Save the date: Northwest NATO Forum – TBD
June 24, 2019
UPDATE: *Date TBD* The University of Washington’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies is honored to be partnering with NATO Allied Command Transformation to host a major event in
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Naar sheds light on the ‘Jerusalem of the Balkans’ Saloniki, Greece | Jerusalem Post
May 6, 2019
Jackson School Sephardic Studies Chair Devin E. Naar delves into the history of Jews in Greece in a recent article “Greek Jewry and the Holocaust” in the Jerusalem Post. He
Jackson School offers new minor in Hellenic Studies | The Hellenic Journal
April 16, 2019
The Jackson School has recently launched a minor in Hellenic Studies. Undergraduate students can now combine courses in Ancient Greek literature, history and philosophy as well as modern Greek courses
Songs of Summer with UW FLAS Fellows (Part 3: Middle East)
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
European Union Center in Jackson School features on receiving EU grant | The Daily
August 16, 2018
The European Union Center in the Jackson School of International Studies has been featured in an article in The Daily, the University of Washington newspaper, for being one of only five centers
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
New book reviews for Daniel Bessner’s Democracy in Exile
June 18, 2018
Two new book reviews published by RealClear Books and the Globe Post discuss Assistant Professor Daniel Bessner’s latest book, Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual.
Taso Lagos pens ‘American Zeus,’ biography of theater mogul Alexander Pantages | UW News
May 14, 2018
Lecturer and Center for West European Studies faculty Taso Lagos is featured in an article “American Zeus: The Life of Alexander Pantages, Theater Mogul” discussing his new book. Pantages, the subject of Lagos’s book, was
Twenty ways you can create change and resist tyranny
May 4, 2018
In his opening remarks about On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century to a crowd of over 400 students, faculty, and members of the public gathered in Kane Hall on April
Jackson School students, FLAS recipients win national Boren Scholarships and Fellowships
May 2, 2018
Several Jackson School students have been awarded David L. Boren Fellowships for the academic year 2018-2019. Benjamin Kantner, who is pursuing a M.A. in International Studies with a focus on political ecology