Welcome

The Center for Global Studies (CGS) is is one of eight National Resource Centers housed in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington in Seattle.  CGS possesses an extraordinary breadth of faculty, staff, and student expertise on different parts of the world as well as an institutional commitment to connecting the events of particular moments in time and parts of the world to the larger forces that shape our present and future.  Through a myriad of programs and activities, the Center provides resources to teachers, the public, government servants, business community, local media and others while educating students to live and work effectively in the internationalized economy of our region and nation.

Currently, the CGS is expanding its intellectual reach and impact by leading a campus-wide effort to bring UW's extraordinary range of expertise across the social sciences to bear upon the study of Global Security and Global Religions. Through these themes we support new initiatives in teaching, teacher training, professional development, outreach, and course development.

Through our affiliated academic program, the International Studies Program, we offer an undergraduate major, undergraduate minor, and a master's degree offered jointly with six professional schools. The faculty associated with the Program and Center use their fluency in foreign languages and extensive field experience to teach students, conduct research, train other teachers, and inform the public about the complexity of historically momentous events, processes, and crises in the rapidly changing world.  Our more than 150 affiliated faculty members from 24 departments and schools within the University offer a comprehensive selection of over 390 nternational and comparative courses and language classes.

Spring 2009 Newsletter