In June 2026, Professor Devin Naar led the first-ever International Summer Institute on Modern Balkan and Eastern Mediterranean Jewries in Thessaloniki, Greece.
In 2025-2026, the Stroum Center hosted a book launch series celebrating three new faculty publications.
The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies is excited to introduce the 2026-2027 cohort of graduate fellows in Jewish Studies. Fellows receive mentorship from Stroum Center
The Stroum Center hosted its first-ever daylong Student Research Symposium, highlighting the research of 11 different Jewish Studies undergraduate and graduate students.
Rafael Neis – a preeminent scholar and artist - was our 2026 Stroum Lecturer, presenting thought-provoking scholarship on rabbinic literature, gender, and visual culture.
This article by Graduate Fellow Alexandra Ritsatos examines how Greek Jewish left-wing activists remembered political struggle, resistance, and identity across the twentieth century.
How did Jewish communities in China change over time? Graduate Fellow Micah Sprouffske looks at words with Chinese and Jewish roots in the stele outside the Kaifeng Synagogue.
How do Holocaust museums teach genocide without losing focus on the Holocaust? Explore the ethics, challenges, and evolution of Holocaust education in this essay by Graduate Fellow Anya Lord.
