Join us for the Keynote Roundtable—Indigenous and Jewish difficult histories: Cultural transmission and preservation in museums and beyond.
This is part of the ongoing series this fall called Fostering Indigenous-Jewish Dialogue in Mi’kma’ki: A Two-Eyed Seeing/Etuaptmumk Approach. The series is being organized by Dr. Dorota Glowacka in collaboration with Dalhousie’s Jewish Studies Department, MSVU’s Two-Eyed Seeing Program, and other university and community partners.
Lorena Sekwan Fontaine (Moderator) is a member of the Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba. She is Professor and Department Head of the Indigenous Studies Program at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Her work focuses on Indigenous language rights, the legacy of residential schools and cultural genocide.
John Moses is a member of the Delaware and Upper Mohawk bands from the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory near Brantford, Ont. A former director (retired) of repatriation and Indigenous relations at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., he is now an independent Indigenous advisor and consultant to museums and heritage organizations. He is a recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal for his service to museums.
Erica Lehrer is a sociocultural anthropologist, historian and curator. She is Professor in the History Department and past Canada Research Chair in Museum and Heritage Studies at Concordia University in Montreal. She is the Founding Director of the Curating and Public Scholarship Lab. Her many publications include Terribly Close: Polish Vernacular Artists Face the Holocaust (2023); Curatorial Dreams: Critics Imagine Exhibitions (2016); Jewish Poland Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Unquiet Places (2013).
This is part of our ongoing series this fall called “Fostering Indigenous-Jewish Dialogue in Mi’kma’ki: A Two-Eyed Seeing/Etuaptmumk Approach.” The series is being organized by Dr. Dorota Glowacka in collaboration with Dalhousie’s Jewish Studies Department, MSVU’s Two-Eyed Seeing Program, and other university and community partners. It takes place October 25 to 27 and involves events open to the public—including a film screening and conversation at the Halifax Central Library and an art exhibit at the NSCAD Treaty Space Gallery.
“Fostering Indigenous-Jewish Dialogue in Mi’kma’ki: A Two-Eyed Seeing/Etuaptmumk Approach” will also include workshops for students and workshops for faculty and staff on the topics of: language destruction and revitalization, material culture, and restitution and return of cultural objects. For information about the workshops please contact Dr. Glowacka at dorota.glowacka@ukings.ca.
