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The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies celebrates its Centennial in 2009. The Jackson School is organizing several important events that will take place between now and the Centennial Gala on May 11th, 2009.
New events will be added to this calendar throughout the Centennial year 2008-2009, so please check back regularly for updates.
Upcoming Centennial EventsUW Alumni Association and The College of Arts & Sciences Present the Centennial Fall Lecture Series: BEYOND THE AMERICAN POINT OF VIEW.Register at UWALUM.COM or by calling 206-543-0540. |
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A century ago, the young University of Washington was growing and reaching out to the world, not only with the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition—held on campus in 1909—but also with two new academic departments: Scandinavian Languages, and Department of Oriental History, Literature, and Institutions. Those two departments, each with a single faculty member in 1909, have since expanded and transformed to become four College of Arts and Sciences departments: Scandinavian Studies, Asian Languages and Literature, Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. All four are celebrating their centennial anniversary in 2009.
October 29, 2008 – The Rise of Asia: A New World Order? Lead lecture by Anand Yang, Director, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Golub Chair of International Studies. Kane Hall 120, 7-9 p.m.
November 5, 2008 – Islam and Sexuality: Beyond the Headlines. Lead lecture by Jonathan Brown, Assistant Professor, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization. Kane Hall 120, 7-9 p.m.
November 12, 2008 – The Power of Scandinavia. Lead lecture by Christine Ingebritsen, Professor, Department of Scandinavian Studies, Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Science. Kane Hall 120, 7-9 p.m.
November 19, 2008 – A Fire Pot of Tongues: Asian Languages in a New Global Environment. Lead lecture by Michael Shapiro, Professor and Chair, Department of Asian Languages and Literature and Zev Handel, Associate Professor, Department of Asian Languages and Literature. Kane Hall 120, 7-9 p.m.
Complete Calendar of Centennial Events
Centennial Media Club
This Jackson School Centennial Media Club is a place where faculty, staff, students, and alumni can recommend books, films, journal articles, or other media that they feel offer important worldly insight as the Jackson School turns 100 years old. This Media Club is an intellectual link between participants as well as a tool to build a suggested reading list for the new International Studies PhD Program. Join the fun, see what other people are suggesting, and recommend media that addresses important issues we are facing today, locally, nationally, and internationally. Together we are "Engaging Minds and Engaging the World". Click here to visit the JSIS Media Club page.
Post Event Highlights
Provost Distinguished Lecture featuring Professor Joel Migdal
April 29, 2008
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More than 1000 people packed Kane Hall to hear Professor Joel Migdal’s Lecture: Fostering Democracy from the Ground Up. Migdal’s lecture on combating world poverty through innovative and cooperative methods that create horizontal empowerment focused largely on what he called the “Seattle model” of NGO work. He highlighted local organizations like “Bahia Street” [www.bahiastreet.org] that have unique business models set up to work from within the communities they serve and in equal partnership with members of the community. Of particular importance in creating opportunities for people below the poverty line is their ability to participate in the democratic institutions that control their lives. The NGOs that empower the poor to be active participants in their own destinies will likely be the ones that prove most effective in combating poverty world wide. Read more about Migdal’s lecture in this article from UWeek: Migdal to Deliver Provost Distinguished Lecture
You can also watch Joel Migdal's full lecture now streaming on UW TV: http://www.uwtv.org/programs/displayevent.aspx?rid=26279
| Task Force 25th Reunion March 14, 2008 The first major centennial event was the 25th Anniversary and Reunion of the Task Force class, which brought alumni, faculty, students, and former task force evaluators together to celebrate this important centerpiece of the International Studies program.
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The full Task Force Reunion photo gallery is available here: http://picasaweb.google.com/JSISCentennial/TaskForce25Reunion
Photos by Mary Levin
UWeek hightlights the Task Force 25 Reunion http://uwnews.org/uweek/uweekarticle.asp?articleID=40783
Where in the world are you?
We are proud that Jackson School alumni work all over the world. You can participate in the centennial from wherever you are by letting us know what in the world you are doing and how your studies at the Jackson School influenced your life and career.
Click here to fill out our alumni update survey.
This Web page will be one of your main sources of information on all things related to the Centennial, so check back regularly for updates.
