2021 is the 100th anniversary of a miraculous round-the-world odyssey through war and revolution – a tale with a beguiling Cold War aftermath and several Seattle connections.   The author of this article, Tony Allison, studied Russian as an undergraduate at UW, and later received a master’s degree from the Jackson School of International Studies. 

Read about Anastasia Kharitonova-Gomez’s experiences as a REECAS MA student at the Jackson School: “In my first year at the Jackson School, I picked a thesis topic that combined my interests in diaspora studies and post-Soviet politics: the political views of Ukrainians living in America. When the pandemic began, recruiting interview participants became more difficult

Earlier this fall, program directors Ileana Martin and former U.S. Ambassador to Romania Mark Gitenstein led an exploration seminar, where they traveled with a group of students from the University of Washington to Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine to examine the behind-the-scenes diplomacy that governs relationships along the contested borders of Eastern Europe:   “The Exploration Seminar

On August 13, 2019, the Jean Monnet Center hosted the EU Summer Workshop Policy Forum for Educators, “Crisis, Challenge and Change in the European Union” at the University of Washington. Marking the 30th anniversary of Jean Monnet activities, this year’s teacher workshop was co-sponsored by Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, the European Union Center