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10/6 TALK | How the Soviet Jew Was Made — Sasha Senderovich
HUB 214, UW Seattle Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesFaculty member Sasha Senderovich will discuss his recent book, "How the Soviet Jew Was Made."
10/19 TALK | Arabian Judaism and Early Islam
Zoom 0Who were the Jews of late ancient western Arabia? Hamza M. Zafer will explain how the Quran and other early Muslim writings provide tantalizing evidence about these communities.
10/26 TALK | The Jews of Medieval Baghdad in the Abbasid Era
Zoom 0Learn about the significant Jewish population — including Talmudic yeshivas, government officials, and financial agents — that resided in Baghdad, at the heart of the Abbasid caliph's imperial rule, for more than 500 years.
11/2 TALK | Jews and Muslims in Colonial Algeria: Between Intimacy and Resentment
Zoom 0Yuval Tal will explore the unique relations between Muslims and Jews in the French colony of Algeria between 1830 and 1962, examining the culture they shared and how colonial rule shaped their daily encounters.
11/10 TALK | Coffeehouses, Parks, and Neighborhoods: Jews and Muslims in 20th-Century Cairo
Zoom 0Alon Tam will explore the social history of the Jewish community in Egypt, looking at public places such as coffeehouses, parks, neighborhoods, and more.
11/15 EVENT | Territories of Ladino in its Postvernacular Mode: The Case of Poetry and Literary Translation
Denny Hall 213In this seminar Dr. August-Zarębska will explain the concept of postvernacularity and will argue that the revival of Sephardic literature from the late 1970s till now may be seen as a part of the postvernacular Ladino culture.
2/15 TALK | Masua Sagiv on Religious Feminism and Social Change in Israel
HUB 214, UW Seattle Campus 4001 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesMasua Sagiv dives into the revolution of religious feminism and social change that has been developing in Israel over the past two decades, and continues on today.
2/23 RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM | “Suppose the Mother were Jewish”, a Happy Hour with Susan Glenn
Smith Room, Suzzallo Library, UW 4000 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe Stroum Center for Jewish Studies is thrilled to invite you to a happy-hour research colloquium led by Susan Glenn, in which she will discuss her forthcoming paper, “Suppose the Mother Were Jewish”: Leo Pfeffer, the American Jewish Congress, and the Problem of Religious Protection Law.
3/31 EVENT | A Workshop with Rachel Brown
Thomson 317 on the UW Campus 2023 Skagit Lane, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe Stroum Center for Jewish Studies is hosting Rachel Brown for a morning workshop, in which she'll discuss chapter 1 of her forthcoming paper, titled “Land, Reproductive Labor and Accumulation: Situating Migrant Carework in Israel/Palestine”. Jewish Studies grad fellow Jake Beckert will serve as respondent.
4/3 TALK | Sarah Zaides Rosen on “Tevye’s Ottoman Daughter”
Zoom 0The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies' Associate Director Sarah Zaides Rosen discusses her new book "Tevye's Ottoman Daughter: Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews at the End of Empire."
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.
5/25 WORKSHOP | ‘Anglo-Saxons of the East’: Armenian Self-Definition… with Ara Daglian
Thomson 317 on the 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.
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.
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.