Verbs in Kiswahili Made Me Think Differently About Language
October 10, 2018
I love this type of verbiage because it sort of suggests a view of the world that assumes all things bend towards beauty in their natural state. Haley Millet, a
October 10, 2018
I love this type of verbiage because it sort of suggests a view of the world that assumes all things bend towards beauty in their natural state. Haley Millet, a
September 17, 2018
“My host family likes to play this song [“Ghazali“] on the TV every night and sing and dance along.” -Sydney Ward (Fez, Morocco) In Summer 2018, University of Washington Foreign
September 4, 2018
In Summer 2018, University of Washington Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) fellows studied seventeen languages in eighteen different countries on four continents. This is the second in a series
August 27, 2018
“During the [Hakodate Port] festival, large groups of people–usually companies, programs, etc.–dance like a squid along a 1.5km route down the streets of Hakodate.” Songs are a wonderful way to
August 13, 2018
“« Tu veux un Queues de Castor? » asked my newfound Québécoise friend. I looked at her strangely. « Pardon? » I replied. She repeated: « un Queues de Castor?
July 16, 2018
“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth” —Muhammad Ali Saddiqullah Faizi’s favorite quote embodies the guiding principle of his life’s vocation: to help
June 1, 2018
Maybe it is the smell of burning flesh, or the close look at a torn supraspinatus tendon, or the sound of the surgical staff conversing in Hebrew, but I snap
February 22, 2018
Global Studies FLAS alumnus Bradley Wagenaar (PhD Epidemiology, 2015) was recently awarded two grants by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to support his research on mental health care
February 9, 2018
As he kept talking, the golden glow of the late afternoon gave way to the blood red Manila sunset. Suddenly, everything looked strange and unfamiliar. Have I been away from
January 31, 2018
Thanks to a Jackson-Fosdick Memorial Scholarship, Teofila Cruz-Uribe, in the third and final year of her concurrent master’s degrees in Museology and International Studies at the Jackson School Ellison Center