Each year, the Jackson School of International Studies co-sponsors the Washington State Council for the Social Studies spring conference, a professional development event organized by K-12 educators. This year, the conference was held March 11-13 at Campbell’s Resort on Lake Chelan, Washington, and was attended by over 160 teachers from across the state. The theme

Taiwan’s January 2016 election resulted in an overwhelming victory for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), winning both the presidency and control of the legislative yuan for the first time.  The election itself also catalyzed the emergence of new political movements, taking the form of the New Power Party, and votes were affected by heavy handed

A guest speaker for the UW Japan Studies program and the Simpson Center for the Humanities was denied a visa to speak at a three-day conference on Socially Engaged Art in Japan, according to a press release from the Simpson Center. Fram Kitagawa, a Japanese curator who espouses art’s return to slow, rural values as

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, 5:30-8:30 PM WALKER-AMES ROOM, KANE HALL, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON For the second annual Korean Peninsula Forum, which aims at enhancing the understanding and visibility of issues related to the Korean peninsula in the Pacific Northwest and beyond, the Center for Korea Studies invites Chun, Yung-woo the former ambassador of Republic of Korea

Kenneth B. Pyle is retiring after 51 consecutive years of teaching at the University of Washington. In his honor, the Jackson School will host a keynote speech on “U.S. and the Rise of Asia” on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 3:30 p.m. in the Walker-Ames Room. U.S. and the Rise of Asia A program in celebration

On Oct. 9, world-renowned historian Niall Ferguson, author of 14 books and named as one of 100 of the world’s most influential people by Time magazine, spoke to a packed room at University of Washington’s Kane Hall about his newest book Kissinger: Volume I: The Idealist, 1923-1968, in an event hosted by the Jackson School of International Studies, UW Bookstore

Over 30 Seattle area K-12 teachers learned the latest on “Global Asia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” this year, thanks to a unique, decade-long collaboration between The Seattle Times and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. On April 29, 2015, a group of educators gathered for this “Newspapers In Education” event at The Seattle

In early March, over 150 educators from across Washington state attended the annual Chelan Conference, a three-day forum sponsored by the Washington State Council for the Social Studies and co-sponsored by the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Through its outreach centers, the Henry

For the first ground-breaking event for the Korean Peninsula Forum, which aims at enhancing the understanding and visibility of issues related to the Korean peninsula in the Northwest America and beyond, the UW Center for Korea Studies at the Jackson School of International Studies invited Christopher Robert Hill, the former United States ambassador to the

On Oct. 13, Professor Donald Hellmann gave a talk on “The World in Transition: Asia and the Twilight of America’s Century.”