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Loving Strangers
Jewish Book Week 2025
| Speaker | Jay Prosser |
|---|---|
| Chair | Leslie Hakim Dowek |
Jay Prosser’s ‘Loving Strangers: A Camphorwood Chest, a Legacy, a Son Returns’ is a powerful family memoir reimagining Jewish identity beyond the familiar landscapes of Europe and the Shoah, journeying through Iraq, India, China, and Singapore.
Claudia Roden describes it as “a beautiful and moving story that brings to life a fascinating part of Jewish history. ” The book explores themes of immigration, intermarriage, and integration. Prize-winning author Jay Prosser discusses his book with artist and photographer Leslie Hakim-Dowek, who reflects on memory and identity through Index of Objects, her poignant project cataloguing her late mother’s cherished belongings.
This event will last approximately 1 hour, without an interval.
About the speakers:
Jay Prosser is a Reader in Humanities at the University of Leeds, where he specialises in Jewish studies and creative nonfiction. He has published academic books, including the first study of transsexual life writing, Second Skins: The Body Narratives of Transsexuality (1998; Columbia UP), a book that continues to sell very well 25 years after publication; and Light in the Dark Room: Photography and Loss (2004; Minnesota UP), an exploration of how writers have used photographs. He has worked on a book with Amnesty International examining the value of photographs of atrocity in our news media (Picturing Atrocity; Reaktion; 2012) and edited collections, including C20th American fiction, and gender and narrative. He now specialises in writing about Jews in Asia and Jews’ relations with other groups.
Leslie Hakim-Dowek is a visual artist of Lebanese origin based in London. Her practice mainly focuses on issues of identity, migration and memory often combining photography, archival material and creative writing. She is a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Portsmouth and has widely exhibited in the UK and abroad. Her work is in many private and public collections.
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Plan your visit
Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
Event Times
Door times indicate auditorium entrance times only. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Kings Place seating areas, gallery-level art, canal-side terrace, café, restaurant and bar throughout the day and evening.
- Our events begin promptly at the advertised start time. Typically, there is no support unless otherwise stated.
- We recommend arriving in good time before the performance. The Hall doors will open 30 minutes before the performance to allow time to take your seats, or to choose a space for standing shows.
- Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance where possible
Access
We aim to make your visit to Kings Place as comfortable as possible. For more information about the accessibility of Kings Place, including details about our Access Scheme, please visit this page.
If you would like to discuss your access requirements with a member of our team, please get in touch with the Box Office team at info@kingsplace.co.uk.
Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.