Kerem Tinaz is assistant professor in the Department of History at Koç University in Istanbul. Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano is assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Introduction (Oscar Aguirre-Mandujano, UPenn; Kerem Tinaz, Koç University) Part I Histories: The Formation of a Community-Led Archive Ottoman Imprints and Erasures among Seattle’s Sephardic Jews (Devin Naar, UW) “The Seeds for a New Judaeo-Spanish Culture on the Shores of Puget Sound?” (Ty Alhadeff, UW) Part II Studies: Reading the Past through the Seattle Sephardic Studies Collection From the Aegean to the Pacific: Ottoman Legacies in Seattle Sephardi Synagogues (Maureen Jackson) Walking Through a Library: Notes on the Ladino Novel and Some Other Books (Laurent Mignon, Oxford U.) Sephardic Soldiers in the Late Ottoman Army (Özgür Özkan, UW) Part III Reflections: Ottoman Pasts, Private Collections, and Family Memories Artifacts and their Aftermath: The Imperial and Post-Imperial Trajectories of Late Ottoman Material Objects (Benjamin Fortna, U. Arizona) Deporting Ottoman Americans (Chris Gratien, UVA; Sam Negri) Amid Galanti’s Private Documents: Reflections on the Legacy, Trajectory, and Preservation of a Sephardi Intellectual’s Past (Kerem Tinaz, Koç U.) Galante’s Daughter: Crafting an Archival Family Memoir (Hannah Pressman)

"Sephardic Trajectories is a landmark demonstration of international collaboration between Turkey and the United States, advancing Jewish historiography by integrating the latest digital technology to copy, itemize, and disseminate Ladino literature. Sephardic Trajectories is not a sole beneficiary of state or foundational backing, but a collective labor of love involving over 80 community members from organizations as diverse as Koç University’s Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) in downtown Istanbul and the Sephardic congregation of Bikur Holim in Seattle. The collections of Sephardic material, largely originating from printers and manufacturers in the Ottoman Empire, currently housed at the University of Washington, exemplifies the potential of community-led archives."