Dr. Vanessa Paloma Elbaz: Echoes of Our Ancestors
Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 19:00 -
Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 20:15
Event duration 1 hours
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About Dr. Vanessa Paloma Elbaz: Echoes of Our Ancestors
Like language, food and history, sound is a key catalyst of cultural transmission: “sontinuity,” as Dr. Vanessa Paloma Elbaz calls it.
In this talk, she will explore how sound has helped maintain the political, economic and social histories of Sephardi communities from the 15th-century expulsion into the modern era.
A renowned performer and scholar, she will use voices, music and instruments to demonstrate sound’s power to pass along culture and will discuss how 16th-century printed songbooks, orally transmitted musical memories, print media and early recordings helped establish the sonic archive of Sephardi selfhood.
Vanessa Paloma Elbaz explores how tradition has been transmitted in the Sephardic diaspora. An internationally renowned performer of Sephardi repertoires, she is Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge and founder/director of KHOYA: Jewish Morocco Sound Archive.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 19:00
Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 20:15
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