“Learning Hebrew has opened the door to Israel Studies, but also to languages like Ladino and Yiddish, which are often written in Hebrew letters. Knowledge of the Hebrew alphabet has

“To the best of my ability, I completed my task whilst abroad. I met new people, I learned more Russian, and I feel that I have come to understand the

Alumna Hannah Haegeland (M.A. in South Asia Studies, 2015) writes in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on South Asia’s nuclear and radiological threat environment in “The terrifying geography of

“By the time Isatou graduated from high school, she had already achieved much more than anyone expected of her, but she was determined to keep moving forward.  Her personal and

“It seems that bi-cultural identities are just as common here as they are in the U.S.” Center for Global Studies FLAS Fellow Henry Milander, an undergraduate student in Business, International

“Most of my research right now is focused on how Korea and their schools support multicultural education and support identity development through their classes.” Gregory Diggs-Yang, an East Asia Center

“Ever since the Cold War, museums have helped to bridge the gap between Russia and the US. They have been big players in cultural diplomacy and maybe don’t receive the

Daniel Murphree, a UW M.A. student in Southeast Asian Studies, spent the summer of 2016 studying Burmese with the support of a Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship from

Meet Christi Anne Hofland, a Jackson School alumna using her passion for increasing cultural and educational understanding across borders. “The Jackson School provided me with the language skills, understanding of

On Applying for the FLAS Fellowship Midterms are (hopefully) wrapping up, the sakura tree leaves in the UW Quad have fallen, and Winter Break is upon us. What better way