Upcoming Events
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SCJS Book Launch Series Celebrates Recent Faculty Publications in Leading Presses
In 2025-2026, the Stroum Center hosted a book launch series celebrating three new faculty publications.
End-of-year Student Research Symposium Highlights Jewish Studies’ Impact and Diversity
The Stroum Center hosted its first-ever daylong Student Research Symposium, highlighting the research of 11 different Jewish Studies undergraduate and graduate students.
Reimagining Gender in Ancient and Early Modern Judaism: 2026 Stroum Lectures with Professor Rafael Neis
Rafael Neis – a preeminent scholar and artist - was our 2026 Stroum Lecturer, presenting thought-provoking scholarship on rabbinic literature, gender, and visual culture.
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