PORT 201 Offered in Spring 2019 Enroll in PORT 201, which covers modern texts, compositions, conversation and a systematic review of Portuguese grammar. First in a sequence of three. Prerequisite: either PORT 103 or PORT 105. PORT 201 will be offered at 9:30 am, Monday to Friday, in Raitt 107  (SPRING 2019). Please contact Eduardo Silva at evsilva@uw.edu if

“My host family likes to play this song [“Ghazali“] on the TV every night and sing and dance along.” -Sydney Ward (Fez, Morocco) In Summer 2018, University of Washington Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) fellows studied seventeen languages in eighteen different countries on four continents.  This post includes songs contributed by CGS FLAS fellows

Husky Global Affairs is a student-run policy research organization at the University of Washington. “Our mission is to encourage students to conduct in-depth research on problems facing society at a local, national, and global level. Research projects, and essay submissions culminate in the Husky Global Affairs Journal.” With the support of the Center for Global

Two Jackson School graduate students have been awarded David L. Boren Fellowships for the academic year 2018-2019. Benjamin Kantner, who is pursuing a M.A. in International Studies with a focus on political ecology in the Brazilian Amazon, will head to Brazil to further his Portuguese language skills. He boosted his language learning by also being selected as

Indra Ekmanis (Ph.D., International Studies, 2017) has been named a Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies Fellow for a two-year full-time position as Associate Editor, Global Nation, Public Radio International. She is one of 24 selected from across the country and UK as a Fellow to serve in a top nonprofit organization or government agency. While a student at

To those UW students thinking about studying Inuktitut, I give you the words of professor Mick Mallon, renowned Canadian linguist, on “casual” Inuktitut learning: “‘Picking up’ Inuktitut would be like would be like putting together an IKEA space rocket kit.” Any beginner will quickly discover a complex language with a precise grammar completely unrelated to

Each year, the Center for Global Studies sponsors a film at the Seattle International Film Festival. The environment is a priority for the Center for Global Studies and this year we are proud to sponsor Inventing Tomorrow, an uplifting science documentary directed by Laura Nix. “Meet passionate teenage innovators from around the globe who are

This year marks the University of Washington’s 14th Annual Teaching & Learning Symposium. The Symposium this year will feature 70+ posters from all three UW campuses on innovative teaching and learning projects, and two keynote speakers on “Teaching in Global Classrooms.” Both keynote speakers this year are faculty associated with the Center for Global Studies.

The FIUTS CulturalFest performance showcase, again partially sponsored by the Center for Global Studies, is a chance to explore the world. Students, alumni, faculty and others—people from unique backgrounds—came together to put on this showcase, inviting all to come and experience the beautiful sights and sounds of multiple cultures. Foundation for International Understanding Through Students

The FIUTS Pen Pal program (sponsored by the Center for Global Studies) connected 95 University of Washington students from around the world with 156 local elementary school students from Martha Lake Elementary and Beacon Hill International School. After exchanging letters this past quarter, Pen Pals met and got to know one another face to face