Dr. Ruth Behar is a highly acclaimed scholar, novelist, and public intellectual. She is the James W. Fernandez Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. Born in Havana, Cuba, she has lived in Spain and Mexico and has returned to Cuba to build bridges around culture and art. She is a MacArthur Fellow, a Carnegie Corporation “Great Immigrant,” and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her acclaimed scholarly books include The Presence of the Past in a Spanish Village, Translated Woman, The Vulnerable Observer, An Island Called Home, and Traveling Heavy. Other works include a bilingual book of poems, Everything I Kept/Todo lo que guardé; a documentary, Adio Kerida; and the prize-winning young adult novels, Lucky Broken Girl and Letters from Cuba. Dr. Behar’s latest work is a picture book, Tía Fortuna’s New Home, a Cuban Sephardic story about intergenerational memory.
Speaker
Ruth Behar
Speaker’s Topics
- Jewish Cuban identity
- Sephardic identity
- The search for home
- Intergenerational relationships
- Crafting multicultural Jewish fiction for children and young adults
Links of Interest
Website
https://www.ruthbehar.com/
Twitter
@ruthbehar
Instagram
@ruthbeharauthor
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Ruth-Behar-999319306766100/
Featured Publications
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/570137/letters-from-cuba-by-ruth-behar/
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/538594/lucky-broken-girl-by-ruth-behar/9780399546457/
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/204363/the-vulnerable-observer-by-ruth-behar/9780807007136/
https://www.dukeupress.edu/traveling-heavy
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/E/bo28706111.html
Speaker’s Topics
- Jewish Cuban identity
- Sephardic identity
- The search for home
- Intergenerational relationships
- Crafting multicultural Jewish fiction for children and young adults
Links of Interest
Website
https://www.ruthbehar.com/
Twitter
@ruthbehar
Instagram
@ruthbeharauthor
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Ruth-Behar-999319306766100/
Featured Publications
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/570137/letters-from-cuba-by-ruth-behar/
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/538594/lucky-broken-girl-by-ruth-behar/9780399546457/
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/204363/the-vulnerable-observer-by-ruth-behar/9780807007136/
https://www.dukeupress.edu/traveling-heavy
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/E/bo28706111.html