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
July 25, 2017
“While Aung San Suu Kyi remains, for many, a powerful symbol of the struggle for democracy, the time has come for stronger international pressure to condemn her moral abstention regarding
June 29, 2017
I write to you from Rome, Italy, where I and UW Professor Kathie Friedman are teaching courses for the UW Honors Program at the UW Rome Center on historical and
June 20, 2017
“We tell our students ‘international’ does not only mean diplomacy and foreign policy,” said Jackson School Director Reşat Kasaba to over 1,100 Jackson School students, their families and friends, as well as faculty
January 18, 2017
A crowd of 250 students, faculty and community members packed into Kane Hall 220 on Tuesday, Jan. 17, to hear former U.S. Congressman and Jackson School Affiliate Faculty Jim McDermott talk about the President’s
December 29, 2016
“Ever since the Cold War, museums have helped to bridge the gap between Russia and the US. They have been big players in cultural diplomacy and maybe don’t receive the
December 2, 2016
Daniel Murphree, a UW M.A. student in Southeast Asian Studies, spent the summer of 2016 studying Burmese with the support of a Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship from
November 15, 2016
On Applying for the FLAS Fellowship Midterms are (hopefully) wrapping up, the sakura tree leaves in the UW Quad have fallen, and Winter Break is upon us. What better way
November 3, 2016
“We must prevent life from being so bleak, that risking death is preferential.” These words from Assistant Secretary Anne Richard, in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees,
August 11, 2016
UW Jackson School of International Studies M.A. student Chris Collison is currently on a Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship (FLAS) at the Belarusian State University in Minsk, Belarus. Chris is also exploring the