Sarah S. Willen, an associate professor of Anthropology and director of the Research Program on Global Health and Human Rights at the University of Connecticut, will discuss her new book, Fighting For Dignity: Migrant Lives At Israel’s Margins, which received the Association for Israel Studies Award for Best Book in Israel Studies in 2019.

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (Pacific Time)

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Note: This live event will be recorded and posted online afterward for later viewing on the Y&S Nazarian Center’s multimedia page.

About the Talk
In this talk, anthropologist Sarah S. Willen will reflect on her long-term fieldwork with global migrants who came to Israel – from Ghana and the Philippines, Nigeria, Colombia, and Ukraine – seeking work, and then became targets of a mass deportation campaign. Drawing on fieldwork in homes and churches, medical offices, advocacy groups and public spaces, she will explore how migrants in Tel Aviv struggle to craft meaningful, flourishing lives despite the exclusions and vulnerabilities they confront.

Professor Dov Waxman, director of the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, will moderate the discussion and lead audience Q&A.

Co-sponsored by the UCLA African Studies Center and UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration