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R. (Roy Orel) Shukrun

PhD student
Profielfoto van R. (Roy Orel) Shukrun
E-mail:
r.shukrun rug.nl

Languages: English, French, Hebrew (Native), Dutch (A2), Arabic (Basic Speaking, Reading, and Writing)

Education

Doctoral Program in Middle East Studies, University of Groningen
Doctoral Program in Jewish Studies, McGill University

Supervisors: Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah and Christopher Silver

Thesis: Moroccan Jewish Transnationalism: Movement and the Emergence of a Global Diaspora

Tracing the emergence of a Global Moroccan Jewish diaspora in the 20th century through a history of multidirectional and multigenerational movement beginning in the 19th century.

Masters (thesis) in Jewish Studies, McGill University

Supervisor: Christopher Silver

Thesis: North African Jews, Ashkenazim, and the Quiet Revolution 1956-1975— A study of the contexts and problems of North African Jewish immigration to Montreal using Montreal archives (JCA, JPL, CSUQ, AJCS, JIAS, etc.) and personal (oral) narratives.
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Publications

Accepted for publication: Roy Orel Shukrun & Aviad Moreno, “Rethinking Moroccan Transnationalism: Sephardism, Decolonization, and Activism Between Israel and Montreal,” American Jewish History (forthcoming).
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Conferences, Interventions, and guest lectures

Conference Panelist: Association for Israel Studies, ‘Israel: Conflicts and Mobility in a Diverse Society.’ Panel: ‘Jewish Migration and Diaspora-Making: A New Transnational Approach to MENA Histories’ — June 27-29, 2022

Presentation: Actualité et Renouveau des Études Juives Conférence — February 9, 2022

Guest Lecture: Ben-Gurion University, ‘Rethinking Moroccan Transnationalism: Sephardism, Decolonization, and Activism Between Israel and Montreal’ — December 23, 2021

Summer University: Leo Baeck Summer University, Sephardi History and Culture — July 5-15, 2021

Presentation: McGill Institute for the Study of Canada: Belonging Workshop — May 12, 2021

Presentation: Canadian Society for Jewish Studies Conference ­— May 2-7, 2021

Guest Lecture: Ben-Gurion University, ‘MENA Jewish Migration in the 20thc.’ — May 4, 2021

Presentation: Dahan Center, Bar-Ilan University, ‘New Trends in Moroccan Jewish Historiography,’ Conference on the Exodus and Expulsion of Jews from Arab Countries — November 24, 2020

Presentation: Jews and Whiteness in Colonial Spaces — July 1-2, 2020
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