Online Course: Israel Beyond Conflict: Immigrants & Refugees

In this class, the historian, a specialist in the Middle East with extensive experience in the region, Monique Sochaczewski, presents a brief history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to then point out the non-obvious side of this : the recent large presence of foreign workers in Israel, from countries such as Vietnam and Romania, and asylum seekers, mainly Eritreans and Sudanese. Understand some of the complexity of these two groups within the already complicated Israeli society today, and see how books, movies and series help to understand part of this theme.

• The birth of the State of Israel and Jewish refugees
• The Law of Return
• The 1st Intifada and Impact on Palestinian Labor
• Foreign workers in Israel
• Asylum seekers in Israel
   

Single video recorded that can be watched  at any time.

Monique Sochaczweski

Monique is an international historian specializing in the Middle East, as well as a tour guide accredited by Embratur. He holds a degree and a master's degree in History from UERJ, a PhD in History, Politics and Cultural Goods from FGV and a post-doctoral internship at the same FGV. She was a professor at FGV and at the Army Command and General Staff School (ECEME), as well as Academic and Project Coordinator at the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI). He currently teaches at the Brazilian Institute of Education, Development and Research, IDP, in addition to working in the Study and Research Group on the Middle East (GEPOM). He lived in Israel and Turkey, accompanied a group of Brazilians in Azerbaijan, and gave a TEDx lecture on what refugees teach us. Author of “Oriental Tropics/Tropical Orients: Reflections on Brazil and the Middle East” and “From Rio de Janeiro to Istanbul: Contrasts and Connections between Brazil and the Ottoman Empire (1850-1919)”.