Eliezer Papo | Transmission of Sephardic Music Interview Series (English)

Speaker: Eliezer Papo Dr. Eliezer Papo’s research centers on Hebrew/Jewish oral literature, with a specialization in the field of Sephardic literature (oral and written, rabbinic and secular). His book And Thou Shall Jest with Your Son: Judeo-Spanish Parodies on the Passover Haggadah, received the prestigious Ben-Tzvi award. Dr. Papo published around 50 articles, in 10 different languages, about different aspects of Sephardic culture and literature, as well as four works of fiction — one in Ladino and three in Serbo-Croatian. • Dr. Eliezer Papo serves also as the President of Sefarad – Society for Sephardic Studies (since 2018), • Senior Lecturer at the Hebrew Literature Department at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, • Chairman of the Moshe David Gaon Center for Ladino Culture (since 2016), • Chief-editor of El Prezente – Journal for Sephardic Studies, a scientific journal published by the Gaon Center (also since 2016) and a member of the Steering Committee of the Centre for the Study of European Politics and Society (since 2017) at the same University. • Representative of the Israeli Universities in the Council of the National Authority for Ladino Culture, where he is also a member of the executive board (both since 2015). • Member of the Israeli National Academy for Ladino, where he is also a member of the executive board (both since 2020). • Académico correspondiente de la Real Academia Española (foreign member of the Spanish Royal Academy). ------------------------------------------ Content of the video 0:00 - How is Sephardic music transmitted today? 8:47 - What’s the core of Sephardic music? 18:05 - Women’s culture in Sephardic tradition 23:42 - How has Sephardic music changed in style over time? Video credit: Filming and editing: Guo, Ke