December 4, 2017
Issac Alhadeff Professor of Sephardic Studies Devin Naar is featured by the New Jersey Jewish News in an article titled “Removing ‘the shroud of oblivion’ from Greece’s Jews” about the connection between his upbringing
November 13, 2017
The Isaac Alhadeff Professor in Sephardic Studies Devin Naar is quoted in an article titled “Sephardi Judaism Straining To Stay Non-Denominational.” Naar discusses the ‘big tent’ approach but clarified that
November 10, 2017
The College of Arts and Sciences feature in their November newsletter Perspectives the story of First Lieutenant Isaac Nissim (“Ike”) Alhadeff, one of the many Sephardic Jews from Seattle who enlisted in the
September 8, 2017
The Isaac Alhadeff Professor in Sephardic Studies Devin Naar is quoted by Public Radio International (PRI) about the contribution of Jews to the social and economic strata of the Greek city of Thessaloniki, and
August 18, 2017
The Isaac Alhadeff Professor in Sephardic Studies, Associate Professor of History, Dr. Devin Naar, details the story of the great fire that destroyed Jewish Salonica exactly a century ago in an
June 15, 2017
Chair of the Sephardic Studies program Prof. Devin Naar discusses in a podcast how Salonica, home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the Ottoman and post-Ottoman world until its
May 1, 2017
Ph.D. candidate and Stroum Center for Jewish Studies research fellow Ozgur Ozkan blogs about his discovery that his hometown in Turkey has had historical ties to Seattle and its Sephardic Jewish community in
February 24, 2017
Professor of History and Chair of the Sephardic Studies Program Devin Naar was interviewed by the Turkish Jewish newspaper Şalom, discussing his latest book on Ottoman Jewish history. The interview, conducted by Ph.D.
January 4, 2017
What did the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1922 mean for the Greek community of Istanbul, the empire’s capital city? Join us for a talk by Professor Christine Philiou,
November 4, 2016
Professor of Sephardic Studies in the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies, Devin Naar, was interviewed by UW Today following the launch of his new book “Jewish Salonica: Between the Ottoman Empire and Modern Greece,”