Middle East Studies Courses – Winter 2016
October 29, 2015
Middle East Courses from International Studies, Anthropology, History, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, Political Science and Languages.
Topic: Middle East News
Professor Joel Migdal is mentioned in Herald editorial “Obama’s failed foreign policy”
May 29, 2014
The Herald of Everett mentions Professor Joel S. Migdal‘s book Shifting Sands, The United States in the Middle East in its editorial on Obama’s failed foreign policy. In his book,
Turkish journalist Çandar: Future of Middle East hinges on Syria
October 17, 2013
Despite writing extensively on the Middle East as an author and journalist, Cengiz Çandar said the only thing he knows for sure about its future is that he can’t know.
Grad students awarded Critical Language Scholarships to study in Middle East
April 25, 2013
Jackson School graduate students Nick Persons, Ruben Valencia, and Rachel Cook were awarded the State Department’s Critical Language Scholarships (CLS) for intensive language study abroad this summer. The CLS Program
Public lecture on Syria with Prof. Lisa Wedeen: “Ideology and Humor in Dark Times”
February 2, 2013
On the same day that a series of deadly bombings rocked the Syrian capital of Damascus on Feb. 21, the University of Washington Jackson School of International Studies hosted Lisa