Devin Naar, Isaac Alhadeff Professor in Sephardic Studies, Associate Professor of History, and faculty at the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies, in April 2022 was appointed as a Fellow in the Race, Religion, and American Judaism project sponsored by the Center for Jewish Ethics and the National Endowment for the Humanities, for his project, “Our Own Worst

Over winter quarter 117 international studies and global and regional studies seniors used their critical thinking and research skills to recommend how to address some of the most challenging global issues. It’s all part of the Jackson School’s Donald C. Hellmann Task Force Program, an annual, required student-led experiential learning capstone course guided by faculty engages

In his Feb. 15 article published by Utblick Magazine, “Security and state-making-arguments for a subaltern security approach in the case of Sudan and South Sudan,” Yasir Zaidan, a Jackson School doctoral student, asserts in order to discuss Sudan’s predicament, we need to understand the historical development of the modern state in Sudan. Utblick is a student magazine

Jackson School and History Professor Anand Yang was interviewed about his spring 2022 course “History by Bollywood: Colonial India through Film,” offered jointly by JSIS and the Department of History, in a College of Arts & Sciences article titled, “Lessons from Bollywood.”

Over 280 members of the UW community and public gathered on Zoom on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, to listen to Somini Sengupta for a talk titled, “Inequity at Boiling Point: What I’ve Learned as a Journalist Covering the Human Toll of Global Warming,” as the international climate reporter for The New York Times. Read more about

As trusted resources, our Jackson School faculty are called upon by media as well as proactively share their deep area knowledge and thoughtful analysis on critical international issues, including in times of global crises. Explore the following page to read faculty insights on the situation.

In an interview, Scott Radnitz, Herbert J. Ellison Associate Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies and Chair, Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, shares his insights on unfolding events in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion in the early morning of Feb. 24. Listen to the interview segment here.

Alum Thilini Kahandawaarachchi on embassy work, research, and China in the Indo-Pacific South Asia Center graduate student assistant Shelby House recently spoke with alumna Thilini Kahandawaarachchi, JSIS South Asia Studies MA (2015). A former lawyer and Fulbright student at UW, Kahandawaarachchi now works as a Senior Political Adviser at the Norwegian Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Annah Mwendar-Chaba spent a year learning Hindi for her job in the Foreign Service. Two years later, she learned Arabic.  Language proficiency is just one of the challenges of working as a foreign service officer for the US Department of State. Thanks to support from the Jackson School and the UW Office of Minority Affairs

Professor Emeritus Daniel Chirot’s article titled, “Higher Education and the Crisis of Democracy” argues that “Without a return to basic principles and traditional liberal curricula in higher education, America’s days as an open, tolerant, well-functioning democracy could be numbered.” The article was published on Jan. 28, 2022 by Project Syndicate, an online global news platform