April 10th at 11:00 AM:
Sophie Halaby (1906-1997), was born in Kiev, attended an English school in Jerusalem, and studied art in Paris. She returned to Jerusalem in time for the Arab revolt of 1936. In 1948 she escaped to the Old City where she lived in a Russian convent. She spent the remainder of her long life in East Jerusalem. She experienced wars and political unrest, but devoted her artwork to the natural beauty of Jerusalem. Her experiences as an educated Palestinian-Russian woman living in Jerusalem provides an opportunity to observe the city from an unusual perspective.
Laura S. Schor, former Provost of Hunter College and founding Dean of the Macaulay Honors College, is Professor of History at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center. She also directed the Center for Women’s Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Schor is the author of books of women’s history in France and Jerusalem.