Spotlight: Cool Courses Spring 2024
January 31, 2024
Spring 2024 Cool Courses: JSIS 110 A: Sports & Global Affairs TTH 11:30 a.m. – 1:20 p.m. Covers the connection between sports and global affairs, including wars, dictatorships, racism, and
Grad student talks climate diplomacy at UN Climate Change Conference
January 29, 2024
On December 4, 2023, Jackson School M.A. International Studies ’24 candidate Maryam Al Hammadi was a featured guest in a panel discussion in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, titled, “Global Decarbonization
UW students take on the world with Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships
January 26, 2024
Four of the National Resource Centers housed at the Jackson School offer the opportunity for UW students across all three campuses to apply for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships.
UW military rhetoric instructor explores trauma through poetry, writing
January 25, 2024
Abby E. Murray, program manager for the University of Washington’s U.S. Army War College Fellowship Program which is hosted at the Jackson School, is featured by UW News in an
Some additional University of Washington community resources
January 23, 2024
Some additional resources that have been shared with us include: Article by Dara Horn “Why the most educated people in America fall for antisemitic lies” (The Atlantic, Feb. 15, 2024).
Q&A with Antonia Zito ’25
January 21, 2024
We recently caught up with undergrad Antonia Zito, a double major in Global and Regional Studies and History, who spent autumn quarter 2023 in Washington D.C. on an internship arranged
Liora Halperin selected as inaugural fellow at the National Library of Israel
January 12, 2024
Liora Halperin, a professor at the Jackson School of International Studies and Department of History, has been selected as one of two inaugural Lynda and Stewart Resnick fellows at the
Meet M.A. Alum Alex Minami: Building connections through opera
January 9, 2024
Lōkela Alexander Minami, (BA, Political Science, German Language & Literature, 2010; MA, International Studies: Middle East, 2012), Seattle Opera Associate Director of Community Engagement, is featured in an article titled,
New faculty appointments 2022-2023
January 4, 2024
Mika Ahuvia began as Director of The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies in July 2022, and is the Herbert L. & Lucia S. Pruzan Chair in Jewish Studies. Ahuvia is an
University of Washington receives Humphrey Fellowship grant on the rights of Indigenous peoples
January 2, 2024
University of Washington Continuum College and the Canadian Studies Center, in collaboration with the Native American Law Center, have been awarded a grant to host the 2024 “Distinguished Humphrey Fellowship