Heidi Ravven, an associate professorof Jewish studies at Hamilton College, has been appointed the Samuel and AltheaStroum Visiting Professor in Jewish Studies at the University of Washington'sJackson School of International Studies in Seattle.
Ravven will teach a course in Modern Jewish Thought and a seminar in thePhilosophy of Moses Maimonides and Baruch Spinoza.
The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies has a history that beganin 1909. It was renamed the School of International Studies in 1978 to reflectthe comprehensive range of world studies offered. In 1983 it adopted itscurrent title in recognition of the late Senator Henry M. Jackson for hissupport to the School and to the field of international affairs during hisforty-three years of service in the U.S. Congress.
