In this session, Dr Heather Munro (KCL) and Dr Karen Skinazi (Bristol) will give papers on the role that visual and performance art play in the lives of Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women. Refreshments will be served, and there will be time for questions and discussion.
The seminar on Sacred Traditions and the Arts is a joint venture between the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at King’s and The Courtauld. It seeks to place researchers in dialogue who are working on any aspect of the sacred and visual culture. It is open to all scholars and students who have an interest in exploring the intersections of religion and art regardless of period, geography, or tradition.
Organised by Dr Caroline Levitt (The Courtauld) and Professor Ben Quash (King’s College London).
Speakers:
Dr Heather L Munro is Lecturer in Social Anthropology in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King’s College London. She has conducted fieldwork in Israel with Haredi women, mainly in the performing arts community and in the women’s rights activist groups, examining the formation of Haredi identity as a mode of resistance to secularising forces.
Dr Karen E. H. Skinazi is Associate Professor of Literature and Culture and Director of Liberal Arts at University of Bristol and past president of the British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies. The author of Women of Valor (Rutgers UP, 2018), she is currently writing a book examining British Jewish and Muslim women’s literature.
