eSefarad Noticias del Mundo Sefaradi
Seattle
- Wednesday, April 25 @ 5 pm
UW Campus, Thomson Hall 101: Bryan Kirschen, an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at SUNY-Binghamton, will discuss the fate of Ladino and prospects for its future in «Judeo-Spanish (Ladino): Language Endangerment and Revitalization.» Dr. Kirschen is a noted Ladino scholar, activist, and filmmaker; his talk is especially apt for a place like Seattle, which has such a rich history of Ladino culture. And what of the future? Further details, description, and RSVP here.
- Friday, April 27 @ 12:30 pm
UW Campus, HUB 145: Stroum Center Graduate Student Fellows Research symposium: «Israeli Diplomacy, Jewish Refugees, and Sephardic Soldiers in the 20th and 21st Centuries.» Pablo Jairo Tutillo Maldonado will discuss the exodus of Jews from Egypt in the 1950s; Özgür Ozkan will speak about Jews in the Ottoman military–especially those from his hometown, Çanakkale. Additional details and RSVP are available here.
- Wednesday, May 16 @ 7 pm
Temple de Hirsch Sinai: I will have the honor of giving the 2018 Keller Family Lecture: «Facing Deportation: Sephardic Jews & America’s Legacy of Immigration Restriction.» This will be my first public presentation in Seattle about the new research, including insights gleaned from deportation proceedings for «Turks of the Hebrew Race» that I located at the National Archives in Washington DC–including the file for one of my own relatives! Followed by a reception. Additional details are available here.
California and DC
- Thursday, May 3 @ 4 pm
University of California-Santa Cruz: I look forward to delivering the keynote address at a conference, «Digital Diaspora: New Approaches to Sephardi and North African Jewish Studies.» Highlighting the new UW Sephardic Studies Digital Library in historical perspective, my lecture is entitled «Sephardic Archives from Analog to Digital: Three Tales of Memory and Visibility.» Our very own UW PhD student and soon-to-be professor of Middle Eastern History at University of Pennsylvania, Oscar Aguirre Mandujano, will also be participating in the conference among many other distinguished colleagues. Details here.
- Wednesday, June 6 @ 7 pm
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: I will be honored to deliver the 2018 Monna and Otto Weinmann Annual Lecture, «‘Far From Us, But Close at Heart’: Sephardic Jews in America Confront the Holocaust.» How did Sephardic Jews in New York, Seattle, and elsewhere across the country respond to the rise of Hitler and the devastation of their native communities in Salonica and Rhodes? Details here.
Coming up…
Eyal Ginio, Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Hebrew University and Director of the Ben Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East, will deliver a lecture at UW at the end of May entitled: «The Last Ottoman Decade: The Perspectives of the ‘Other Ottomans,'» which will highlight the experiences of non-Turkish-speaking populations, especially Ladino-speaking Jews, during the final years of the Ottoman Empire. Details forthcoming.
Stroum Lectures
Don’t miss this year’s Stroum Lectures with acclaimed novelist Gary Shteyngart in conversation with the Stroum Center’s very own Sasha Senderovich, Assistant Professor of Russian and Jewish Studies. May 7 and May 9 at 7 pm in Kane Hall. Details and RSVP here — and do so soon as seats are filling up quickly!
Shavuot
In anticipation of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, please check out Ty Alhadeff’s illuminating digital essay, «Scenes of Shavuot from Salonica to Seattle,» which highlights key Ladino texts and customs for the holiday.
More Info
For more information about upcoming programs and events at the UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies, visit the website here.
We always enjoy hearing from you. If you have comments or questions for the UW Sephardic Studies Program, do not hesitate to reach out.
Kon salud buena—
Devin E. Naar, The Isaac Alhadeff Professor of Sephardic Studies
