Upcoming Events
Ladino Day 2025 | Sephardic Homelands: Spanish and Portuguese Citizenship and the Question of Belonging Today
Sunday, November 16, 10:00 am PST - 11:00 am PST at Kane Hall 210In Ladino Day 2025, speakers Rina Benmayor, Dalia Kandiyoti and Devin E. Naar will discuss the significance of the Spanish and Portuguese governments' decision in 2015 to offer citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled five centuries ago.
Book Talk: Mark Letteney – Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration
Thursday, January 22, 2026, 6:30 pm PST - 8:30 pm PST at Kane Hall 225Join us for a talk with Mark Letteney on his new book: Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration.
Book Talk: Umbrella Sky – Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children’s Literature
Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 4:30 pm PST - 6:00 pm PST at HUB 145, UW CampusJoin us for a talk on Miriam Udel's new book: Modern Jewish Worldmaking through Yiddish Children's Literature.
Marking 50 years of impact on campus, in the community, and around the globe
On March 11, 2025, faculty, students, and members of the public gathered to celebrate 50 years of impact at the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies and to reflect on Jewish Studies in the current climate.
Roma Holocaust experience and relational memory
Professor Liora Halperin summarizes Ari Joskowicz's UW lecture (and research) into the Roma experience during the Holocaust. This includes touching on the role of relational memory.
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.
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