Sephardic Studies
Grad Fellows: Sephardic Culture: Music, Language & Literature from Spain to Seattle
HUB 145, UW Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesGraduate Fellows Molly FitzMorris, Vivian Mills and Sarah Riskind share their research on the topics of Ladino language, Sephardic music, and the early-modern literature of Spain.
Seattle Jewish Film Festival: “Trezoros” Sephardic Spotlight
AMC Pacific Place 600 Pine Street, Seattle, WA, United StatesIn this year's Sephardic Spotlight film, learn about the coastal city of Kastoria, Greece, which was once home to a harmonious and vibrant population of Jews and Christians.
Judeo-Spanish (Ladino): Language Endangerment & Revitalization
Thomson Hall 101 2023 King Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesA century ago, Judeo-Spanish was declared "almost extinct." What is the status of the language today? How can an endangered language like Judeo-Spanish be preserved and revitalized in the 21st century?
Grad Fellows: Israeli Diplomacy, Jewish Refugees and Sephardic Soldiers in the 20th & 21st Centuries
HUB 145, UW Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesGraduate Fellows Samuel Gordon, Pablo Jairo Tutillo Maldonado, and Ozgur Ozkan share their research on migration, the Israeli state, and military participation in this academic panel.
The Ottoman Last Decade: The Perspectives of “The Other Ottomans”
Thomson 317 on the UW Campus 2023 Skagit Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesDiscover the fate of non-Turkish populations—especially Ladino-speaking Jews—during the final years of the Ottoman Empire in this lecture by Prof. Eyal Ginio.
Ladino Day 2018: Jewish Folktales of the Mediterranean
Kane Hall 130 4069 Spokane Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesLadino Day 2018 will showcase Paris-based author François Azar's collections of Ladino folktales, which bring Sephardic traditions to new generations.
3/4 TALK | New Language, New Story: How Translation Changed the Bible for Sephardic Jews Across History
Thomson Hall 101 2023 King Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesDr. David Wacks will discuss the history of Sephardic engagement with the Tanakh, from the medieval Arabic translations to the Ladino and Judeo-Spanish translations, commentaries, and legends through which generations of Sepharadim reinterpreted the Tanakh for the worlds in which they lived.
3/13 CONCERT | Singing the Sephardic Diaspora: Mediterranean Elements in Judeo-Spanish Choral Arrangements
Kane Hall 220 4069 Spokane Ln, Seattle, WA, USLadino songs reflect a wealth of musical influences, from Turkish scales to Balkan rhythms. In this lecture-recital, recent Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) graduate Sarah Riskind will discuss Mediterranean features of Sephardic music and how they can be highlighted in arrangements for chorus.
Seattle Jewish Film Festival Sephardic Spotlight | Children of the Inquisition
AMC Pacific Place 600 Pine Street, Seattle, WA, United StatesDirector Joseph Lovett's new documentary tells the stories of people with Spanish and Portuguese heritage who discover their ancestors were Jewish.
Seattle Sephardic Legacies | National Endowment for the Humanities
HUB 160: Lyceum 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesTrace the journey of Seattle’s Sephardic Jews from the Ottoman Empire to the Pacific Northwest through artifacts transported to the Puget Sound. Do you have Ladino books, family letters, immigration documents, postcards, audio recordings, or other artifacts pertaining to the Sephardic experience? Bring your Sephardic treasures for evaluation, digitization, and inclusion in the Sephardic Studies Collection.
Ladino Day 2019: Exploring Sephardic Life Cycle Customs
HUB 160: Lyceum 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe 7th annual International Ladino Day will highlight Sephardic life cycle customs from the Ottoman Empire to the Pacific Northwest.
2/4 TALK | “Family Papers” Book Talk with Sarah Abrevaya Stein
The Seattle Public Library Central Library, 1000 4th Ave, Seattle, Washington 98104 The Seattle Public Library, Central Library, 1000 4th Ave, Seattle, Washington 98104, Seattle, WA, United StatesJoin the Sephardic Studies Program and the Seattle Public Library for a conversation with Dr. Devin E. Naar and Dr. Sarah Abrevaya Stein about her new book, "Family Papers."
Seattle Jewish Film Festival Sephardic Spotlight | The Final Hour
WA, United StatesA new documentary follows a young Sephardic woman who has just come to the realization that her ancestral language, Ladino, is on the verge of extinction.
Insights from a Half-Century of Ladino Studies: David M. Bunis in Conversation with Devin E. Naar
International Ladino expert Dr. David Bunis discusses his personal connection with the Ladino language, the history of Ladino studies, and the future of the field with Dr. Devin Naar, chair of the UW Sephardic Studies Program.
STUDENT EVENT | Teaching computers to read Ladino, a heritage language of Sephardic Jews
RSVP for Zoom linkHow do you teach a computer to read an endangered language -- and a language that many people don't even know exists? While machine learning technology has enabled us to read and research texts online in many languages, there's one language that our computers and smartphones have yet to learn: Ladino, a heritage language of Sephardic Jews.