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[PAST EVENT] Recording History: Jews, Muslims, and Music Across Twentieth Century North Africa

March 22, 2023
4pm - 6pm
Location
Washington Hall, Room 201
241 Jamestown Rd
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
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  • Open to the public
Professor Christopher Silver of McGill University
Professor Christopher Silver of McGill University

Book Talk: Recording History: Jews, Muslims, and Music Across Twentieth Century North Africa

If twentieth-century stories of Jews and Muslims in North Africa are usually told separately, Recording History: Jews, Muslims, and Music Across Twentieth Century North Africa demonstrates that we have not been listening to what brought these communities together for so long: Arab music. With this book, Christopher Silver provides the first history of the music scene and recording industry across Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, and offers striking insights into Jewish-Muslim relations through the rhythms that animated them. This interactive talk will introduce the William & Mary community to some of the North African musicians who helped define their era.

Christopher Silver is the Segal Family Assistant Professor in Jewish History and Culture in the Department of Jewish Studies at McGill University. He earned his PhD in History from UCLA. Silver is the author of numerous articles on North African history and music, including in the International Journal of Middle East Studies and Hespéris-Tamuda. He is also the founder and curator of the website Gharamophone.com, a digital archive of North African records from the first half of the twentieth century. His first book Recording History: Jews, Muslims, and Music Across Twentieth Century North Africa was published in June 2022 with Stanford University Press.


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