Jackson School News: Southeast Asia Center

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

A new normal ‘post-pandemic’? UW National Resource Centers host teacher training on a global approach

Into the abyss or taking flight – what’s the ‘new normal’ in our post-pandemic world? And are we really ‘post-pandemic’? This idea was the focus of conversation and debate for

Alum Adrian Alarilla quoted on addressing stereotyping of Asian American actors // Seattle Times

In “A new generation of Asian American artists is expanding Bruce Lee’s legacy,” Jackson School Alum Adrian Alarilla (M.A. Southeast Asian Studies 2018) talks about why it’s important to support community-level

‘Everyone is dying’ writes Mary Callahan on the COVID-19 crisis in Myanmar // Asia Times

In “‘Everyone is dying’: Myanmar on the brink of decimation,” Jackson School Associate Professor Mary Callahan writes about the desperate need in Myanmar for an international health intervention at a time when the

Three Jackson School students named to Husky 100 list

We are pleased to announce that two undergraduate students and a doctoral candidate at the Jackson School have been named to the University of Washington’s Husky 100 list for their

Christoph Giebel on anti-Asian violence and Seattle // Northwest Asian Weekly

In “The Big Lie in Volunteer Park” Jackson School Faculty Christoph Giebel examines how introspection about anti-Asian violence must include a stone marker next to Volunteer Park’s water tower telling

Mary Callahan gives first-hand account on Myanmar’s unfolding civil war to BBC, NPR and other media

Mary Callahan, an associate professor at the Jackson School, shares her first-hand accounts on the unfolding civil war in Myanmar in these April 12 interviews with NPR “Professor Discusses What Might

Mary Callahan quoted in media on recent Myanmar military coup

Jackson School Associate Professor Mary Callahan, an expert on Myanmar, is quoted in various media articles about the Feb. 1 overnight coup d’etat by the Myanmar military. NPR “General Who

Southeast Asia Center Course List | Spring 2021