Department of History

Working paper presented by Professor Devin Naar (University of Washington) Abstract:  Speaking Ladino rather than Yiddish, with different customs and appearances, Sephardic Jews from the Ottoman Empire who arrived in the United Stated during the early twentieth century did not fit the typical American Jewish mold, not even in New York. The Jewishness of these

Dr. Austin will talk about her book, The Caribbeanization of Black Politics: Race, Group Consciousness, and Political Participation in America and Dr. Ortiz will talk about his recent work, An African American and Latin History of the United States.