Director’s message: spring 2018
June 25, 2018
On June 7, we celebrated the graduation of 322 of our students; 62 of whom received a master’s, 258 a bachelor’s, and 2 doctoral degrees in International Studies. For me,
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Congrats to the Class of 2018!
June 19, 2018
“There is a tendency among all kinds of nations big and small, to withdraw from the world and abandon the world around them,” said Jackson School Director Reşat Kasaba to over 1,200 Jackson
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
Press release: $1 million grant for the Jackson School of International Studies
April 19, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE $1 million grant for the Jackson School of International Studies Seattle, April 19, 2018 — The International Policy Institute at the University of Washington’s Henry M. Jackson
Podcast interview with Daniel Bessner on his new book: Democracy in Exile | New Books Network
April 11, 2018
Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Assistant Professor in American Foreign Policy Daniel Bessner talks with New Books Network in this recent podcast about his new book Democracy in Exile:
Summer at the State Department: refugees and more
January 23, 2018
Thanks to a Leslianne Shedd Internship Scholarship in International Studies and Public Health, Alexander Kuehl, a second-year M.A. in International Studies student, spent summer 2017 interning at U.S. Department of
Québécois, Nationalism and Refugee Law: Notes from two Canada FLAS fellows
January 3, 2018
“Many people in Québec City do not speak English so I was forced out of my comfort zone by speaking French in daily life, as well as in the classroom.
Ten skills for an international affairs career in the 21st century
November 10, 2017
On Thursday Oct. 26, over 70 U.S. government, APSIA school representatives, students and alumni and other international affairs practitioners gathered in the Cosmos Club in Washington D.C. for a conference
The hidden delights of the lowly potato (or, my new favorite Russian dessert)
September 22, 2017
The unassuming name “картошка” (or картофель), meaning “potato”, not only indicates the popular root vegetable staple in Russia – it is also the name of a popular no-bake chocolate early
“I Didn’t Think Americans Could Look Like You”: Reflections on Being a Fulbrighter of Color
August 1, 2017
“Wanted: Foreigner model for tourism advertisement. White only, please.” I glanced over the ad posted on the foreigner Facebook page for the city of Jeonju. What followed was a tense