2020 Impact Report
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Ladino newspapers are the new wave in “uncharted waters” of digital history
Newspapers capture the past and hold key to Ladino’s future, says UW computer science student Ben Lee.
VIDEO | Teaching Computers to Read Ladino: Student Coffee Hour with SCJS Graduate Fellow Ben Lee
Watch a recording from our fall virtual coffee hour where 2020-21 Jewish Studies Graduate Fellow Ben Lee shared his research that applies machine learning technology to Ladino newspapers.
Between Rhodes and Seattle: Three generations of Sephardic women in family letters
Ladino letters written and dictated by women between Rhodes and Seattle offer a rare insight into the concerns and aspirations of Sephardic women in the early twentieth century.
Welcoming postdoctoral fellows Brendan Goldman and Smadar Ben-Natan
The Stroum Center welcomes two new postdoctoral fellows specializing in medieval Jewish history, and human rights and military law in Israel.
Archival documents trace the life and survival of one Salonican Jew through the twentieth century
A cache of letters and government documents, translated by visiting student Dimitris Mitsopolous, reveal the life and survival of Salonican-born Pepo Allalouf.
Announcing the 2020-2021 graduate fellows in Jewish Studies
Incoming graduate fellows in Jewish Studies specialize in history, computer science, information science, art history, and music.