All Majors Welcome! Remote/Paid Summer Fellowship with Digital Heritage Mapping.
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Winter 2021 Class Lectures
View Winter 2020 class guest-lecture schedule here!
Faculty Profile: Professor Jonathan Levitow
A spotlight on UC Santa Cruz Yiddish Language and Literature Professor: Jonathan Levitow.
February 17, 2021 // Annual Diller Lecture: “Family Papers: a Conversation about a Sephardi Jewish Family, Lived History, and Personal Letters” with Professor Sarah Abrevaya Stein
Prizewinning Sephardic historian, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, traces the lives of one Sephardic family in Salonica in her book: “Family Papers: a Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century” on February 17th, 2020 5-6pm
Alumni Profile: Ian Kussin-Gika
2018 UC Santa Cruz Alumnus Ian Kussin Gika is currently finishing his first year of Graduate school at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, in Monterey, CA, where he is studying International relations, nonproliferation, and terrorism studies. Prior to this path of study, Ian double majored in Linguistics and History at UC Santa Cruz.
2019-2020 Jewish Studies Undergraduate Research Awards
The Jewish Studies Program invites submissions for the 2019-2020 Jewish Studies Undergraduate Research Awards.
Layali Morocco: Jewish Songlines & Soundscapes: Event Recap
On January 9, 2020, The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz hosted ASEFA, led by ethnomusicologist and multi-instrumentalist Samuel Torjman Thomas, Ph.D. Blending vocals, oud, violin, nay, and plenty of percussion, with songs in Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, and Ladino, this trio ensemble traversed several North African song traditions.
They loved the university and what it brought to the town
Through a planned gift, a former trustee, dedicated volunteer, and donor continues her support of the Seymour Center and Jewish Studies at UC Santa Cruz.
Call for UCSC Summer Fellowship 2020
Now accepting applications for Summer 2020 Fellowship at Diarna! Apply by May 8, 2020 at 10:00 p.m. Diarna: Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life, pioneers the use of digital mapping and database technologies to virtually preserve and ensure untrammeled access to endangered Jewish heritage sites throughout the region.
Alumni Profile: Amanda Botfeld
2015 UCSC Jewish Studies alumna and author of A Girl’s Guide to Poker. Amanda Botfeld recalls how her undergraduate experiences impacted her professional career. She has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, and Los Angeles Times.