Jackson School News: Southeast Asia Center

Kasey Rackowitz: Applying for the FLAS and Visiting Cyberjaya

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

Myanmar’s Digital Revolution: Notes from the Myanmar Information Symposium

Over two days in January 2016, the Myanmar Book Aid Preservation Foundation and the Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation hosted a symposium in Yangon focused on Myanmar’s information environment as it transitions

Asian Studies Courses Autumn 2016

Asian Studies Courses Summer 2016

A Personal History of the Internet in Myanmar

While in Myanmar this summer, I had the opportunity on several occasions to connect with Ko Ye Tun Aung, an engineer in Myanmar who previously worked setting up and running

From Tacoma to Thailand: Update from FLAS fellow Veronica Inveen

Veronica Inveen, an undergraduate student in International Studies and a transfer student from Tacoma Community College, was featured in the UW Spring 2016 Transfer Newsletter, where she talked about the

Humans: Living on the Edge since 200,000 BC

Are humans necessarily a terrestrial species?  Hannah Bassett (Marine & Environmental Affairs) argues that humans are equally aquatic.  Hannah is a Global Studies and Southeast Asia FLAS fellow in Tagalog.

A transfer student tells why she chose the Jackson School

Veronica Inveen, a transfer student from Tacoma Community College, was featured in UW’s Spring 2016 Transfer Newsletter where she talks about her decision to major in International Studies and minor in Southeast

Southeast Asia Studies Courses Autumn 2016

Southeast Asia FLAS fellows Kacey Rackowitz and Shannon Bush attend an Indonesian feast

Southeast Asia Center FLAS fellows Kacey Rackowitz and Shannon Bush write about a feast hosted for UW students of Indonesian by Senior Lecturer Desiana Pauli Sandjaja and her friend, Bu