August 22, 2017
This is the second in a two-part series about songs which UW Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) fellows have learned in their various locations around the world this summer.
August 11, 2017
Songs represent a unique and effective means of learning language–there is repetition of words and grammar, the language is conversational, they include idiomatic expressions, and they are easier to remember
July 26, 2017
Jackson School Alumnus Benjamin C. Lee (B.A., International Studies and Chinese, 2015) is among 11 UW students and alumni who have been awarded a 2017-2018 U.S. Fulbright Program Scholarship. His Fulbright Research Fellowship
July 21, 2017
“…being able to converse in ‘Taglish,’ the commonly spoken combination of Tagalog and English, has allowed people I’ve spoken with to represent their experience accurately, without being white-washed.” Hannah Bassett,
June 7, 2017
Nuclear facilities are among the most highly secured type of critical infrastructure in the U.S. Despite the implementation of safety measures, digital instruments and computer-based systems associated with the physical protection system and the control systems inside facilities are still vulnerable. Creating air-gaps and standalone systems is somewhat ineffective when it comes to protecting nuclear facilities against complicated and targeted cyber-attacks. Cyber-attacks on nuclear power plants and their control systems could expedite the theft of usable nuclear materials and malicious acts by adversaries.
May 19, 2017
This panel on power and regionalism in Europe, Asia, and Latin America brings together a diverse group of scholars who will talk about a range of issues from German regional
May 17, 2017
Join us for our U.S. in the World Lecture Series with Middle East expert Steven Heydemann for a public talk on: “Explaining Poverty in the Middle East: The Economics and Politics of
April 6, 2017
We are pleased to announce three Jackson School students and three Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship students have been named to the University of Washington’s Husky 100 list for their leadership, scholarship and
March 22, 2017
What do a U.S. Navy Admiral, American and foreign ambassadors, NGO directors, Indigenous Peoples leaders and a group of University of Washington international studies majors have in common? On March
March 22, 2017
“What does Trump’s neoliberal agenda mean for those whose discontent with globalization gave him the presidency? Nothing good,” write Daniel Bessner, Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Professor of American