Ussama Makdisi presented a lecture titled “Age of Coexistence: The Arab World before Sectarianism” on February 12, 2020 in the Middle East Center’s “Voices in Middle East Studies” 2020 lecture series. Makdisi is Professor of History and Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies, Rice University, and is currently a visiting professor at the University

Reşat Kasaba, a Middle East expert and the director of the Jackson School, gave his insights to media outlets on the day after the U.S. assassinated a top government official of Iran, Qasem Soleimani, last week.

Ellis J. Goldberg, long-time Director of the Middle East Center, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, eminent scholar of the Modern Middle East, and inspiring teaching and colleague, died on September 20, 2019 at the age of 72.   Professor Goldberg received his B.A.  cum laude in English from Harvard University;  a double M.A. in English

In “Iran and its nuclear situation,”affiliate faculty and geoscientist Scott L. Montgomery, analyzes the latest unfolding crisis between Iran and the West, and particularly with the U.S.

Dedicated to serving the community, the Middle East Center works to increase understanding of Middle East cultures and traditions. As organizations are increasingly recognizing that they must serve diverse populations, the Middle East Center is extending its expertise to offer training. In an innovative initiative started in 2019, the Center is beginning to provide training

By Pablo Jairo Tutillo Maldonado In September 2017, Eyal Sagui Bizawe, a Jerusalem-based Israeli film director of Egyptian Jewish origins, published an opinion article in Haaretz critiquing the Israeli Ministry of Education’s recent initiative to implement a new curriculum in the Israeli education system.

JSIS 487/587 A | SLN 15582 | 3 credits Wednesdays, 2:30-4:20 p.m. | Smith Hall, 115 Instructor: David Fenner, Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies Email: dmfenner@uw.edu This course will provide a general introduction to different forms of entrepreneurship: business (including investment), societal, environmental, and educational in both the public and private sectors. This foundation

Kelsey Hallahan graduated from the University of Washington in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in History and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations.  In her sophomore year at the UW, she received a Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship from the UW Middle East Center to support her study of Persian and the Middle East. 

JSIS 478 E / 578 E | SLN 15570 T/Th 2:30-420, THO 335 Instructor: JESSICA L. BEYER , Lecturer, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, jlbeyer@uw.edu This course addresses the impact of nation-state cybersecurity strategy on global security. Nation-states make strategic cybersecurity decisions about whether to create cyber-weaponry, develop hacking forces, encourage patriotic hackers,