What is the Purpose of your Trip to Jerusalem?

The Melville and the Mediterranean conference, held in Jerusalem onJune 17-21, 2009, became a learning experience even days before itstarted. For many of us, the simple fact of going through the El Alsecurity control at the airport nearest to where we live, where we teach, wherewe read Melville, whe...

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Author: Andrés González, Rodrigo
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2010
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/173128
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/173128
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
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Summary:The Melville and the Mediterranean conference, held in Jerusalem onJune 17-21, 2009, became a learning experience even days before itstarted. For many of us, the simple fact of going through the El Alsecurity control at the airport nearest to where we live, where we teach, wherewe read Melville, where we think Melville, implied going through the almostshocking and not very comfortable exercise of hearing articulated in the mouthof Israeli security staff the kind of questions some of us had been privately andsecretly asking ourselves...