“The University of Washington, a leader in international studies, could use some state support,” writes journalist Peter Jackson in his analysis on why Russian studies in higher education is more important than ever now. He holds in example the valuable contribution of the Jackson School Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies,

For Middle School, High School, and Community College Educators Tuesday, August 14, 2018, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Thomson Hall 317, University of Washington, Seattle 100 Years Since World War I: The Making of Modern Europe The Jackson School welcomes educators to participate in the 2018 Summer Master Teacher Workshop, which will focus on the 100-year anniversary

As part of the 44th Annual Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies is sponsoring “The Bottomless Bag” – a Russian film directed by Rustam Khamdamov. The Bottomless Bag d. Rustam Khamdamov Russia 2017, 104 min — Enter into a shimmering black and white fairytale world

FRIDAY, MAY 4 | 12:30 PM | HUB 238 Matthew Ouimet is a Sanctions Officer in the Office of Peace Operations, Sanctions, and Counterterrorism at the U.S. Department of State where he has responsibility for implementation of UN sanctions against North Korea and Iran. From 2002 until 2016, Dr. Ouimet was a Senior Analyst in

Thursday, Apr. 26, 2018 | 7:30 p.m. | KNE 110 From one of the leading American historians and public intellectuals, Timothy Snyder, comes an essential guide to survival and resistance for our time in “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century”. This event has sold out. Unclaimed seats will be made available for standby tickets starting

Thursday, May 3 | 2:30 – 4:20 pm | 138 William H. Gates Hall Arms control and nonproliferation together represent one of the most contentious and technically challenging areas of national security and international politics, frequently interweaving high-technology, U.S. foreign policy, international law, and complicated regional dynamics.  A panel of accomplished women leaders in nuclear

Monday, Apr. 16, 2018 | 12:30 p.m. | LAW 117 In response to a growing human trafficking problem and domestic and international pressure, human trafficking and the use of slave labor were criminalized in Russia in 2003.  In this talk, Lauren McCarthy explains why Russian police, prosecutors, and judges have largely ignored this new weapon

Charles Sabatos | A Long Way From Prague: The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Ethnicity Wednesday, January 10, 2018 | 3:30 – 5:00pm | CMU 218D The connections between Europe’s small nations and America’s minorities offer marginalized perspectives on modernist cultural development that have so far remained largely unexplored. During the period of the Harlem Renaissance,

Ambassador Maior: is both a diplomat and a scholar, with great expertise in security and intelligence, International Law and Political Sciences. His books, articles, and talks at prestigious universities reflect on the turbulent contemporary world and its defense policies.

Wednesday, Nov.1 | THO 317 | 1:30 PM Bonnie Whiting is the Chair of Percussion Studies at the UW School of Music. She will discuss a week spent in Ashgabat working with musicians of the State Symphony Orchestra of Turkmenistan. One of the vestiges of Soviet culture in Turkmenistan is a rich Western Classical music