The pandemic of 2019-20 continues to reshape our daily lives. In-person visits, public events, and academic research have all been hampered.  In response, Harvard has created a database which is a crowd-sourced digital resource commons created in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the shift to online event programming undertaken by institutions and programs worldwide.  UW

Spring Break in Japan 2021 The UW Study Abroad office is cautiously optimistic about travel restrictions being lifted for students wanting to study in Japan next year. With that in mind, UW Prof. David Goldstein will be leading a UW study abroad trip to Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, over Spring Break 2021.  Space is limited. Students at any of the

We all have had a learning curve adjusting to interaction on-line. For the classroom learning situation, we have a few tips for students, instructors, and everyone else in a on-line group environment.  Here are some best practices to make your time on-line productive and positive. Remember that you are in a classroom, and group ground

Read UW President Ana Mari Cauce’s announcement about courses autumn quarter. Classes will begin as scheduled on Sept. 30, in a hybrid approach with the university offering as many in-person courses as possible, prioritizing hands-on courses, such as studio, clinical and lab courses, and courses for first-year undergraduate and graduate students.  The UW course time schedule

Professor Emeritus Kenneth B. Pyle recently wrote an essay for the National Bureau of Asian Research as part of its “The New Normal in Asia” series. The series explores ways in which the Covid-19 pandemic might shape or reorder the world across multiple dimensions. Professor Pyle writes that: We are in the thrall of driving forces.

With the pandemic has come a break in most everyone’s routine. We reached out to some of our students and alumni to see what that break looks like in their part of the world. As expected, people are responding to the evolving situation with flexibility and adaptation.  Not only the UW is teaching coursework on-line,

On April 28, 2020, Artist Kota Takeuchi screened and spoke about his short film “Blind Bombing, Filmed by a Bat” (32 min., 2019), which explores how balloon bombs were created, propagandized, and used in Japan during World War II. The film addresses the uses of remote technology for military purposes and proposes contrasts and continuities between

The Japan Studies Program continues to pursue its mission to foster greater understanding of Japan and its relationship with the global community.  Spring quarter classes are being taught remotely, operations have moved online, and staff are working remotely as of March 9, 2020. For the most up-to-date information about the UW’s COVID-19 response, please consult

Professor Saadia Pekkanen was recently interviewed for the Whole U’s “Faculty Friday” column. “After twenty or thirty years, something you are interested in, you find that others may become interested in it as well. I always tell my own graduate students to never, ever go for something that others think is important. Don’t try to

The UW has announced a $6 million gift from the Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation to the East Asia Library. In recognition of this gift, the library will be renamed the Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi East Asia Library. In announcing the gift, Dan Asher of the Tateuchi Foundation said that more than the