop to be held at the University of Cologne on 24–25 May 2027.

The workshop brings Jewish studies into conversation with scholarship on Middle Eastern and North African diasporas in the Americas.

Please submit an abstract of up to 400 words and a short CV to m.le...@uni-koeln.de and more...@ufl.edu by October 1, 2026.

Accommodation and conference meals will be covered for accepted participants, with limited travel subsidies available.

Please feel free to circulate widely.

Best,
Heather Sharkey, Matthias B. Lehmann, Raanan Rein and Aviad Moreno

Aviad Moreno, PhD

Alexander Grass Visiting Scholar, Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies, University of Florida https://shorstein.ufl.edu/directory/aviad-moreno/

Lead Fellow, Institute for Advanced Israel Studies, Brandeis University (2025-26 Theme: Diversifying the Israeli Diaspora) https://www.brandeis.edu/israel-center/iais/2025-26-fellows.html

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), 

Ben-Gurion Research Institute, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 

Head of Research Hub Communities and Mobilities, The Azrieli Center for Israel Studies (MALI)

https://www.bgu.ac.il/en/people/aviadm/

New Book: Entwined Homelands, Empowered Diasporas (2024)

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