As a premiere hub for Jewish Studies, the Stroum Center features an internationally recognized Sephardic Studies Program, a growing Israel Studies Program, and a vibrant undergraduate and graduate community.
Upcoming Events
1/19 BOOK TALK & DISCUSSION | “The Oldest Guard: Forging the Zionist Settler Past” — Liora Halperin
Wednesday, January 19, 4:00 pm PST - 5:15 pm PST
1/20 PANEL | Scholarly Response – “The Oldest Guard: Forging the Zionist Settler Past” by Liora Halperin
Thursday, January 20, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. PT
2/8 EVENT | The Detention of Uyghur Muslims in China
Tuesday, February 8, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. PT
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Latest Articles
VIDEO | Narrating Migration Stories: Podcasting Sephardic Jewish Journeys
In this exclusive student event, scholar and co-creator of the well-known Ottoman History Podcast Chris Gratien and retired journalist Sam Negri discuss their approach to telling the stories of marginalized migrants to the United States, focusing on the story of Negri’s father, Sephardic Jew Leo Negri.
Uncovering the Yiddish-language tales about Knights of the Round Table that Jews (and non-Jews) loved
Annegret Oehme shares the stories of the nearly forgotten Yiddish knights' tales that inspired centuries of storytellers, both Jews and non-Jews alike.
From the assistant director’s desk: Updates on the Sephardic Studies Digital Collection
The 2020-21 academic year provided unprecedented opportunities for advancing the Sephardic Studies Digital Collection. We share an update from our Assistant Director and the UW librarians who have made this progress possible.
Using machine learning to explore photos, illustrations, ads and more in historic Ladino newspapers
Graduate fellow Ben Lee explains how machine learning can help historians to learn from the photographs, illustrations and advertisements found in Ladino-language newspapers.
VIDEO | Graduate Fellows Research Colloquia
The 2020-2021 cohort of graduate fellows in Jewish studies presents their research on Sephardic Jews in modern times, midwives in the Ottoman Empire, Sephardic music, ancient Jewish art, and Kurdish Jews in medieval Iraq.
VIDEO | 2021 Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies: Reading Jewish Texts in an Age of Climate Change
In the 2021 Stroum Lectures, Julia Watts Belser uses classic rabbinic Jewish texts to grapple with questions about climate change and environmental justice, inviting us to tangle with grief and re-imagine possibilities for survival.
