PhD, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, England
DESS (French post-graduate degree) in Clinical Psychology, University Paris 7
DEA (French post-graduate degree) in Art History, Architecture and Archaeology
Pantheon-Sorbonne University Paris 1
Judaizing movements
Philo-Semitism
Globalization of religions
Ethno-history
Religious Diasporas
African Judaism
New Religious Movements
Black Jews, Les Juifs Noirs d’Afrique et le mythe des Tribus perdues, Albin Michel, 2014.
The Black Jews of Africa: Identity, Religion, History, New York, Oxford University Press, 2008 and 2012.
Bruder E. and Parfitt, T. eds. African Zion: Studies in Black Judaism, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.
Breitschneider, M, Bruder, E, and Le Roux M. eds, ‘Africana’ Jewish Journeys. Studies in African Judaism. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, forthcoming 2018
“Des communautés juives en Afrique sub-saharienne”, in Histoire des Relations entre Juifs et Musulmans des origines à nos jours, ed. Abdelwahab Medeb and Benjamin Stora, Albin Michel, France, 2013.
“Jewish Communities in sub-Saharan Africa”, in The History of Relations between Jews and Muslims: From its Origins to the Present Days, ed. Abdelwahab Medeb and Benjamin Stora (Albin Michel, University of Princeton, 2014)
“The Beit Avraham of Kechene: The Emergence of a New Jewish Community in Ethiopia”, in Beta Israel: The Jews of Ethiopia and Beyond, edited by E. Trevisan Semi and S. Weil (Cafoscarina: Venezia, 2011)
“'The Descendants of David’ of Madagascar: Crypto-Judaism in Twentieth Century Africa” in Race, Color, Identity: Rethinking Discourses about "Jews" in the 21st Century, edited by Efraim Sicher, New York: Berghahn Books (2013).
“Philosemitism and Affiliation to Judaism in Africa” in Common Knowledge, 23: 3, Duke University Press, 2017.
“Judaïsme africain, Tribus Perdues et traditions orales“ in Mondes séfarade, proche oriental et africain, edited by Joelle Allouche, Vol. 3, CNRS, 2014.
“Tracing the Hebraic-Judaic Origins of the Beit Avraham of Kechene (Ethiopia)” in Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, Vol.LXV, No.2, Autumn 2014.
“Sur les traces des Tribus perdues d’Israel en Afrique, Juifs Africains du 21 ème siècle » (On the Lost Tribes Tracks, African Jews in the 20th Century), Paris Religions et Histoire 28, 2009.
″Constructions d’identités juives en Afrique sub-saharienne″ (Constructions of Jewish Identities in Sub-Saharan Africa) in Juifs et Noirs, du mythe à la réalité, Paris, Pardes, 2008.
“Tribus perdues d’Israël en Afrique″ (Lost Tribes of Israel in Africa) in Juifs et Noirs, du mythe à la réalité, Paris, Pardes, 2008.
"Noirs et Juifs: Les Black Jews aux Etats Unis, Genèse d 'un mouvement judaïsant au 20ème siècle" (Blacks and Jews : Black Jews in the United States – Genesis of a Judaizing Movement in the 20th Century) in Diasporas, Histoire et Sociétés 9 (2006), CNRS, France, pp. 207-221.
“Identités Juives contemporaines en Afrique de l’Ouest: une conséquence des routes caravanières au Moyen Age?” in Graeco-Arabica 11 (2011), Institut for Graeco-Oriental and African Studies: Heraklion).
Research Associate Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, FRAMESPA-UMR 5136, France
President of the International Society for the Study of African Jewry (ISSAJ)
