NYU Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Jews and Muslims in Contemporary Spain
Dr. Charles McDonald
Monday/Wednesday 12:30-1:45
SPAN-UA 461-001 (22793)
ANTH-UA 321-001 (23431)

Course Description:
This undergraduate seminar examines the shifting place of Jews and Muslims in contemporary Spain. We’ll explore several interrelated questions: How have “Spain” and “Europe” variously been defined as modern, white, Christian, or secular by figuring Jews and Muslims as others? How have these terms and the people they purport to represent changed over time? How do Jews and Muslims understand themselves in relation to Spain, Europe, and each other? At a time when racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, and right-wing populist movements are ascendant, we will work collaboratively to answer these questions and formulate new ones. To do so, we will read scholarship in anthropology, history, Iberian studies, Jewish studies, and philosophy as well as considering fiction, film, and journalism.
16m

We owe Sylvia Molloy the inspiration, initiative and creative momentum that brought together our department as we know it today. She was also the founder of our Creative Writing in Spanish MFA Program. Truly important as these are, they are among the countless manifestations of Sylvia’s extraordinary gifts to so many as a teacher, writer, thinker, critic, mentor, friend. Sylvia made our worlds feel wider, more exhilarating, welcoming, critical, humorous, imaginative, forgiving — spaces in which to speak and take action without fear.

June 7 - 9, 2022: el taller Summer Institute

FRIDAY ON THE PATIO MAY 6, 4-6PM - KJCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY / SPECIAL ISSUE ESFERAS - CAKE, TOTE BAG GIVE AWAY AND LOTS MORE!

https://wp.nyu.edu/esferas/

The Esferas Editorial Team is proud to present: Esferas 13: Espacios/Instituciones/Gente dedicated in great part to the 25th anniversary of the KJCC. We would like to thank the director of the KJCC, professor Jordana Mendelson, for all of her assistance throughout the year.
I trust that you will help us celebrate by coming this Friday to the KJCC, where we will talk briefly about the issue and help celebrate the anniversary of the KJCC!
Please read below for some important information on the event.
May 6, 2022, 4:00-6:00 pm - EDT
Location: KJCC Atrium & Patio at 53 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012
Fridays on the Patio - CELEBRATE THE KJCC’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY / SPECIAL ISSUE OF ESFERAS / THIS SPACE IS YOURS CAMPAIGN

Come celebrate the KJCC’s 25th Anniversary! Food, Cake, Music - Give-aways and more!

Join us for a conversation about the history of one of NYU’s oldest cultural centers, devoted to Spain and the Spanish-speaking world, with the contributors to the special issue of Esferas, NYU’s undergraduate Spanish and Portuguese journal, dedicated to the KJCC and the broader issues of cultural centers within the academy.

To mark the Center’s 25th Anniversary, KJCC has launched a campaign to raise awareness of student-centered activities like “Fridays on the Patio” called “This Space is Yours” - Share this campaign with others by carrying a special tote bag, given to all attendees of our May 6th celebration.

The KJCC Fridays on the Patio Program works to connect NYU students and faculty and invite them into the Center for cultural discussions and community building during select Fridays from 4-6pm. We aim to provide a diverse array of programming, so that all community members feel welcome and celebrated.

Guests are encouraged to RSVP via our Google Form available at kjcc.org or posted weekly with the KJCC newsletter (sign up at: kjcc.org).

LINK TO GOOGLE FORM: https://forms.gle/Y3Ux22KRxxQGC1HK6

THIS SERIES IS FOR NYU STUDENTS AND FACULTY ONLY.

Co-sponsored by KJCC, CLACS, CEMS, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Practices & Poetics of Contemporary Brazil: Curatorship
In this talk, Diane Lima and Hélio Menezes, curators in dialogue with a plurality of artistic languages in contemporary Brazilian and diasporic visual culture, will present their latest projects and share their work processes.

The event will be conducted in English. Attendees are welcome to interact in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diane-lima-helio-menezes-pp-of-contemporary-brazil-curatorship-tickets-266965169007

https://www.kjcc.org/event/sonoridad.es-urgent-calls-fragile-bodies/

SONORIDAD.ES | Sound Landscapes in the Iberian Peninsula: URGENT CALLS, FRAGILE BODIES A Virtual Artistic Residency Diptych Isabel Do Diego & La Señorita Blanco Curated by Daniel Valtueña NYU King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 2020-2022 URGENT CALLS, FRAGILE BODIES A Conversation between La Señorita Blanco and Remedios Zafra Moderated by Daniel Valtueña Wednesday, November 17, 202...

Please join Sulo and KJCC for a presentation on Monday at 12pm of Sara Nadal-Melsió in conversation with Kidlat Tahimik - KJCC FB Live. Co-produced with the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía on the occasion of Kidlat's installation in Madrid at the Palacio Crystal.

More info here:

To Film with a Bamboo Camera | Conversatorio with Sara Nadal Melsió (NYU) and Kidlat Tahimik Introduced by Chema González, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Kidlat Tahimik. Balikbayan #1. Memorias del superdesarrollo redux IV. Film, 2021. Monday, November 8, 2021, 12:00 p.m. EST This event will be ONLINE and in ENGLISH. Subtitles in Spanish will be provided. Live stream onfacebook...