From Austria to Chile: A Journey of Braided Memories
A Reading and Conversation Between Poet Marjorie Agosín and Photographer Samuel Shats
09.05.2022
15:00 - 17:00
A cooperation between the Center for Jewish Studies and the Center for Inter-American Studies
HS 06.03 (HS C, Universitätsplatz 6)
This presentation will speak about the braiding of poetry and photography in the poetry collection where Marjorie Agosín speaks about her journey to find her greatgrandmother Helena Broder living Vienna in 1939 to the shores of Valparaiso during the Holocaust. The images of Samuel Shats symbolically illustrate these times as well as Helena's future in the New world. After the discussion, we plan to show a brief film.
Marjorie Agosín is the Andrew Mellon Professor of the Humanities at Wellesley College, USA. Samuel Shats is an independent award winning photographer with exhibits in Latin America, the USA, Europe, and Israel.