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Video: Gary Shteyngart discusses his new novel and “the new dystopia” of America in the 2018 Stroum Lectures

Author Gary Shteyngart shares tales from the world of hedge fund management and Trump's America that informed his new novel "Lake Success."

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2018-08-19T21:15:16+00:00August 8th, 2018|Categories: Our Events, Video|Tags: Literature, Politics, Stroum Lectures|0 Comments

Video: Gary Shteyngart reflects on immigration, memory, and Russian Jews in the 2018 Stroum Lectures

Author Gary Shteyngart, in conversation with Professor Sasha Senderovich, shares stories from his memoir "Little Failure."

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2018-09-03T13:45:39+00:00August 3rd, 2018|Categories: Our Events, Video|Tags: Immigrants, Literature, Russia, Soviet Union, Stroum Lectures|0 Comments

How Gary Shteyngart’s Russian Jewish past informs his literary present

Novelist Gary Shteyngart's Soviet-inflected humor is more relevant than ever in Trump's America.

By Denise Grollmus|2018-09-05T12:19:35+00:00June 11th, 2018|Categories: Arts & Culture, Our Events|Tags: Culture, Literature, Russia, Soviet Union|0 Comments

2018 Stroum Lectures with Gary Shteyngart

Novelist Gary Shteyngart will explore questions of humor, identity, and politics in a series of conversations with Professor Sasha Senderovich.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2018-05-11T14:30:34+00:00January 27th, 2018|Categories: Our Events|Tags: American Jewish Community, Culture, Russia, Stroum Lectures|0 Comments

Seattle’s fifth annual Ladino Day breaks tradition and hosts sold-out concert with Yasmin Levy

Singer Yasmin Levy's fusion of traditional and modern Sephardic music drew a packed house for the fifth annual Ladino Day.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2017-12-27T12:11:50+00:00November 13th, 2017|Categories: Our Events, Sephardic Studies|Tags: Devin Naar, Graduate Fellows, Ladino, Ladino Day, Ladino Day 2017, Sephardic, Sephardic Studies, Turkey|0 Comments

The Fourth Annual International Ladino Day Celebration Video

We are pleased to share our video recording of the November 30, 2016 International Ladino Day celebration in Seattle.

By Ty Alhadeff|2017-09-04T22:40:55+00:00August 15th, 2017|Categories: Our Events, Sephardic Studies|Tags: Devin Naar, Ladino, Ladino Day, Ladino Day 2016, Sephardic Studies, Ty Alhadeff|0 Comments

Video: Jonathan Israel on Spinoza as a Revolutionary

Professor Jonathan Israel explores Spinoza's role as a revolutionary thinker and precursor to the modern human rights movement in the 2017 Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies.

By Kara Schoonmaker|2017-09-25T16:29:17+00:00July 20th, 2017|Categories: Digital Jewish Studies, Jewish History & Thought, Our Events, Video|Tags: Enlightenment, Europe, History, Jonathan Israel, Philosophy, Spinoza, Stroum Lectures|0 Comments

Spinoza & Modern Jewish Philosophy 2017 Conference

This international conference, in combination with the 2017 Stroum Lectures, explored the myriad ways in which Spinoza has contributed to the development of modern Jewish philosophy.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2017-07-26T12:40:23+00:00May 22nd, 2017|Categories: Jewish History & Thought, Our Events|0 Comments