Wednesday, April 4 | Seattle Swedish Club | 7:30pm 1920 Dexter Ave N, Seattle WA This event is free and open to the public. Policies of the Trump administration in Washington and political upheavals in Europe are creating uncertainty over Transatlantic political, security, and economic relations. These developments will help shape the path of US

Applications are now open! The Jackson School Diversity and Equity Committee is providing two grants of up to $1,000 each for travel or research during 2018. These grants are intended for under represented students to travel to an academic conference of their choice, or conduct research in the field of International Studies. The Diversity and Equity Committee

Thursday, March 15 | 6:30 PM | Ballard Pizza Co. This event is a special edition of the Young Professionals International Network (YPIN) global affairs discussion series, Global Cafe, and is being held in partnership with the Center for Western and European Studies and the European Union Center at the University of Washington. Featuring Dr. Jürgen

The 2018 West Coast Model EU was one of the most competitive in recent history. Students from across the country presented exciting and innovating ideas. See below for the list of winners of our most outstanding participants. Outstanding Head of Government Representing the Netherlands – Nick Salter, University of Oregon Representing Ireland – Aidan Houston, Brigham

March 1 | 6:30pm-8:00pm | University Bookstore RSVP to cweseuc@uw.edu Alexander Pantages was 13 when he arrived in the U.S. in the 1880’s, after contracting malaria in Panama. He opened his first motion picture theater in 1902 and went on to build one of the largest and most important independently-owned theater chains in the country.

Gisella Logioia is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington majoring in Medical Anthropology and Global Health. In her free time Gisella enjoys doing yoga, cooking, and painting with friends. She has always loved traveling and exploring the world, from road trips in neighboring states to international adventures

“Salud y Shalom: American Jews in the Spanish Civil War” Tuesday, January 30 | 3:30 pm | Thomson 317 University of Washington Campus They were the original antifascists. In 1937, 3,000 Americans traveled to Spain as volunteers in the war against Francisco Franco and fascism. Nearly 1,000 of them were Jews. Why did these Americans

Interested in German politics? Looking for a timely and stimulating read? Look no further! Check out the journal German Politics. Former JSIS DAAD Professor Frank Wendler, Director of the Center for European Studies Professor Sabine Lang, and Professor of Comparative Politics and Gender Studies Joyce Mushaben recently edited a special issue of German Politics titled

Steve Pfaff is a professor in Sociology with areas of intrest in collective action, comparative sociology, East Europe, historical sociology, political sociology, religion, social movements, and theory.  Professor Pfaff attained his BA in German and History from the State University of New York at Albany. He then completed two masters degrees in European History and Sociology at University of

Are you interested in talking to other teachers about educational issues beyond classroom management? Do you get excited about topics such as immigration, youth culture, notions of the “other” in national identity formation, and education in rural vs. urban contexts? Are you curious about differences in education between the US and other developed (and developing) nations? If