Arctic and International Relations Institute In April 2016, the Center for Global Studies co-hosted the  inaugural Arctic and International Relations Institute as part of the Arctic and International Relations Initiative. The event was hosted alongside the International Relations Initiative and held in collaboration with Trent University, Ontario and the World Policy Institute, New York. The Institute

CGS Language Highlight: Hindi Hindi is one of seventeen unique languages supported by the Center for Global Studies. Check out the great video on Hindi courses at the University created by the UW Asian Languages and Literature department: “Hindi, a member of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European family of languages, is, by any standard, one of

Congratulations to Global Studies FLAS Fellow Farah Mohamed for being awarded the 2016 Gilbert S. Omenn Award for Academic Excellence by the UW School of Public Health!

Registration for the Ninth Heritage Language Research Institute is now open. The Institute will bring together language scientists and language educators who will examine issues of early childhood bilingualism, how bilingual children turn into adult heritage speakers, and more.

Podcasts from the 13th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference – “Glocalization: Redefining Boundaries and Borders in Approaches to Health” – are now available, with talks on gender, Islamaphobia, displaced persons, and more.

The Daily student newspaper ran an article on the UW Women Center’s 2016 Anti-Human Trafficking Conference which examined the intersections between human trafficking, corporate supply chains, and global health.

The 2015 US in the World lecture series completed its second year in March after featuring a host of prominent speakers on instability and hope in the Middle East. In her February lecture, “Rock the Casbah: Thundering Change Across the Middle East,” acclaimed international journalist Robin Wright provided insight into the political state of ten Middle Eastern countries and discussed her

The Marcy Migdal Fund supports exceptional students engaged in activities aimed at enhancing access to education for vulnerable students, either locally or throughout the world, and helping them succeed in their education. Applications are due April 15, 2016