December 14, 2017
Two Jackson School professors have won National Endowment for the Humanities grants in a nationwide competition. The National Endowment for the Humanities announced on Dec. 12 the full list of
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 19, 2017
Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Slavic Languages and Literatures Sasha Senderovich has co-translated the first-ever English language version of Judgment, a book by one of the most celebrated Yiddish prose writers of
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 21, 2017
Starting in fall 2017 the Jackson School of International Studies will add five new faculty members who will bring new expertise for students, the wider UW community and general public.
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
June 12, 2017
In “As an American Jew, I Celebrated Israel’s 1967 Victory. Now I’m Protesting the Occupation” Middle East expert and Prof. Joel Migdal shares how he changed his view on the outcome