Please join the UW South Asia Center in congratulating Hannah Haegeland who has won a prestigious Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship. Fall 2015 Scoville Fellows were chosen from among 164 candidates who attended 113 universities in 33 states. As part of her fellowship, she will be working at the Stimson Center in Washington D.C. Hannah is currently completing her MA in

Introduction to Postcolonial Literature, focus on Pakistan and South Asia ENGL 316A/CHID 250C Autumn Quarter T, TH 8:30am-10:20am SMI 407 Once part of the global British Empire and now officially independent, countries like Kenya, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Jamaica, India and Barbados have performed and negotiated their break from colonialism in sometimes different, sometimes similar ways. Our

[This article is a repost from the Jackson School of International Studies Blog] Over 30 Seattle area K-12 teachers learned the latest on “Global Asia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” this year thanks to a unique, decade-long collaboration between The Seattle Times and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. On April 29, 2015, the

Afghanistan A Few Cubic Meters of Love Iran | 2014 | 90 minutes | Jamshid Mahmoudi Afghanistan’s foreign-language Oscar® entry is truly a “Romeo and Juliet” for the globalized world—an Iranian teen and a young Afghan refugee find each other, and a bit of happiness, in the most unlikely circumstances.   Frame by Frame Afghanistan

Social and Political Geographies of South Asia JSIS A 438 / GEOG 436 A-term (June 22nd-July 22nd) MTWTh 9:40am – 11:20am THO 335 This course will explore three primary themes within the framework of contemporary social and political landscapes of South Asia: (1) everyday lived experiences of poverty, structural violence, and inequality; (2) gender and sexuality in

Dear friends, colleagues, and well-wishers of Nepal, We are deeply moved by the devastating earthquake on April 25th, 2015 in Nepal. At this moment of unimaginable tragedy, your overwhelming support has touched our hearts and supported us to gather our energy to bounce back. We appreciate every prayer and every penny that you have generously

UW Nepal Studies Initiative co-director David Citrin is in Nepal right now. He recently compiled his thoughts in the immediate aftermath for a thoughtful article for Humanosphere and includes in it advice for supporting Nepal’s recovery: The question at hand now is what to do, and what not do. Here, I humbly offer some guiding

Being in Motion Feminist Preconference Annual Conference on South Asia Madison, WI Thursday, October 22, 2015 Feminist considerations of experience, identities, and power are often considerations of moving bodies.  Sometimes this fact is made explicit; other times it is implicit. In many cases, movement is evoked metaphorically, without consideration of actual bodies in motion. This