Upcoming Events
AI and the Future of Holocaust Research & Memory: A Public Symposium
Tuesday, May 20, 9:00 am PDT - 5:00 pm PDTA public symposium on AI and the future of Holocaust research & memory will be held on campus all day on May 20, 2025.
STROUM LECTURES 2025 | Jewish Women in Antiquity: Untold Stories of Leadership and Desire
Dr. Bernadette Brooten (Brandeis University) discusses the surprising roles and relationships held by women — and individuals categorized as neither women nor men — in synagogues and churches in the Early Roman Empire.
Antisemitism, Jewish Studies, and university campus conflict
Dr. Gilah Kletenik and Dr. Devin Naar discussed the past, present and future of Jewish Studies with Dr. Daniel Heller in "Today's Campus Conflicts and the Future of Jewish Studies," a conversation on March 11, 2025.
Ladino Day 2024: “The Familiar” with Bestselling Author Leigh Bardugo
In the 12th annual Ladino Day, bestselling fantasy author Leigh Bardugo ("Shadow and Bone") discusses her new novel, "The Familiar," its use of Ladino, and the family history that inspired it, with UW professor Canan Bolel.
About Our Events
- All events are offered to students and the public free of charge
- Our annual marquee events, the Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies, began in the 1970s and are still going strong!
- Our frequent programming partners on campus include the Departments of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MELC), History, Spanish & Portuguese Studies and Linguistics
- The Stroum Center partners to support Seattle-area events featuring our faculty or related academic topics. Past partners include the Seattle Public Library and Seattle Jewish Film Festival
- Examples of recent innovative programs: Lessons (Not) Learned from the Holocaust Lecture Series and the inaugural ‘Muestros Artistas’ [Our Artists] Sephardic Arts Symposium of 2023