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
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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
Highlights of UW National Resource Center activities 2022-2023
February 12, 2024
The Jackson School’s commitment to regional, cross-cultural and comparative studies extends well beyond the boundaries of its many formal academic programs. The school has five Title VI National Resource Centers
Undergrad receives Tolo Foundation award for study of Japan
November 29, 2023
Jackson School undergrad Micaela Adam has been selected for the Dr. Eleanor Hadley Encouragement Award 2023-2024, an honor given by the University of Washington Mortar Board Alumni/Tolo Foundation Scholarship Committee.
Expanding understanding of Taiwan with a Fulbright-Hays grant
November 21, 2023
When Paul Carrington, managing director of the Jackson School’s East Asia Center at the University of Washington, applied and received a U.S. Department of Education Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminar Abroad grant
Five Jackson School centers featured by US Department of Education
November 16, 2023
In the November 2023 Special Issue Newsletter published by the U.S. Department of Education Office of International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE), the University of Washington’s five National Resource Centers,
Annual teacher training institute at the UW explores diversity and inclusion in global context
October 4, 2023
While the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) framework and movement has its origins in the United States, nations around the world are pursuing their own efforts to ensure fair treatment
Clark Sorensen receives prestigious 2023 Korea Foundation Award
October 4, 2023
Clark Sorensen, Jackson School Professor Emeritus of International Studies at the University of Washington, has received the 2023 Korea Foundation Award in recognition of his contributions to the enhancement of