In Memoriam: Jere L. Bacharach (1938-2023)

We mourn the passing of Jere Bacharach, 84, professor emeritus of History and former director of the Jackson School and longtime contributor to the field of Middle East studies. He

Doctoral alum pens article analyzing Turkey’s military response after the earthquake // Foreign Policy

Özgür Özkan (Ph.D. International Studies 2022) pens a Feb. 24 article titled, “Why Was Turkey’s Military MIA After the Earthquake?” examining why the military in 1999 was quick to respond

Middle East Studies Course List | Spring 2023

Arzoo Osanloo interviewed on unfolding situation in Iran // KCRW

  Arzoo Osanloo, professor and director of the Middle East Center, gives context to recent reports of the disbanding of the morality police in Iran in a segment titled, “Iran’s

Arzoo Osanloo featured guest on NPR podcast about Iran’s struggle for gender equality

  Arzoo Osanloo, director of the Middle East Center and an associate professor of the Law, Societies & Justice program, is the featured guest in an NPR Throughline podcast episode

Globalization at a crossroads: UW National Resource Centers support teacher training on challenges to the global order

At the turn of the millennium, the world seemed to be moving towards ever closer economic integration matched by the seemingly inevitable spread of liberal democracy. Less than 20 years

Middle East Course List | Autumn 2022

First-ever faculty position in environmental justice launches at the Jackson School

SEATTLE, WA – Danya Al-Saleh, a feminist geographer with expertise in Environmental Studies and Middle East Studies from the University of California Los Angeles, will join the Jackson School of International

Reşat Kasaba featured speaker “21st century in the shadow of the 1900’s” for Turkey’s Science Academy

In a Feb. 23 online public event titled, “Twenty-first century in the shadow of 1900’s” sponsored by the Science Academy in Turkey, Jackson School Faculty Reşat Kasaba, the Anne H.H.

Event recap: Inequity at Boiling Point with Somini Sengupta, NYT foreign correspondent

Over 280 members of the UW community and public gathered on Zoom on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, to listen to Somini Sengupta for a talk titled, “Inequity at Boiling Point: