The seminars were facilitated by Dr. Julia Lerner and Dr. Galia Plotkin Amrami
15.1.2023
Seminar: The experiences of second generation immigrants from Argentina who had immigrated to Israel during the military rule in Argentina.
Dr. Sigalit Gal, Post-Doc at the Department of Social Work and the Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University.
Dr. Efraim Davidi, Discussant, Department of Social Work
Presented were preliminary results of a research on inter-generational transition of trauma in immigrant families from Argentina in Israel. These results suggest that the intensification of tensions between the government, the army and the citizens because of the pandemic, triggered the trauma of the dictatorship in Argentina, that has been transferred to second generation immigrants from their parents.
18.5.2023
Workshop: Shock, Talk & Exit: Public expression and personal experience under the Russian war in Ukraine.
In collaboration with Inter-University Academic Partnership in Russian and East European Studies and The Department of Sociology & Anthropology, BGU.
Dr. Julia Lerner, Coordinator.
Attachment “Shock, Talk & Exit"
31.5.2023
Webinar: Middle Eastern Melting Pot: How Immigration Has Shaped Israel Over Time - for the American Friends of BGU.
Prof. Julia Mirsky
Over 20% of Israelis have been born outside the country and underwent immigration. Many more are children to immigrant parents. A conversation with Professor Julia Mirsky of Ben-Gurion University, moderated by Doug Seserman, CEO of A4BGU examined the history and impact of immigration towards Israel's modern-day demographics and politics.
Attachment “Webinar BGU US – 31.5.2023.
April 15, 2024
Seminar: Go West – Iranian pioneers establishing the Bahai community in Ireland.
Tova Makhani-Belkin, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology & Anthropology
The Bahai religion spread around the world through a net of emissaries (pioneers) from Iran who have been sent to teach the religion and establish new communities. Ireland was one of the target countries and in the 50ties a pioneer from Iran arrived in Ireland and amassed
many Irish followers. To date, the Bahai community in Ireland includes mostly Irish men and women and some Iranian Bahai asylum seekers who received refugee status in Ireland.
