Graduate FellowshipFinding Your Voice in Jewish Studies
The Stroum Center’s interdisciplinary graduate fellowship program supports current M.A. and Ph.D. students from a wide variety of disciplines at the University of Washington whose research connects to Jewish studies.
Graduate fellows share their research through public presentations and articles published on the Stroum Center’s website. The fellowship includes monthly workshops exploring the history and methodologies of Jewish studies; professional development in the areas of public scholarship and library skills; and networking with Stroum Center faculty.
The fellowship offers grants of $4,000 to awardees and is made possible by the Stroum Center’s generous community supporters.
Applications for the 2020-2021 academic year are due on April 13, 2020. Learn more & apply >
2019-2020 graduate fellows in Jewish studies
2019-2020 Graduate Fellows
- Francis Mbawini Abugbilla, Benaroya Israel Studies Fellow
- Oya Rose Aktas, Rabbi Arthur A. Jacobovitz Fellow
- Canan Bolel, Pamela and Robert Center Fellow
- Erin Gilbert, Richard Willner Memorial Fellow
- Jennifer Hunter, I. Mervin and Georgiana Gorasht Fellow
- Eryk Waligora, Robinovitch Family Fellow
- Derek Wiebke, Max Sarason Fellow
- Bret Windhauser, Mickey Sreebny Memorial Scholar
The good goods: Smuggling between Israel and the Palestinian Territories
Graduate fellow Bret Windhauser explains the economic underpinnings of smuggling between Israel and the Palestinian Territories — and why the most commonly smuggled goods may not be what you think.
How the Jewish community in Côte d’Ivoire is helping to build peace after war
Graduate fellow Francis Abugbilla tells the story of C'ôte d'Ivoire's young Jewish community, and its efforts to promote peace in a country recovering from multiple civil wars.
The Jews of Kurdistan: How Kurdish Jews became Israeli
Opportunity grant winner Pinar Kara tells the story of Kurdish Jews' migration to Israel, and how they keep connected with Kurdish culture today.
Graduate Fellows offer public talks on their research topics – which typically span a wide range of disciplines and regions of the world – throughout the academic year. Find out what’s coming up on our events calendar.
The Stroum Center’s Graduate Fellowship was established in 2012 and has supported dozens of graduate students’ research in Jewish studies. Explore past cohorts of fellows and their research interests by academic year >