Spring 2024 Cool Courses:
Jesús Hidalgo
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 women and LGTBQIA communities’ discrimination, while also examining several socioeconomic, political, and historical issues at local, national, and global levels.
Instructor: Jesús Hidalgo
Questions? Email jhidalgo@uw.edu
Vanessa Freije
JSIS 101 A: Media and Information Technology in Global Conflict
MW 12:30 – 2:20 p.m.
Explores media and information technology’s role in global conflicts since the twentieth century. How different groups have mobilized new technologies for covert warfare, surveillance, and cyberattacks, as well as for self-determination, cultural survival, and whistleblowing. Includes war photography, bots and election interference, and Indigenous movements and media.
Instructor: Vanessa Freije
Questions? Email vfreije@uw.edu
Sunila Kale
JSIS 203 A: Rise of Asia
TTh 1:30 – 3:20 p.m.
Key themes in the study of Asia, with a focus on the present. Topics include the notion of “Asia,” cultural and religious similarities and differences, a comparison of colonial experiences under Western and Asian powers, World War II and liberation, postwar economic and political development.
Instructor: Sunila Kale
Questions? Email kale@uw.edu
