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.
5/23 TALK | Visualizing Resistance: From Conflict to Concord in a Synagogue Mosaic
Odegaard Library 220 4060 George Washington Lane NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesDr. Ra'anan Boustan interprets an ancient depiction of a Jewish victory over Greek forces, and the clues it offers about Jewish identity during Roman times.
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.
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
Katja Petrowskaja: A Family Story Between Memory and Forgetting
Communications 120 University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe writer Katja Petrowskaja will speak about family history and memory in conversation with Sasha Senderovich.
STUDENT EVENT | A Colloquium with Katja Petrowskaja on Language, Memory, and the Holocaust
The writer Katja Petrowskaja will speak to students and faculty about process of writing and translating a multilingual, transnational family history whose archives have been erased by the Holocaust.
10/29 TALK | No Pasarán!: Jewish Collective Memory in the Spanish Civil War
HUB 145, UW Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesAmelia Glaser of University of California San Diego will speak about how the Spanish Civil War (1936-1938) united the anti-fascist left around the world.
STUDENT EVENT | Lessons on Communicating with the Media from a Middle East Commentator
RSVP for venueDr. Marwa Maziad, a visiting assistant professor of public speaking at Seattle University and a regular BBC political commentator on global affairs, will speak about her experiences as a journalist and political analyst and will offer tips for speaking effectively with the media. Lunch provided. Open to undergrads and graduate students.
11/19 TALK | American Jews and Israel in the Trump Era: Polarization and Protest
Kane Hall 110 4069 Spokane Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesProfessor Dov Waxman will give the 2019 Jack and Rebecca Benaroya Endowed Lecture in Israel Studies on the topic of American Jewish support for Israel in the context of the Donald Trump presidency
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.