January 31, 2020
In his new book, Civilizing Disability Society: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Socializing Grassroots Disabled Persons Organizations in Nicaragua (Cambridge University Press, September 2019), Stephen Meyers, Assistant
January 28, 2020
Sara Curran, Jackson School Professor and Director of the Center for Studies of Demography & Ecology, answers three questions on current issues facing U.S. immigration, from the trend of Mexicans
January 28, 2020
Daniel Bessner, Joff Hanauer Honors Professorship in Western Civilization, co-authors an article titled “To End Forever War, End the Dollar’s Global Dominance” that looks into how endless war overlooks the financial
January 28, 2020
In “Trump’s America may be declining in global soft power—but US empire rolls on” Daniel Bessner, Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Associate Professor of American Foreign Policy, examines the
January 28, 2020
Professor Emeritus Ken Pyle’s “The Making of Postwar Japan: A Speculative Essay” appears in the winter 2020 issue of the Journal of Japanese Studies, a publication founded by Pyle and housed in
January 27, 2020
Jim Wellman, chair and professor of the comparative religion program at the Jackson School, co-authors “High on God: Mega-Churches and the Making of America,” a book that goes step-by-step through
January 27, 2020
Four Jackson School faculty have been selected as recipients of the Society for Scholarship Fellowships 2020-2021, which are supported and administered by the Simpson Center for the Humanities: Daniel Bessner,
January 16, 2020
Professor of International Studies David Bachman, also a China expert, examines the implications of the signing of an initial trade deal between the U.S. and China in “New U.S.-China trade deal
January 16, 2020
The UW Daily reviews a Jackson School-led public panel discussion, held on Jan. 13 in Thomson Hall with UW faculty speakers from the Jackson School, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
January 16, 2020
In “Why the US-Iran conflict isn’t driving oil prices higher and why it probably should,” Scott Montgomery, Jackson School faculty and an energy expert, examines whether the oil market is