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5/6 SEMINAR | Jewish Writers from 20th-Century Ukraine: In the Midst of Pogrom Violence
5/6 SEMINAR | Jewish Writers from 20th-Century Ukraine: In the Midst of Pogrom Violence
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.
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5/10 STROUM LECTURE | Does the United States Have a Jewish Question?
5/10 STROUM LECTURE | Does the United States Have a Jewish Question?
Historian Lila Corwin Berman looks at questions of Jews' citizenship and belonging in the United States over the course of American history.
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5/12 STROUM LECTURE | Belonging in Question: Jews in the American Civic and Legal Imagination
5/12 STROUM LECTURE | Belonging in Question: Jews in the American Civic and Legal Imagination
Historian Lila Corwin Berman looks at the question of Jews' citizenship and belonging in the United States across American history.
5/12 STUDENT EVENT| Post-Stroum Lecture Boba and Conversation
5/12 STUDENT EVENT| Post-Stroum Lecture Boba and Conversation
Join staff from Hillel UW and a UW faculty member to discuss this year's Stroum Lectures over bubble tea — our treat!
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5/19 WORKSHOP | Nation-State and Citizenship: The Exclusion and Persecution of Greek Jews in Romania Under the National Legionary State
5/19 WORKSHOP | Nation-State and Citizenship: The Exclusion and Persecution of Greek Jews in Romania Under the National Legionary State
Join 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.
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5/20 SEMINAR | Jewish Writers from 20th-Century Ukraine: In the Shadow of the Holocaust
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.
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5/23 EVENT| An Evening with Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh
5/23 EVENT| An Evening with Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh
Israeli/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.
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GRADUATE COLLOQUIUM | Political and Archival Policies: International and Local Perspectives
GRADUATE COLLOQUIUM | Political and Archival Policies: International and Local Perspectives
Graduate fellows Francis Abugbilla and Lili Brown present about Israeli foreign policy in Africa and archiving local Sephardic history.
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GRADUATE COLLOQUIUM | Reimagining Jewish Narratives in New Contexts: From Antiquity to the Present
GRADUATE COLLOQUIUM | Reimagining Jewish Narratives in New Contexts: From Antiquity to the Present
Graduate fellows Aaron Carpenter, Shelby Handler, and Forrest Martin present their research in 20-minute presentations.
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6/1 TALK | Silenced Horrors: Sexual Violence During the Holocaust in Ukraine
6/1 TALK | Silenced Horrors: Sexual Violence During the Holocaust in Ukraine
In 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.