March 6, 2020
Jim Wellman, the chair of the comparative religion program at the Jackson School of International Studies, is featured for his goal to expand the investment in religious studies at the
January 27, 2020
Jim Wellman, chair and professor of the comparative religion program at the Jackson School, co-authors “High on God: Mega-Churches and the Making of America,” a book that goes step-by-step through
April 18, 2019
Jackson School Comparative Religion Program Chair James Wellman reflects on the burning of Notre-Dame cathedral and the threat of forest fires in Washington state in a recent Crosscut op-ed piece. “The
August 29, 2018
As the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo considers how to re-arrange his Department’s handling of religion, IPI-Religion Fellow Chris Seiple joined 11 other senior scholars and foreign policy practitioners in
June 21, 2018
The Jackson School of International Studies and the Department of History honored two faculty members, Hwasook Nam and Kyoko Tokuno, who retire from the University of Washington at the end of this
June 6, 2018
Jackson School Chair of Comparative Religion and Professor Jim Wellman is quoted in “Losing Faith: The Closure Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church” on the state of religious affiliation in the Pacific Northwest
May 4, 2018
Jackson School Affiliate Instructor and International Policy Institute Senior Fellow in Religion Chris Seiple writes in his article “How faith can overcome religious nationalism” that cross-cultural religious literacy skills are necessary to stand together
April 9, 2018
Associate Director of the Jackson School Professor Christian Novetzke is among the 173 scholars, artists and scientists from the U.S. and Canada recognized this year by the Guggenheim Foundation. The announcement of the
March 29, 2018
In “Bullying others into silence is ineffective and fear-mongering” Alumna Helen Delahunt-Avila (B.A. International Studies ’83) argues that silencing others to maintain control is a misunderstanding of the basics of being
October 6, 2017
In his op-ed piece “More blood at the altar of the gun“, published on Oct. 5 by the Seattle Times, Professor and Chair of the Comparative Religion Program James Wellman examines the meaning