Upcoming Events
POSTPONED | American Christians and the Holy Land: Before, During and After Contemporary Pilgrimages to Israel/Palestine
Tuesday, April 6, 2021, 4:00 pm at HUB 340Dr. Hillary Kaell discusses the modern phenomenon of American Christian pilgrimage trips to Israel/Palestine and how American Christians make sense of these experiences.
POSTPONED | Ghetto: The History of a Word
Thursday, April 22, 2021, 6:30 pm at HUB 145, UW CampusDaniel Schwartz (George Washington University) will give a talk on the history of the word "ghetto" from 16th-century Venice until today.
POSTPONED | Modernity in the Eastern Sephardi Diaspora: The Jews of Ottoman Izmir
Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm at Thomson Hall 101Dina Danon (Binghamton University) will discuss her new book, "The Jews of Ottoman Izmir: A Modern History." Books will be available for sale at the talk.
“Ladino” or not “Ladino”?
When it comes to the Ladino Day controversy, David M. Bunis says we should consider the history of how Jews refer to their own languages.
VIDEO| Behind the Scenes with NPR’s Correspondent in Jerusalem – Daniel Estrin
NPR's correspondent in Jerusalem, Daniel Estrin, shares stories from his reporting and discusses his process as a journalist.
AUDIO | From Humanitarian Relief to Holocaust Rescue – Christopher Browning
Audio recording of Christopher Browning's 3/3 lecture on Holocaust rescue in France, "From Humanitarian Relief to Holocaust Rescue: The Story of Tracy Strong, Jr."
About Stroum Center Events
- The Stroum Center brings world-class speakers and performers to the UW
- Stroum Center events are offered to students and the public free of charge
- Our frequent programming partners on campus include the Simpson Center for the Humanities, the Departments of Philosophy, History, and Near Eastern Languages & Civilization (NELC), among others
- Our annual marquee events, the Stroum Lectures, began in the 1970s and are still going strong
- The Stroum Center frequently partners to support events happening in the Seattle community, such as the Seattle Jewish Film Festival and Hillel’s Sephardic Hanukkah
- Examples of recent innovative program series: Hebrew and the Humanities Symposium and the Spinoza and Modern Jewish Philosophy Conference