This year’s Community College Master Teacher Institute (CCMTI), a two-day curriculum development workshop for college educators organized by the Jackson School’s Title VI National Resource Centers, was held at the UW campus on July 11-12, 2019. This year’s theme focused on “fake news,” disinformation, and media literacy. In total, 28 participants from 14 community colleges in

Passing the Torch: A Discussion Between Outgoing and Incoming FLAS Fellows Two of the East Asia Center’s Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellows, Min Guo (Class of ’19) and Ian Smith (Class of ’20), sat down at the end of Spring 2019 to exchange insights about their FLAS experiences, career aspirations and more. Min

The UW Asian Studies Development Grant competition for 2019 is open! As part of their Global Competencies in 21st Century Asian Studies initiative, the University of Washington’s Asian Studies and Global Studies Centers seek proposals by Community College full time, part time, and adjunct faculty for new course development, revision of an existing course, or

University of Washington alumna Sneha Indrajit, ’18, was recently selected for the competitive Yenching Academy Scholars program at Peking University. Indrajit earned her degree with honors in international studies and is one of approximately 125 scholars from around the world selected to be in their 2019-20 cohort. The opportunity to join the Yenching Academy is

The Taiwan Studies Program is honored to host the North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA) annual meeting this year at the University of Washington.  NATSA was established in 1994 and is run by North America-based faculty and PhD students who are interested in Taiwan Studies. The NATSA annual conferences are the largest academic events on

Join us on March 5, 2019 at 3:30 PM in CMU 202. Free and open to the public. President Trump and Korean Workers’ Party Chair Kim Jong Un met from February 27-28, 2019. Hear Jackson School East Asia specialists’ analysis of what went on and the implications of this meeting. Panelists include: Yong Chool Ha,

On January 24th, the Committee on China-U.S. Dialogue hosted the third of a six-part lecture series in the UW Law School. Dr. Nicholas R. Lardy, Anthony Solomon Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and former director of the Jackson School, along with Professor David Bachman from the Jackson School, Professor Susan Whiting

Mary Bernson, longtime director of the Jackson School’s East Asia Resource Center and former president of the Japan-America Society in Washington state, has retired. Earlier this year, Ms. Bernson was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, one of the most prestigious awards bestowed by the Japanese government on behalf of

The East Asia Library acquired more than 3,800 new maps over the summer from Oregon State University. The donation increased the University of Washington’s already sizable collection of Imperial Japanese maps.