# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Sex and Scandal in 18th-Century Curaçao’s Sephardic Community
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Sexuality, power, communal authority, and colonial governance in the Jewish Caribbean.About this EventBruce Greenberg Lecture SeriesThis lecture explores a dramatic but largely overlooked adultery case from late-18th-century Curaçao, in which two members of the Sephardic community were accused of a clandestine affair that reverberated far beyond the private sphere. Drawing on archival records, Dr. Roitman shows how this scandal exposed the faultlines of sexuality, power, communal authority, and colonial governance in the Jewish Caribbean, providing a unique entry point into how Sephardic self-governance intersected with colonial law, and how intimacy, race, and social hierarchy worked in daily life.About the Speaker:Jessica Roitman is Professor of Jewish Studies in the Faculty of Religion and Theology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She is a social and cultural historian with a focus on Jews in chronologies ranging from the early modern period through the 19th century. Her research interests are in Caribbean, Atlantic, and Colonial (Jewish) histories. In particular, her work looks at the intersection of 'minorities', ethnicity, and religion in colonial spaces.She is (co) editor-in-chief for the Journal of Early American History, editor for Brill's Privacy Studies book series, Amsterdam University Press' Jewish Urban Cultures book series, and is on the editorial board of Jewish Historical Studies and NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/gainesville/sex-and-scandal-in-18th-century-curaçao’s-sephardic-community/100001979988173928
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Gainesville
- **state**: FL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Pugh Hall, Ocora Room
- **lat**: 29.6494322
- **long**: -82.34546399999999
- **full address**: Pugh Hall, Ocora Room, 296 Buckman Drive, Gainesville, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Sex and Scandal in 18th-Century Curaçao’s Sephardic Community being held?
  - **A:** Sex and Scandal in 18th-Century Curaçao’s Sephardic Community takes place on Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm to Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Pugh Hall, Ocora Room, 296 Buckman Drive, Gainesville, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Sex and Scandal in 18th-Century Curaçao’s Sephardic Community?
  - **A:** Sex and Scandal in 18th-Century Curaçao’s Sephardic Community is organized by The UF Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies.

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