New faculty appointments 2022-2023
January 4, 2024
Mika Ahuvia began as Director of The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies in July 2022, and is the Herbert L. & Lucia S. Pruzan Chair in Jewish Studies. Ahuvia is an
Noam Pianko
Prof. Pianko is not accepting new MA or PhD students for the 2025-2026 academic year Noam Pianko is the Samuel N. Stroum Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies. He received his...
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Students take action on 3 pressing global issues
June 7, 2023
In the last week of classes in spring quarter, on June 1, 18 international studies and global and regional studies majors plus a first-year graduate student and three other Social
Task Force Q&A: Kaden Kaeo
June 7, 2023
In spring quarter 2023, 18 international studies and global and regional studies students plus a first-year graduate student and three other Social Science majors completed the Jackson School’s Donald C.
UW Stroum Center Director selected as president of Jewish Studies Association
November 18, 2019
Noam Pianko, Director of the Samuel and Althea Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Washington, was recently selected as the president of the Association of Jewish Studies,
Noam Pianko quoted in article on anti-Semitism rise in WA state | Seattle Times
September 26, 2019
In “Jewish leaders condemn rise in anti-Semitism across Washington, urge lawmakers to fight hatred,” published on Sept. 24, Noam Pianko, Chair and Director of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies and a
Noam Pianko assesses Israel’s Sept. 17 elections | KUOW
September 17, 2019
Noam Pianko, Chair and Director of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies and a professor in the Jackson School, speaks with KUOW’s The Record in “Israeli politics, American ripple effects”
Noam Pianko: How Trump’s tweets go into the heart of American Jewish Politics | The Conversation
August 28, 2019
In “Why Trump’s tweets on Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib go into the heart of American Jewish Politics,”Noam Pianko, Chair and Director of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies and
Pianko’s work cited in article on effect of partisan politics on American Jews | The Forward
February 9, 2018
Professor in the Jackson School and Director of Stroum Center for Jewish Studies, Noam Pianko‘s work is cited in an article that argues that the present climate of partisanship in American
Book lands on NY Times list; other faculty books
December 3, 2015
The Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World, by Jackson School faculty Scott L. Montgomery and Daniel Chirot, is included in the New
Video: “Paris and Beyond: Making Sense of the World” faculty panel
January 23, 2015
The eyes of the world are on France in the wake of the deadly shootings at the office of satirical weekly “Charlie Hebdo” and a supermarket in Paris. The