September 17, 2018
“My host family likes to play this song [“Ghazali“] on the TV every night and sing and dance along.” -Sydney Ward (Fez, Morocco) In Summer 2018, University of Washington Foreign
September 12, 2018
Jackson School Doctoral student Emily Willard‘s article “Maya Community Celebrates 20th Anniversary of their Return to Guatemala” has been published by International Cry Magazine. In the article Willard explores the Nuevo
September 4, 2018
In Summer 2018, University of Washington Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) fellows studied seventeen languages in eighteen different countries on four continents. This is the second in a series
August 27, 2018
“During the [Hakodate Port] festival, large groups of people–usually companies, programs, etc.–dance like a squid along a 1.5km route down the streets of Hakodate.” Songs are a wonderful way to
August 27, 2018
In 2015, police officers in the United States killed 94 unarmed people— dropping to 51 persons in 2016 and rising to 68 persons in 2017, according to data gathered by
August 13, 2018
“« Tu veux un Queues de Castor? » asked my newfound Québécoise friend. I looked at her strangely. « Pardon? » I replied. She repeated: « un Queues de Castor?
August 3, 2018
The UW Graduate School has featured Jackson School doctoral candidates Allison Anderson and Rachel Rothenberg for receiving Fulbright Fellowships for 2018-2019. Allison will be spending nine months in Jordan conducting fieldwork for her
July 16, 2018
“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth” —Muhammad Ali Saddiqullah Faizi’s favorite quote embodies the guiding principle of his life’s vocation: to help
June 5, 2018
Indra Ekmanis (Ph.D., International Studies, 2017) has been named a Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies Fellow for a two-year full-time position as Associate Editor, Global Nation, Public Radio International. She
June 1, 2018
Maybe it is the smell of burning flesh, or the close look at a torn supraspinatus tendon, or the sound of the surgical staff conversing in Hebrew, but I snap