5/2 STROUM LECTURE | “Melodeklamatsiye”: A Yiddish Performance Genre 🎼
Kane Hall 220 4069 Spokane Ln, Seattle, WA, USAnthony Russell and accompanist Dmitri Gaskin perform a combination of oration and art music that investigates disparate elements—Black religiosity, the music of Chopin, queerness, the ambiguities of diaspora—through the mediums of Jewishness and sound.
5/4 STROUM LECTURE | “Between Me and the Other World”, an Immersive Music Experience
Walker-Ames room in Kane HallIn a multi-faceted performance, Anthony Russell and accordionist Dmitri Gaskin explore W.E.B. DuBois' provocative question, "How does it feel to be a problem?" refracted through the texts and musical idioms of the African American South and Jewish Eastern Europe.
5/4 | Boba After Dark🧋(and after Stroum Lectures)
Boba Up 4141 University Way NE # 103, Seattle, WAWe're inviting UW students to free boba tea following musician Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell's performance on the evening of May 4. Meet, mingle with, and sip alongside our dynamic 2023 Stroum Lectures guest!
5/15 BOOK TALK | Wordplay in Ancient Near Eastern Texts with Professor Scott Noegel
Zoom 0An "all-access" event featuring conversation with Prof. Scott Noegel about his open-access book “Wordplay” in Ancient Near Eastern Texts.
5/21 – 5/22 UW Symposium | Jews Amidst the Embers of the Ottoman Empire
Madrona 313 + Communications 202The University of Washington is hosting an international symposium focused on the late Ottoman period (variously defined) and successor regimes (e.g. Republican Turkey, Arab and Balkan nation-states, British mandate Palestine or French mandate Syria).
5/25 WORKSHOP | ‘Anglo-Saxons of the East’: Armenian Self-Definition… with Ara Daglian
Thomson 317, UW Campus 2023 Skagit Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesAra Daglian examines a work of early twentieth century Armenian-American identity using analytical lenses developed in Jewish Studies to understand how American Jews grappled with redefining themselves.
5/30 — 6/1 TALKS | ’22 — ’23 Graduate Fellow Colloquia
Zoom 02022-2023 graduate fellows discuss Jewish demons in folklore, Armenians in Jerusalem, non-Zionist economic investment in Mandatory Palestine, and much more.
9/12 LUNCH & LEARN | Antisemitism and the Politics of “Tolerance”
Zoom 0Faculty member Nicolaas P. Barr discusses the ideal of tolerance as it relates to how antisemitism in the Netherlands is approached today.
9/ 22 DAWG DAZE | Shared Spaces: The Making and Remaking of Black and Jewish Seattle
Outside Thomson Hall King Ln NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesAs part of Dawg Daze 2023, the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies and the Black Heritage Society have partnered to take students on a walking tour of the historic Central District.
PANEL – POSTPONED | Jewish History and Jewish Memory Revisited: Yerushalmi’s ‘Zakhor’ at 40
HUB 214, UW Seattle Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesPostponed to later in autumn quarter. The Stroum Center is turning 50 years old and Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi's Zakhor isn't far behind! This panel will discuss Yerushalmi's concepts of history and memory.
POSTPONED | “Luminous”: Book Talk and Art Showcase with Canadian Jewish Author and Artist Linda Dayan Frimer
Walker-Ames room in Kane HallPostponed to later in 2023-24. Canadian Jewish author and artist Linda Dayan Frimer will discuss her new memoir, "Luminous." Frimer's art focuses on the dignity and preservation of both culture and nature.
11/16 LECTURE | What Can Jewish Mothers Teach Us About Jewish Origins and Ethnicities?
Thomson Hall 101 2023 King Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesAuthor Cynthia Baker will discuss how, from ancient biblical narratives to cutting-edge genomic research, putting mothers at the center of our questions, definitions, and research into Jewish history can provide unexpected insights and startlingly unfamiliar perspectives.
12/3 EVENT | Ladino Day 2023: ‘Kantika’, a Sephardic Novel by Author Elizabeth Graver
Zoom 0The UW Sephardic Studies Program's Ladino Day 2023 features author Elizabeth Graver, who will discuss her novel "Kantika" — a multigenerational saga inspired by her Sephardic grandmother — with Isaac Alhadeff Professor of Sephardic Studies Devin E. Naar.
1/24 WEBINAR | A New Day in Babylon and Jerusalem: Zionism, Power, Politics, and Identity
RSVP for Zoom linkHistorian Sara Hirschhorn will discuss the modern histories of Zionism and the Left, and the unraveling of American Jewish unanimity around Israel between 1967 and 1975.