In a multi-faceted performance, Anthony Russell and accordionist Dmitri Gaskin explore W.E.B. DuBois' provocative question, "How does it feel to be a problem?" refracted through the texts and musical idioms of the African American South and Jewish Eastern Europe.
Anthony Russell and accompanist Dmitri Gaskin perform a combination of oration and art music that investigates disparate elements—Black religiosity, the music of Chopin, queerness, the ambiguities of diaspora—through the mediums of Jewishness and sound.
Though present-day moral philosophers might disagree, in ancient times, animals like birds were seen as tuned in to the divine will and exemplars of right living. Graduate fellow Forrest Martin explains.
Gad Barzilai The Stroum Center thanks Professor Joel Migdal for composing the following touching tribute to his recently passed good friend Professor Emeritus
Jere Bacharach The Stroum Center thanks Professor Naomi B. Sokoloff for composing the following touching tribute to her recently passed good friend Professor
A string of recent horror movies connect ancient Jewish lore with universal fears about life, death, and birth, writes graduate fellow Elizabeth Férauge.
Wednesday, October 29, 6:30-8:30 p.m. PT
Location: Kane Hall 225, UW campus
Sunday, November 16, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. PT
Location: Kane Hall 210 & livestreamed
