This autumn the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington will welcome Steven Simon, an award-winning author and former U.S. National Security Council member and diplomat, as a distinguished practitioner to teach, conduct research and engage with the public on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. He will be in

We are devastated by the incomprehensible human losses after the earthquakes in Morocco and Afghanistan as well as the floods in Libya. We send our sincere condolences to the victims and their families. With our partners, we have located information on reliable sources to which you can donate: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent

By Monique Thormann | Director of Communications, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington Samuel Arnone-Roller, who received his master’s degree in Middle East Studies in June 2023, received a University of Washington David Bonderman Fellowship that will take him to eight countries – Paraguay, Bolivia, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, Nepal and the

Jere L. Bacharach, Professor Emeritus, Department of History and Stanley D. Golub Professor Emeritus of International Studies, scholar of the medieval Middle East, inspiring teacher, colleague, friend, and mentor to many, died April 9, 2023 at the age of 84. Jere Bacharach received his B.A. from Trinity College (CT), his M.A. from Harvard University, and

We are devastated by the incomprehensible human losses after the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria. With our partners, we have located information on reliable sources to which you can donate: — Local Associations: Jewish Federations of North America (Turkey/Syria) SCM Medical Missions (Turkey/Syria) Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America (Turkey) Syrian American Medical Society (Syria) Turkish American Cultural Association

Arzoo Osanloo, Director of the Middle East Center and Professor, Law Society and Justice, discusses the current anti-government protests in Iran with scholars of Iran and its diasporas. The speakers contextualize the protests within the broader struggle for women’s rights in Iran and transnational feminist movements.

Affiliate Professor David Fenner is featured in the UW Daily on lifelong learning and his own life experiences living and traveling abroad.

Arzoo Osanloo, Director of the Middle East Center and Professor, Law Society and Justice, has been awarded the 2021 Herbert Jacob Book Prize, which recognizes new and outstanding scholarship for her book Forgiveness Work: Mercy, Law and Victims’ Rights in Iran (Princeton University Press, 2020). Read more