Explore the world with us during Dawg Daze!
September 16, 2025
Learn more about the world – and the Jackson School – during Dawg Daze! Wednesday, September 17 Ice Cream Social with Jewish Studies When: Wednesday, September 17, from 3:00 to
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Language, science, impact: How FLAS empowers STEM students to tackle global challenges
December 18, 2024
The Jackson School recently spoke with Doyeon Park, a second-year Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) student in Epidemiology at the School of Public Health. Park, a Foreign Language and Area
Gift establishes named professorship in the study of Chinese history
October 31, 2024
Madeleine Dong is quoted in a feature story by the University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences titled, “A Bright Future for the Study of Chinese History.” The professorship,
Faculty feature: Debamanyu Das to teach political economy at the Jackson School
October 22, 2024
In September 2024, Debamanyu Das, an economist from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a focus on political economy, environmental policy, economic development, and macroeconomics, joined the Jackson School
Explore the world with us during Dawg Daze!
September 17, 2024
Learn more about the world – and the Jackson School – during Dawg Daze! Monday, September 23 International Film Festival with International Studies When: Monday, September 23, from 1:30 pm–3:45
From Seattle to Seoul: Paul Carrington’s Fulbright journey to Korea
June 25, 2024
In 2005, East Asia Center managing director Paul Carrington spent a snowy week in Seoul, South Korea. Nineteen years later — and sans the snow — he’s returned. For the
Around the world with Task Force
June 11, 2024
During the last week of spring quarter classes on May 29 and May 30, 2024, around a table in Simpson Center Room 202 at the University of Washington, 10 Jackson
Martha Walsh receives UW Distinguished Staff Award for career achievement
May 17, 2024
Martha Walsh, Managing Editor, Journal of Japanese Studies, and Senior Program Associate, Japan Studies Program at the University of Washington has been named the recipient of a UW Award of
Spotlight: Cool Courses Summer 2024
May 10, 2024
Splash into summer with these cool online courses! All are taught by our Jackson School faculty. Register soon! Want to apply for UW financial aid for summer courses? It’s recommended
Yong-Chool Ha debuts book on sociology of late industrialization
March 25, 2024
Jackson School Professor Yong-Chool Ha has recently published the book “Late Industrialization, Tradition, and Social Change in South Korea” (University of Washington Press, 2024). Within the book, Ha — the