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.
Iranian Jews in the Twentieth Century: Between Iranian Nationalism, Communism, and Zionism
The 2019 Afrassiabi Distinguished Lecture in Persian and Iranian Studies with Lior Sternfeld, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, Penn State University In the early
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 Jewish Film Festival | The Tobacconist
SIFF Cinema Uptown 511 Queen Anne Ave N, Seattle, WA, United StatesDirector Nikolaus Leytner's 2018 film portrays the connection between psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and a young man in Nazi-occupied Austria.
STUDENT EVENT: Meza de Ladino ~ Ladino Table
SMITH 320Join Sephardic Studies at the University of Washington to explore Ladino, a Mediterranean language that blends Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Turkish, Arabic, Greek, Italian & French
4/3 PANEL | Perspectives on the 2019 Israeli Parliamentary Elections
HUB 214, UW Seattle Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesJoin Stroum Center faculty and graduate students for a pre-election discussion of Israeli politics and Israel-U.S. relations in the week leading up to Israel's 2019 parliamentary elections.
4/17 COLLOQUIUM | International Politics, History, and Jews
HUB 145, UW Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesGraduate fellows Berkay Gülen and Kerice Doten-Snitker share their research on Israeli foreign policy and anti-Semitism in medieval Europe.
STUDENT EVENT: Meza de Ladino ~ Ladino Table
SMITH 320Join Sephardic Studies at the University of Washington to explore Ladino, a Mediterranean language that blends Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Turkish, Arabic, Greek, Italian & French
5/6 TALK | “More Mexican than the Nopal”: From Ottoman Jew to Mexican Diplomat in Vichy France, or the Story of Mauricio Fresco
Thomson 317, UW Campus 2023 Skagit Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesDr. Devi Mays will use the life of Mexican Jewish diplomat Mauricio Fresco to explore the multiple tensions undergirding global Sephardic life in the late interwar and World War II eras.
STUDENT EVENT: Queer Jews in Nazi-Era Berlin
RSVP for locationFor our quarterly Jewish Studies Coffee Hour, Prof Laurie Marhoefer (History) will present on research methods and challenges she has encountered while researching queer Jews
5/14 STROUM LECTURE | Jewish Manuscripts in the Digital Age: Lost Archives, Sacred Wastebins, and Jews of the Medieval Islamic World
Kane Hall 220 4069 Spokane Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesIn our 2019 Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies, Dr. Marina Rustow will consider the enduring relevance of ancient Jewish texts in an online era.
STUDENT EVENT: Meza de Ladino ~ Ladino Table
SMITH 320Join Sephardic Studies at the University of Washington to explore Ladino, a Mediterranean language that blends Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Turkish, Arabic, Greek, Italian & French
5/16 STROUM LECTURE | Jewish Manuscripts in the Digital Age: Manuscripts, the Digital Revolution, and the New Materiality
Kane Hall 220 4069 Spokane Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesIn our 2019 Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies, Dr. Marina Rustow will consider the enduring relevance of ancient Jewish texts in an online era.
5/21 COLLOQUIUM | Jewish Memory, History & Thought
HUB 145, UW Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesJoin 2018-2019 Stroum Center Graduate Fellows Vincent Calvetti-Wolf, Pablo Jairo Tutillo and Hayim Katsman as they share their research.