June 15, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Isaiah Brookshire (206) 616-2045 isaiahb@uw.edu Benaroya Gift Establishes the Jackson School of International Studies as a Leader in Israel Studies June 15, 2016 Seattle— Reşat Kasaba,
June 1, 2016
The Chair of Sephardic Studies, Prof. Devin Naar, was recently featured in a Forward article about Turkish Jews. The piece “Jews Proudly Defend Last Sephardic Homeland – Even as Some
May 31, 2016
Professor Kathie Friedman recently participated in a panel discussion titled: “We Are Seattle: Stories from Families, Immigrants, Refugees & The Agencies That Serve Them.” Around 150 people attended the May 17, 2016
May 13, 2016
Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies Mika Ahuvia, an Israeli-American who joined the Jackson School faculty in 2014, teaches a class called Heroes, Heretics, and Radicals: The Beginnings of Judaism and
April 28, 2016
What do Turkey’s Israel policy, a Sufi-Jewish poet, maps of Seattle childhood spaces, and international asylum seekers have in common? All are topics that will be presented by Jackson School graduate
April 27, 2016
What does the TV star of Glee and celebrity Lea Michele have in common with the Jackson School of International Studies? Professor Devin Naar, who heads Sephardic Studies at University of
February 10, 2016
Professor Devin Naar, current chair of the UW Sephardic Studies Program at the Jackson School of International Studies and an Assistant Professor in the Department of History, has become the first recipient of
February 10, 2016
December 14, 2015
Assistant Professor Devin Naar was featured on NPR’s Latino USA last week. His life work is trying to save a dying language called Ladino. It is the language of the
March 10, 2014
Professor Devin Naar is leading a project dedicated to keeping the Sephardic language and culture alive. Ladino was originally spoken by the Jews expelled from Spain in 1492. When they