Meet Graduate Fellow Anya Lord
Anya Lord When Anya Lord was accepted into the University of Washington’s Master of Arts in Museology program, she didn’t expect to become a Stroum Center graduate fellow as well.
Exploring the Unexpected in Ancient Jewish Culture with Rafael Neis
Rafael Neis By Madison Morgan For more than 50 years, the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies has welcomed leading voices in the field
Reading, Translating, Imagining: Yiddish Children’s Stories Come Alive at UW
Miriam Udel speaks at the Jan. 28 lecture “Umbrella Sky – Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children’s Literature.” Photo by Madison Morgan By
UW and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum host AI and Holocaust Symposium
Faculty member Ben Lee discusses the impact of AI on Holocaust studies and a recent symposium discussing the use of these technologies in Holocaust research.
Sephardic Studies graduate student spotlight: Visiting researcher Maria Papavasilopoulou
Greek scholar Maria Papavasilopoulou is researching Sephardic Jewish memory, music and identity for her Fulbright project.
Welcoming the 2024-2025 graduate fellows in Jewish Studies
The 2024-2025 cohort of graduate fellows study Jewish refugees during World War II, Sephardic Jews in Greece and the U.S., German antisemitism, and Israel/Palestine past and present.
Annual report highlights Stroum Center’s impact in 2023-2024
View highlights from the 2023-2024 year, which focused on student support, responsive programming, and initiatives in Sephardic Studies.
Annual letter from Stroum Center director Mika Ahuvia
Stroum Center Director Mika Ahuvia writes about the past year and the Stroum Center's public education mission.