Is the U.S. Ready for an Arctic Oil Spill?
July 10, 2017
“It seemed truly like the ending of a world. Seabirds were dying by the thousands in the muck. Vast stocks of salmon and herring and halibut would perish next.” This description in National
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Is the Arctic Council Still a Visionary Leader?
July 6, 2017
Many thought he was sick; some feared he was dead. But in October 1987, after 51 days spent planning in seclusion, Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev emerged in Murmansk and
To Bursa and Back: A FLAS Fellow’s Path to Turkish and Arabic
April 19, 2017
Studying Arabic with the FLAS has also impacted my experience here by allowing me to build friendships and make connections with Arabic-speaking students on a deeper-level. Perry Keziah is a
Three FLAS Fellows Named 2017 Husky 100 Recipients
April 5, 2017
“My UW experience provided me with the intellectual community and fieldwork opportunities to combine my unique perspectives as a mountaineer and development scholar to fight for a more thoughtful and
Sephardic Blessings and Judaica Libraries with FLAS Alumna Emily Thompson
March 10, 2017
“Learning Hebrew has opened the door to Israel Studies, but also to languages like Ladino and Yiddish, which are often written in Hebrew letters. Knowledge of the Hebrew alphabet has
FLAS Notes From the Field: Mary Elizabeth Mayer Returns from Eastern Europe
February 13, 2017
“To the best of my ability, I completed my task whilst abroad. I met new people, I learned more Russian, and I feel that I have come to understand the
Alumna Haegeland on nuclear insecurity in South Asia | The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
January 30, 2017
Alumna Hannah Haegeland (M.A. in South Asia Studies, 2015) writes in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on South Asia’s nuclear and radiological threat environment in “The terrifying geography of
Legal Education and a Life Transformed
January 27, 2017
“By the time Isatou graduated from high school, she had already achieved much more than anyone expected of her, but she was determined to keep moving forward. Her personal and
Cycle Shoppe Talk and Bi-Culturalism in Denmark
January 19, 2017
“It seems that bi-cultural identities are just as common here as they are in the U.S.” Center for Global Studies FLAS Fellow Henry Milander, an undergraduate student in Business, International
Gregory Diggs-Yang: How can schools support positive bi-racial identity development?
January 11, 2017
“Most of my research right now is focused on how Korea and their schools support multicultural education and support identity development through their classes.” Gregory Diggs-Yang, an East Asia Center