Kamissa Camara
Kamissa Camara currently pursues a DPhil in Politics at the University of Oxford, specialising in military coups in francophone West Africa and the anti-coup norms by the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Kamissa Camara
'Last child of the Risorgimento'? Zionism and the legacies of 1848”
Isaiah Berlin famously described the new state of Israel as the "last child of the European Risorgimento". This paper seeks to unpick that claim by exploring the relationship between the revolutions of 1848 and the foundation of the State of Israel exactly one hundred years later.
Trade Networks Bridging Yemen, Israel, and Ethiopia: The Ḥibshūsh Family and Jewish-Muslim Commercial Relations in the 20th Century
This lecture examines the commercial legacy of the Ḥibshūsh family, a prominent Yemenite Jewish dynasty that played a pivotal role in the Red Sea basin trade from the 1880s to the 1970s. Utilizing a rich archive of primary sources, this global micro-historical study illuminates the intricate Jewish-Arab commercial networks that flourished across geopolitical boundaries, encompassing Yemen, Mandatory Palestine, Israel, Ethiopia, and beyond.
Simple Rajrah
Introduction
I am presently a third-year doctoral candidate in politics at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford. My work is situated at the intersection of the history of political thought and feminist political theory, focusing on the intellectual history of anti-caste feminist movements in India. I have teaching experience in feminist theory, theory of politics and modern political thought.
Rachel Roberts
Abraham and Moses as Entrepreneurs: Educating for the Future with Narratives of the Past
Over the past two decades, the entrepreneurial ethos has gained prominence in state education systems across many countries, aiming to construct an entrepreneurial identity among children and youth. The entrepreneurial ideal is frequently regarded in sociological literature as part of the neoliberal culture serving the global free market economy. The global entrepreneurial discourse promotes neoliberal values which include future orientation, personal autonomy and individualisation. Concurrently, state education systems strive to shape a national identity.
To Ensure the Jewish Character of the Town Through the Establishment of a Central Synagogue: Synagogues in Israeli Urban Internal Frontiers as Symbols of Sovereignty
This paper will focus on synagogues in the urban internal frontier in Israel following the 1948 war and the Nakba. Following the 1948 war and the collapse of Palestinian urbanity, several administrative initiatives were held by the authorities to demonstrate sovereignty in these urban ethnocracies. Among these initiatives were the establishment of new synagogues.
'You cannot really live (or die) here’: ongoing struggles over cemeteries and housing in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, 1957-2020
In the summer of 2020, protests erupted in Jaffa against a plan to build a homeless shelter on the site of the ancient Al-Isaaf Muslim cemetery, and in the following year, the community mobilized to protest a wave of housing demolitions. These were the latest in a long line of actions by the Muslim community opposing the sale and demolition of Muslim cemeteries and fighting to remain in their homes in Tel Aviv-Jaffa.