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Tag: Devin Naar
Recent honors and achievements by 91±¬ÁÏ faculty include a keynote address at a national Holocaust commemoration event, an album of new compositions and a best-of-2020 musical nod from the Seattle Times.
A 91±¬ÁÏ meteorologist joins a national board for atmospheric research, an English professor’s story is honored and a Jackson School faculty member helps with research for a PBS show.
The Department of English has introduced its new “Literature, Language, Culture” Dialogue Series, a series of podcasts and YouTube videos — and Devin Naar of Sephardic Studies is interviewed on two podcasts
Recent notable books by 91±¬ÁÏ faculty explore mindful international travel, men seeking work as day laborers, and activist teachers.
Devin Naar, 91±¬ÁÏ professor of international studies and history, is featured in “Children of the Inquisition,” a new documentary film about descendants of the Spanish and Portuguese inquisitions discovering their Sephardic Jewish heritage. The film will premiere March 24 as part of the Seattle Jewish Film Festival.
The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies, in the 91±¬ÁÏ Jackson School of International Studies, was well represented at the 50th annual conference of the Association for Jewish Studies Dec. 16-18 in Boston.
Here’s a quick look at some gift-worthy books and music created by 91±¬ÁÏ talents in the last year or so — and a reminder of some perennial favorites.
Faculty with the 91±¬ÁÏ Jackson School of International Studies will explore the impact of the 2016 election on their respective areas of expertise in a new two-credit class titled “Trump in the World: International Implications of the Trump Presidency.”
Prof. Devin Naar of the Jackson School and the Department of History discusses his new book, “Jewish Salonica: Between the Ottoman Empire and Modern Greece,”
Prof. Devin Naar of the Jackson School’s Stroum Center for Jewish Studies discusses the book “A Hug from Afar: One Family’s Dramatic Journey Through Three Continents to Escape the Holocaust,” by Claire Barkey Flash, for which Naar wrote the foreword.
The upcoming season finale of TLC’s popular program “Who Do You Think You Are,” airing May 1, will feature 91±¬ÁÏ professor Devin Naar helping television star Lea Michele learn about her Sephardic Jewish ancestry.