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"Spain in Our Ears: International Musical Responses in Support of the Republic during the Spanish Civil War", which started life as a special issue, is now a short book co-edited with Igor Contreras Zubillaga! routledge.com/Spain-in-Our-E…

RG 1330 Joseph and Lara Cherniavsky, Box 1 The YIVO Institute

💗💗💗Asmahan on Baidaphon at 78 rotations per minute💗💗💗

Was just gifted a small stack of cantorial 78s left behind by a retired colleague.

From NYPL's collections, a rare photo of Mohamed Juda, first recorded Algerian person to immigrate to the U.S., posing before Augustus F. Sherman's camera outside Ellis Island's Main Building, and a 2nd time in the registry clerk's office. More here: digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/wi…

Got a couple of invite codes to that other place (where I'm now spending much more time). DM if interested.

Little bit of light. RECORDING HISTORY: JEWS, MUSLIMS, AND MUSIC ACROSS TWENTIETH-CENTURY NORTH AFRICA has won the 2023 L. Carl Brown Book Prize from the American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS). I am honored and humbled.

Congratulations Christopher Silver on this honour! Back in May 2022, we interviewed Professor Silver about his book, "Recording History: Jews, Muslims and Music Across Twentieth-Century North Africa." Read more here: mcgill.ca/arts/article/d… McGill Media Relations McGill Libraries

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Jumping back on here for a second to repost this. We have a postdoc opportunity in Jewish Studies at McGill. I strongly encourage you to apply. Come work with an incredible set of scholars in an incredible city. Deadline: Dec. 15, 2023. Email me with any questions.

I loved doing this interview with Christopher Silver from @McGillU. We discuss his passion for North African music, his award-winning book Recording History, his other projects, and some great documentaries. tuvefloden.com/2023/12/07/int…  #music #NorthAfrica #MENA #InterviewingReligion

Two days left to apply for our postdoc!

Last week we featured Part Eight of the Interviewing Religion series. Highlights from our interview with Christopher Silver (Christopher Silver) -- a 🧵 tuvefloden.com/2023/12/07/int…

Does music remember what history forgets? Can you know a place if you don't know what it sounded like? Silver's award-winning book explores the music and recording industries in 19th and early 20th century North Africa, examining these questions and more. Out with Stanford Press

His article about the Hebrew Hour, on Radio Tunis from 1939-56, shows the complexity of broadcasting and its differences with the printed word. From the languages used (not Hebrew!) to its range of subjects, music, and political preferences. muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/… Project MUSE

Silver also suggests other scholars and resources. Like the documentary El Gusto, by Safinez Bousbia. Essentially a "Buena Vista Social Club" for Algerian Jews and Muslims, it is a good example for the question Silver poses: what does music remember that history does not?

He also cites the work of Cornell professor Ziad Fahmy, such as the book Ordinary Egyptians and this book, Street Sounds. Silver notes that both use compelling sources and are pioneering in how they think through music and sound in Egypt. Ziad Fahmy

Added bonus -- Silver is also the founder and curator of the website Gharamophone, a digital archive of North African records from the first half of the twentieth century. There's so much beautiful music here. Check it out! gharamophone.com

McGill Jewish Studies x Socalled collab! Lots of guest appearances. Winter 2024 is gonna be something special. Email me with questions or for details.