July 6, 2018
In Old media, new media: Librarians and archivists reflect,” published by Perspectives, the magazine of the Association of Jewish Studies, Jackson School Sephardic Studies Coordinator Ty Alhadeff writes about how new media have empowered
July 3, 2018
In her opinion piece “The United States should embrace its legacy of compassion towards immigrants and refugees, not its history of xenophobia” Associate Professor Kathie Friedman-Kasaba, a global migration expert,
June 18, 2018
Two new book reviews published by RealClear Books and the Globe Post discuss Assistant Professor Daniel Bessner’s latest book, Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual.
May 29, 2018
Sasha Senderovich, Assistant Professor of Slavic, Jewish, and International Studies, discusses the FX show ‘The Americans’ and how it has repeatedly challenged the narrative that the end of the Cold War represented
May 24, 2018
Sasha Senderovich, Assistant Professor of Slavic, Jewish, and International Studies, discusses the passing of Jewish American writer Philip Roth. Senderovich, who immigrated to the U.S. from the former Soviet Union, says that
May 24, 2018
Doctoral Candidate Berkay Gülen analyzes the current crisis between Israel and Turkey following the move of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and the killing of Palestinian demonstrators during
May 22, 2018
Sasha Senderovich, Assistant Professor of Slavic, Jewish, and International Studies, in his article “Tree More Pieces” reflects on last week’s events in Israel and Palestine marking the 70th anniversary for Israel’s independence
May 17, 2018
Jackson School Doctoral Candidate Oded Oron is featured for his research on African asylum-seekers in Israel in “An asylum-seeker’s journeys,” which focuses on the story of Yikealo Beyene, an asylum-seeker from
May 14, 2018
Assistant Professor Sasha Senderovich and satirist and author Gary Shteyngart join KUOW’s The Record, hosted by journalist Bill Radke, for a conversation about comedy under President Trump, life in Soviet Russia and
May 4, 2018
In his opening remarks about On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century to a crowd of over 400 students, faculty, and members of the public gathered in Kane Hall on April