‘What is Sephardic Music?’: A study of the diverse sounds collected by a culture in diaspora
Ph.D. candidate Ke Guo begins to document her world travels by sharing the first two interviews from her forthcoming series 'What is Sephardic Music?'
Learning Ladino, a Language I Already Knew
Graduate Fellow Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano specializes in Ottoman Turkish history, but his Jewish Studies research project has led him to a rare Ladino manuscript.
Why I study Jewish refugees of the Arab world
Grad Fellow Pablo Jairo Tutillo Maldonado explains why learning about global migrants and refugees -and their history- is vitally important.
“Close to My Ancestors”–The Restored Grand Synagogue of Edirne, Turkey
Edirne, in northwestern Turkey, used to be home to a major Sephardic Jewish community.
Lessons in Solidarity at Seattle’s New Holocaust Center for Humanity
Katja Schatte unpacks the Holocaust Center's mission to teach about Jewish suffering as well as human rights.
Finding Sephardic Blessings and Johnny Carson in the WSJHS Archives
The archival adventures of Emily Thompson, this year's Mickey Sreebny Memorial Scholar.
“Obedience” Exhibit in Berlin asks, Are you Abraham?
Graduate Fellow Katja Schatte reviews a stunning new exhibit at the Jewish Museum Berlin.
The Hive at Work: Order and Disorder in Jewish Film
Jewish film represents the broader collective memory, writes PhD student Justin Shanitkvich, a former Jewish Studies Graduate Fellow.