In a November 10 conversation hosted by the UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies, Liora Halpern discusses her latest book, “The Oldest Guard: Forging the Zionist Settler Past” (Stanford University Press, 2021), which tells the story of Zionist settler memory in and around the private Jewish agricultural colonies (mashavot) established in late nineteenth-century Ottoman Palestine.

Radhika Govindrajan, director of the South Asia Center and associate professor at the Jackson School and Department of Anthropology, has been awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2021 Diana Forsythe Prize for her book, “Animal Intimacies: Interspecies Relatedness in India’s Central Himalayas” (University of Chicago Press, 2018) by the American Anthropological Association. The Forsythe prize is given to the

Voices: Data from an Expansive Christian Community is a structured repository of people, published media, and affiliate organizations that expands the voices of American Evangelicalism and represents a diverse, ecumenical, and global vision of Christianity. The data elevates diverse content creators across disciplines who engage in smart and significant conversation about Christianity and its intersections

Book Talk: Angels in Ancient Jewish Culture with Mika Ahuvia, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies & Comparative Religion in conversation with author and journalist Sigal Samuel. Thursday, October 14, 2021, 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time RSVP for the event here Did you know that, just like in modern-day America, most people in ancient times believed in angels? Prayers to angels, and

As the Jackson School prepares for the return of in-person classes this autumn, it also takes the time to reflect on its diverse contributions to public discourse.  Below are recent known media mentions of Jackson School faculty, staff, and programs from September 2020 to September 2021. Please explore and enjoy! Sept. 13, 2021 – American

“Public engagement is a core mission for the Jackson School of International Studies. In the midst of the complex global challenges that we face, it is critical that we train students to engage with broad public audiences.” Want to write an Op-Ed on whether the U.S. is an empire? Craft a policy memo on the

Professor Naomi Sokoloff has published a piece for the Jewish Book Council’s “Paper Brigade Daily” titled “What Poets Write About When They Write About Hebrew” focusing on a selection of verses in translation from Hebrew that comment on the Hebrew language. The article examines Jews with different backgrounds, as well as Arab citizens of Israel

Learning about India just became a little easier for students at the University of Washington, thanks to a recent gift of $100,000 to the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies from longtime UW donors S. Rao and Usha Varanasi. Both are also UW alumni. The fund, to be known as the S. Rao and

In her new book “On My Right Michael, On My Left Gabriel: Angels in Ancient Jewish Culture,” published by University of California Press in June 2021, Assistant Professor Mika Ahuviademonstrates how angels were foundational to ancient Judaism. Listen to or watch a recording of Ahuvia in conversation with Fordham University on April 29 about her new book here. Ahuvia

In the 2021 Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies, Julia Watts Belser, associate professor of Jewish studies at Georgetown University, will use classic rabbinic Jewish texts on political violence, imperialism, and disaster to grapple with pressing contemporary questions about climate change and environmental justice. Bringing disability studies and activism into conversation with queer