January 31, 2020
Over 600 members of the UW community and public gathered in Kane Hall 130 on Tuesday, January 28, to listen to Daniel Estrin, NPR’s international correspondent in Jerusalem, on how
January 28, 2020
Daniel Bessner, Joff Hanauer Honors Professorship in Western Civilization, co-authors an article titled “To End Forever War, End the Dollar’s Global Dominance” that looks into how endless war overlooks the financial
January 28, 2020
In “Trump’s America may be declining in global soft power—but US empire rolls on” Daniel Bessner, Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Associate Professor of American Foreign Policy, examines the
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,
November 13, 2019
Devin Naar, Sephardic Studies Program Chair and Isaac Alhadeff Professor of Sephardic Studies, was featured in an article titled “How Jews expelled from Spain forged a diaspora with ties to
November 13, 2019
Devin Naar, Stroum Center Sephardic Studies Program Chair and Professor, recently wrote a Public Radio International commentary titled “I’m an American. But my family came to the U.S. fraudulently.” In his
November 1, 2019
In November, sample Jackson School international offerings, from events on hot global topics to study abroad to a Jackson School Open House and more. Follow this link for a listing of Jackson School events
October 16, 2019
In “Situation in Syria ‘breaks my heart’ ” a first-person piece by a Kurdish Jew in New York, research by the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies on the number of
October 8, 2019
In this Friday Faculty feature, Jackson School Chair and Professor of Sephardic Studies, Devin Naar, talks about his journey to Sephardic studies and the UW, and assembling the world’s largest
September 27, 2019
Devin Naar, Chair of the UW Jackson School’s Stroum Center for Sephardic Studies Program, is interviewed in “Language Defying Death” on the context and effort to save the Ladino language.