Director’s message: Summer 2018
October 3, 2018
Dear Friends, We have had an unusually busy summer in the Jackson School. In addition to organizing several outreach programs for K-12 teachers and offering a full list of courses, we
Q&A: Jackson School alumna wins major grant to study China’s ocean issues
September 27, 2018
Tabitha Grace Mallory (B.A. International Studies and Mandarin Chinese, 2003), an affiliate professor at the Jackson School, has received a $245,000 grant from the Packard Foundation for an 18-month study of China’s “marine ecological civilization
University of Washington Jackson School centers receive $13.4 million in federal funding to advance understanding of global issues
September 5, 2018
University of Washington Jackson School centers receive $13.4 million in federal funding for advancing understanding of global issues The University of Washington’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies has
Angelina Godoy: Do refugee children belong in jails? | Crosscut
August 10, 2018
In her piece “Our jails are no place for refugee children,” Jackson School Professor and Director at the Center for Human Rights at the University of Washington Angelina Godoy questions the practice
Faculty pens Oxford dictionary for politics in the Middle East
July 27, 2018
Want a primer on politics in the Middle East? Thanks to Affiliate Faculty Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, a Middle East expert, students and others interested in learning more about key political figures,
Montgomery on what happens if Trump taps the Strategic Petroleum Reserve? | CNBC
July 25, 2018
Jackson School Faculty Scott Montgomery, also an energy expert, is quoted in “What happens if Trump taps the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?” on the foolishness if President Trump decides to tap
Why the world needs Russian Studies more than ever, praise for the Jackson School program | Crosscut
July 25, 2018
“The University of Washington, a leader in international studies, could use some state support,” writes journalist Peter Jackson in his analysis on why Russian studies in higher education is more
July 24: Acclaimed Syria documentary to screen at UW
July 19, 2018
Join us for a special screening of the acclaimed documentary ‘Syria: The Impossible Revolution’, followed by a Q&A with award-winning filmmakers Anne Daly and Ronan Tynan. When: Tuesday, July 24 at
Listen globally: A guide to podcasts in summertime
July 18, 2018
In “Listen Globally: Podcasts in Summertime” Assistant Professor Sasha Senderovich, a scholar of Russian Jewish literature and culture, shares his thoughts and three podcasts that reflect how reading literature and doing
Chirot: A Russian nesting doll? Trump and Putin’s converging goals | Seattle Times
July 17, 2018
In his opinion piece “Peas in a Russian nesting doll: Trump and Putin’s converging goals,” Herbert Ellison Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Jackson School, Professor Dan Chirot,