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Devin E. Naar is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and Chair of the Sephardic Studies Program at the University of Washington. He holds a Ph.D. in History from Stanford University, awarded in 2011, and graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis. His research primarily focuses on modern Jewish history, particularly the experiences of Sephardic Jews in the context of the Ottoman Empire and modern Greece. His notable book, 'Jewish Salonica: Between the Ottoman Empire and Modern Greece,' published by Stanford University Press in 2016, explores the vibrant Jewish community of Salonica, a historical hub for Judeo-Spanish culture. Dr. Naar has received several awards for his contributions to the field, including the 2016 National Jewish Book Award and the 2017 Edmund Keeley Prize. His current research project, 'Reimagining the Sephardic Diaspora,' investigates the dispersal of Sephardic Jews following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and their establishment of new communal hubs across Europe and the Americas. At the University of Washington, he supervises graduate students in modern Jewish history and teaches courses related to Jewish cultural history, the memory of the Holocaust, and migrations in the Mediterranean world.
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