Jackson School News: Southeast Asia Center

Christoph Giebel, other UW faculty hold public event on an overseas war and a controversial Seattle park plaque // UW News

In “UW professors to participate in panel on recently removed Volunteer Park plaque,” which features Jackson School and History Faculty Christoph Giebel, as well as Vicente Rafael and Ileana M. Rodríguez-Silva, both faculty with

Doctoral candidate pens critique on US aid to counterterrorism efforts // The Conversation

In his article titled, “Billions spent on overseas counterterrorism would be better spent by involving ex-terrorists,” F. Bernard Loesi, a Jackson School doctoral candidate in international studies, shares his research on

Mary Callahan pens article on military assaults in Myanmar’s Bamar Buddhist heartland // Fulcrum

In her article titled, ​”​F​rom Remote Paradise to Leveled Villages: The Sit-Tat Assault on the ‘Yaw Valley’, Jackson School Associate Professor Mary Callahan examines how since May, one of the most peaceful areas

Mary Callahan on Myanmar’s junta education policy is following 60 years of military strategy // Frontier Myanmar

In her article titled, “By the book: Junta’s education policy follows 60 years of military strategy,” published Feb. 9, Jackson School Associate Professor Mary Callahan examines how as Myanmar’s universities reopen, the

Mary Callahan pens article on Myanmar’s latest violence in the country’s tinderbox Dry Zone // Fulcrum

In her article titled, “Myanmar’s Dry Zone: The History of a Tinderbox,” Jackson School Associate Professor Mary Callahan assesses how the Dry Zone, primarily the central regions of Mandalay, Magway, and Sagaing that

Mary Callahan quoted on what’s at stake on 1-year anniversary of Myanmar coup // NPR

In “1 year since Myanmar’s coup, the military has been unable to stamp out the resistance,” an NPR story published Feb. 1, 2022, Jackson School Associate Professor Mary Callahan is quoted on the

On anniversary of Myanmar coup, Mary Callahan is quoted on the struggling junta // The Economist

In an article titled, “Myanmar’s generals have united the country—against themselves,” about how the country’s junta is fighting on more fronts than ever since their Feb. 1, 2021 coup, Jackson School

Christoph Giebel quoted on the big lie of a Volunteer Park plaque // UW Daily

In an article titled, “Statues: Relics representing past and present colonialism and white supremacy,” Associate Professor Christoph Giebel is quoted from his Op-Ed in May 2021, published by the Northwest Asian

Southeast Asia Studies Course List | Winter 2022

November is UW Global Month!

In November, check out some examples below of Jackson School international offerings, from events on hot global topics and more. Follow this link for an ongoing list of Jackson School events during