5/19 WORKSHOP | Nation-State and Citizenship: The Exclusion and Persecution of Greek Jews in Romania Under the National Legionary State
Mary Gates Hall, Room 211BJoin Fulbright Scholar and UW Visiting Lecturer Nikos Tzafleris to workshop his article-in-progress on how Jews with Greek citizenship living in Romania navigated rising antisemitism and nationalism during a turbulent period of European history. Open to graduate students and faculty.
5/20 SEMINAR | Jewish Writers from 20th-Century Ukraine: In the Shadow of the Holocaust
A reading & discussion-based online seminar with faculty member Sasha Senderovich, looking at the prose and poetry of Jewish writers from Ukraine at three key moments in the 20th century. Advance registration required.
5/23 EVENT| An Evening with Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh
HUB 145, UW Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WAIsraeli/Druze emissary to the U.S. Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh will discuss her experiences as a journalist and former Knesset member, and "the complexity of Israel," with faculty member Alan Dowty.
GRADUATE COLLOQUIUM | Political and Archival Policies: International and Local Perspectives
Zoom 0Graduate fellows Francis Abugbilla and Lili Brown present about Israeli foreign policy in Africa and archiving local Sephardic history.
GRADUATE COLLOQUIUM | Reimagining Jewish Narratives in New Contexts: From Antiquity to the Present
Zoom 0Graduate fellows Aaron Carpenter, Shelby Handler, and Forrest Martin present their research in 20-minute presentations.
6/1 TALK | Silenced Horrors: Sexual Violence During the Holocaust in Ukraine
Zoom 0In this talk, Marta Havryshko (Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences) will discuss the silence around sexual violence that occurred in Ukraine during the Holocaust, and the devastating impact of this kind of violence in this and in other wars and genocides.